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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.

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...

Caspian European Club organizes Azerbaijan-Georgia-Kazakhstan B2B Forum

May 19, 2020 Caspian European Club has organized the first international online B2B forum “Azerbaijan-Georgia-Kazakhstan”. The forum addressed...

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, Òšalioli Òš, took part...

Prime Ministers of Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan launch transcontinental digital link

Prime Minister Askar Mamin and Prime Minister of Azerbaijan Ali Asadov took part in the ceremony of a Trans-Caspian Fiber Optic (TCFO) link to construct a...

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...

Serbia signs free trade agreement with Eurasian Union

Government of Serbia – October 25, 2019. Prime Minister of Serbia Ana Brnabic has signed in Moscow a Free Trade Agreement between Serbia and the Eurasian...

Business Forum within the framework of the 7th Summit of the Turkic Council held in Baku

The Turkic Council – October 14, 2019 Second Business Forum of the Turkic Chamber of Commerce and Industry was organized on 14 October 2019 in Baku. More...

Maritime authorities from Black & Caspian Sea region discuss future priorities and cooperation

EU Neighbours East – September 26, 2019 On 18 September, representatives of maritime authorities from Azerbaijan, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova and...

Kazak Prime Minister attends Fourth Meeting of Speakers of the Eurasian Countries’ Parliaments

Prime Minister Askar Mamin held bilateral talks with the speakers of the parliaments of Montenegro, Slovakia, Northern Macedonia, Moldova, Oman, Qatar and...

Trans-Caspian International Transport Route signs agreement with USPA of Ukraine

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) September 11, 2019 – An agreement has been signed between Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) and the Trans-Caspian...

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