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Kazakh grain terminal in Baku port

Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) May 30, 2023 – The construction of a grain terminal for Kazakhstan is to start soon in the Azerbaijani Caspian Sea port of...

Russia, Kazakhstan sign a MoU for transport and transit

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) May 23, 2023 – Russia and Kazakhstan have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in the field of transport and transit....

PSA International, Kazakhstan Railways to jointly develop TITR Corridor

Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) May 23, 2023 – PSA International Pte Ltd and Kazakhstan Railways (KTZ) will establish a joint venture company, KPMC Ltd,...

The China-Central Asia Summit – a new Silk Road?

Xian, China (PortSEurope) May 22, 2023 – President Xi Jinpin has hosted his first-ever summit with the leaders of five Central Asian nations – the...

China to build infrastructure in ex-Soviet Central Asia

Xian, China (PortSEurope) May 19, 2023 – China wants to coordinate development, from building infrastructure to boosting trade, with Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,...

New Kazakh logistics center in China’s Xian

Xian, China (PortSEurope) May 18, 2023 – The President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev participated in the ceremony for the launch of construction of a...

Free economic zone status paves the way for a container hub in Aktau port

Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) May 18, 2023 – Kazakhstan’s Caspian Sea Port of Aktau was registered by the government as part of the special economic...

German diplomats in Aktau before their President’s visit

Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) May 10, 2023 – On May 4, a delegation of the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Astana, headed by the...

Turkmenistan, Russia, Kazakhstan will create a joint venture for transport

Ashgabat, Turkmenistan (PortSEurope) May 4, 2023 – Turkmenistan, Russia, Kazakhstan have agreed to create a joint venture for regional transport. JSC...

Aktau Port handled almost a million tonnes of cargo in Q1, mostly oil

Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) April 28, 2023 – Cargo transshipment through Kazakhstan’s Caspian Sea port of Aktau increased by 15% in the period...

Qingdao Port to cooperate with Port of Aktau

Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) April 25, 2023 – Kazakhstan’s Caspian Sea port of Aktau and China’s Qingdao Port, part of the Shandong Port Group...

First Kazakh oil transported to Romania

Ceyhan, Turkey (PortSEurope) April 24, 2023 – The first shipment of Kazakh oil has left the Turkish Black Sea port of Ceyhan for the oil refinery of...

Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan to create a logistics JV for North-South Corridor

Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) April 24, 2023 – Russia, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan will create a single logistics operator on the eastern route of the...

Kazakhstan Railways signs agreement with Chinese port group

Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) April 17, 2023 – State-owned rail company Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU)...

Update: Kazakhstan looks to develop Middle Corridor

(previous version published on March 3, 2023) Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) April 11, 2023 – Kazakhstan’s government considers measures for the...

Caspian Sea-Black Sea Forum discusses transport corridors

Constanța, Romania (PortSEurope) April 7, 2023 – The recent Caspian Sea-Black Sea Forum discussed the growing importance in the region of new transport...

Kazakhstan’s KTZ transports more containers by rail

Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) March 16, 2023 – In 2022, the share of container transport in the total volume of export cargo transported along the KTZ...

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