Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan is a country in Central Asia, on the Northeast shores of the Caspian Sea, South of Russia and West of China. Its main Caspian posts are Aktau and Kuryk. Both ports are under development as the country seeks a role as a transit hub for cargo travelling between Asia and Europe. It is also interested in developing trade with other littoral Caspian Sea states.
30 mln tonnes port capacity in Kazakhstan by 2030
Astana, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) November 24, 2023 – The capacity of Kazakhstan’s Caspian Sea ports will be increased to more than 30 million tonnes...
Port of Aktau increases cargo handling +22% in Jan-Oct 2023
Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) November 20, 2023 – In January-October 2023, the Port of Aktau handled 3.8 million tonnes of cargo, an increase of +22%...
Kazakhstan’s Middle Corridor ambitions, new ships for Caspian
Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) November 19, 2023 – The Caspian Sea might be shrinking, but its littoral states still hope it’s a solution to their...
Kazakhstan increases oil exports from Aktau port
Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) November 17, 2023 – In January-October 2023, Kazakhstan exported 2.8 million tons of oil from the Caspian Sea port of...
New sanctions-busting corridor to Russia bypasses Kazakhstan
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (PortSEurope) July 5, 2023 – Russia and Kyrgyzstan will soon open a new Southern Transport Corridor across Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and...
“Game of Corridors” in Central Asia
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (PortSEurope) November 2, 2023 – The “Game of Corridors” continues to be played in Central Asia, following the Western sanctions...
French president in Kazakhstan, trade corridors on the agenda
Astana, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) November 1, 2023 – French President Emmanuel Macron is in Kazakhstan to promote relations between Paris and Astana....
New transport corridor from Kazakhstan to Persian Gulf via Iran
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (PortSEurope) October 24, 2023 – The development of a new transport corridor for agricultural goods from Kazakhstan to...
China-Kazakhstan network of ports, logistics centres and postal hubs proposed
Beijing, China (PortSEurope) October 22, 2023 – Kazakhstan wants to create jointly with China a “Partner Network” of large strategic ports,...
Rhenus expands operations in Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan
Berlin, Germany (PortSEurope) October 13, 2023 – Germany’s global transport and logistics service provider Rhenus Logistics Group is stepping up...
Kazakhstan expands alternative transport solutions
Astana, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) October 9, 2023 – Western sanctions against Russia for its full scale invasion of Ukraine in July 2022 has forced logistic...
Aktau port keeps increasing cargo handling
Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) October 6, 2023 – The cargo turnover of Kazakhstan’s Caspian Sea port of Aktau in the January-September increased by...
Port of Aktau hosts Middle Corridor event
Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) October 2, 2023 – On September 29, the next meeting of the working group on the development of the Trans-Caspian...
EU, G7 delegation visits Port of Aktau
Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) September 19, 2023 – A delegation of ambassadors of the EU and G7 countries has visited the Caspian Sea port of Aktau,...
China’s port of Lianyungang visits Aktau, Kazakhstan
Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) September 19, 2023 – A delegation of the regional government and the port of Lianyungang, China, has visited the port of...
Atyrau port has been idle for three years due to low water level
Atyrau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) September 18, 2023 – Kazakhstan’s port of Atyrau on the Ural River (Jaiyq in Kazakh language) near its Caspian Sea...
Kazakhstan Railways increases grain handling
Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) September 4, 2023 – Kazakhstan Railways (KTZ) handled over 1 million tons of grain in the month of August, twice the...