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.
China launches new cargo train route to Europe via Baku
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) September 20, 2020 – China has started a new rail cargo which will use Kazakhstan’s Aktau port and Baku port as...
Aktau port cargo results for the first seven months of 2020 improve
Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) August 31, 2020 – The total cargo handled in the port of Aktau in the first seven months of 2020 was 1.979 million tons,...
Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan discuss Trans-Caspian International Transport Corridor project
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) August 28, 2020 – Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan have discussed joint projects related to Trans-Caspian International Transport...
Baku port: Container Trains from China to Turkey arriving faster
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) July 28, 2020 – ADY Container, a subsidiary company of Azerbaijan Railways, the members of the Trans-Caspian International...
Prime Minister of Kazakhstan chairs meeting of the Board of the Eurasian Development Bank
Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Askar Mamin chaired a meeting of the Council of the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) via video conference – June 30, 2020 The...
Turkey’s TAV develops Kazakhstan’s and Central Asia’s biggest airport
Almaty, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) June 16, 2020 – Turkish airport builder and operator TAV and its investment partner, VPE Capital, signed in May an...
Baku, Turkmenbashi, Aktau and Kuryk ports discuss measures to combat COVID-19
Baku, Turkmenbashi, Aktau and Kuryk ports discuss joint measures to combat COVID-19 pandemic – May 20, 2020 On May 20, at the initiative of the...
Ukraine and Kazakhstan officials discuss devloping transport links
Vladislav Krikliy met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Kazakhstan to Ukraine Darhan Kaletaev – May 6, 2020 Minister of Infrastructure...
Aktau and Kuryk port traffic to Azerbaijan down in Q1 2020
Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) May 1, 2020 – Total cargo traffic transshipped to Azerbaijan via Kazakhstan’s Aktau and Kuryk ports was 475,000 tons of...
Kazakhstan restricts ships from Azerbaijan and Iran due to coronavirus
Kazakhstan imposes restrictions on ships from Azerbaijan and Iran due to coronavirus – March 12, 2020 The Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine received...
Role of Aktau and Kuryk seaports in development of transit potential of Kazakhstan
Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) February 19, 2020 – The Committee on Economic Policy, Innovative Development and Entrepreneurship of the Senate of the...
Digital Route seminar held in Aktau port including OSCE participation
Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) February 11, 2020 – The Digital Route project has held a seminar in the port of Aktau, Kazakhstan, with the participation...
Ukraine interested in developing digital transport corridors
Ukraine is interested in developing digital transport corridors, Vladislav Krykliy – January 31, 2020 On January 31, 2020, representatives of the...
Caspian Sea littoral states meet to discuss cooperation
On January 27, 2020, the sixth meeting of authorized representatives of the Caspian littoral states for discussing the draft Protocol on cooperation in the...
Trans-Caspian International Transport Route holds working session in Almaty
Almaty, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) January 27, 2020 – The Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR), also known as the Middle Corridor, has held...
Aktau port joins Regional Forum on Trade and Transport
Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) December 10, 2019 – The chief manager of the marketing and sales department of the port of Aktau, Қalioli Қ, took part...
Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR) holds working meeting in Tbilisi
Tbilisi, Georgia (PortSEurope) November 4, 2019 – At a regular meeting of the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR) association, members...