Kuryk to triple its cargo handling and increase the transport of vehicles

Kuryk, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) May 23, 2022 - The war in Ukraine and the massive Western sanctions against Russia are redrawing the transport map of Central Asia and forcing logistic companies to rely more on road transport. An example is plans by Kuryk to triple its cargo handling and increase the transport of vehicles. Port of Kuryk Road transport on the route Kazakhstan-Azerbaijan-Georgia-Turkey-Bulgaria will affect heavily the Kazakh Caspian Port of Kuryk. In 2021 the port handled over 16,000 vehicles and in 2022 should receive over 19,000 trucks. The capacity of the ferry complex is 30,000 vehicles. The port has cargo capacity of 5 million tonnes, Serik Akhmetov, General Director, Port of Kuryk said earlier this year. In January 2022, the port handled 82,289 tonnes of cargo, but following the war in Ukraine now the forecast is for the port to handle 3 million tonnes in 2022. Kazakhstan exports oil products, fertilizers, chemicals, metal and consumer goods through the port of Kuryk. Imports are food, industrial equipment, textiles, electronics, building materials and other goods. Various equipment, electronics, textiles, chemical industry products, metal products from China, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan. According to Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Industry and Infrastructure Development, the ports of Aktau and Kuryk are operating normally. There is no cargo downtime. Kazakhstan’s ports have additional cargo processing capacity of up to 10 million tonnes, including about 5.5 million tonnes of oil. The East-West transport corridor Aktau and Kuryk ports are currently operating at around 23% capacity. The plan is that goods arriving by rail at the port from Asia can be transported across the Caspian Sea to Baku port in Azerbaijan. From Baku, railway will transport cargo to the Georgian Black Sea ports of Batumi and Poti. From there, sea lines will take goods to Constanta in Romania or to Burgas and Varna in Bulgaria. Alternatively, the cargo can go through the Bosporus Strait to Mediterranean Sea ports. From these ports, cargo rail services will bring goods to markets in Europe. On February 24, Russia invaded Ukraine. U.S. and EU sanctions practically closed Russian ports for international cargo and ships. The war also closed all Ukrainian ports in the Caspian and Azov Seas, and traders are redirecting cargo. They seek new routes to market for cargo which previously used these ports. Often, this is to avoid Russian territory. The Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR) is seen as the best way to bypass Russia which is isolated from the international trade. The importance of this route was underlined with the inclusion of Georgia and Azerbaijan in the European Union (EU) TEN-T network. More Ports Europe news about the Ukrainian crisis More Ports Europe news about transport corridors Copyright (C) Ports Europe. All Rights Reserved. 2022.

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