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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.

Kazakhstan develops the Middle and North-South corridors

Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) February 27, 2024 – Kazakhstan must intensify work to expand and increase the capacity of the International North-South...

Irtysh River as a sanctions-busting route China-Russia

Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) February 26, 2024 – Under pressure from Russia, Kazakhstan is planning a multimodal transit corridor...

Kazakhstan to dredge Kuryk and Aktau ports

Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) February 26, 2024 – Kazakhstan’s Caspian Sea ports of Kuryk will be dredged in 2024, while Aktau, the country’s...

50,000 tonnes of Kazakh ammonium nitrate to be exported via Aktau-Hovsan-Batumi ports

Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) February 21, 2024 – After exporting KazAzot’s ammonium nitrate (3,000 tonnes) through the Caspian Sea port of Aktau in...

Increased demand for the Middle Corridor

Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) February 20, 2024 – Changes in global cargo flows have led to increased demand for the Trans-Caspian International...

First KazAzot ammonium nitrate exported via Aktau

Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) February 14, 2024 – KazAzot ammonium nitrate has been exported for the first time through Kazakhstan‘s Caspian Sea...

Aktau port handled 360,000 tonnes of cargo in January’24

Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) February 13, 2024 – Cargo turnover of Kazakhstan’s Caspian Sea port of Aktau in January 2024 increased by 12.7%...

$31 billion investment for Kazakhstan rail, sea, air & road transport

Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) February 13, 2024 – A pool of investment projects worth more than $31 billion in the fields of railway, sea, aviation...

KazTransOil exported 287,000 tons of oil via the port of Aktau

Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) February 12, 2024 – In January 2024, KazTransOil exported 287,000 tons of oil via the Caspian Sea port of Aktau. This is...

Kazakhstan, Greece talk Middle Corridor cooperation

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 12, 2024 – The Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Greece Erlan Baudarbek-Kozhataev has met with the Mayor of the Greek...

Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan to eliminate Middle Corridor bottlenecks

Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) February 11, 2024 – Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan have agreed an updated road map for the elimination of the bottlenecks...

Kazakhstan and Romania push Middle Corridor development

Bucharest, Romania (Ports Europe) February 1, 2024 – In Bucharest, the Ministries of Transport of Kazakhstan and Romania have signed a memorandum of...

Kazakhstan invites Port of Rotterdam to manage its ports

Rotterdam, Netherlands (Ports Europe) January 31, 2024 – The Port of Rotterdam has been invited to participate in projects to transform the Caspian Sea...

Aktau, the next Caspian Sea port to start dredging

Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) January 29, 2024 – The Caspian Sea port of Aktau has released some details about its planned dredging activities. An...

Kazakhstan ports set for European management

Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) January 29, 2024 – The government will approve the management of its seaports, Aktau and Kuryk, by European companies....

EU Global Gateway commits €10 billion to Trans Caspian Transport Corridor

Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) January 29, 2024 – The Global Gateway Investors Forum for EU-Central Asia Transport Connectivity opened today in...

Sanctions change Kazakhstan’s cargo transport geography

Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) January 29, 2024 – The transport industry of Kazakhstan faces an increase in cargo volumes and periodic shortages of...

World Bank: Middle Corridor can invigorate regional trade

Astana, Kazakhstan (Porta Europe) January 8, 2024 – With the right policies, the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR, Middle Corridor), a...

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