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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.

Kazakh container terminal in Poti to be ready in 2024

Poti, Georgia (Ports Europe) August 14, 2023 – In October, Kazakhstan’s transport and logistics investment group of companies PTC Holding will start the...

Semburg Invest plans oil exports vis Middle Corridor

Kuryk, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) August 9, 2023 – Semburg Invest is planning to export around 20 million tons of oil annually by the Trans-Caspian...

ADP in JV to export Kazakh agro products via Iran

Kuryk, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) August 7, 2023 – Landlocked Kazakhstan and Abu Dhabi Ports (ADP, part of AD Ports Group on behalf of Simatech Shipping &...

Two abandoned oil berths to be reopened in Aktau port

Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) July 5, 2023 – Two dilapidated and abandoned oil berths in Kazakhstan’s largest Caspian Sea port of Aktau will be...

Middle Corridor, bypassing Russia, transports 1.8 times more cargo in H1 23

Astana, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) July 14, 2023 – More than 1.3 million tonnes of cargo were transported via the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route...

Aktau grain terminal stake to be sold

Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) July 9, 2023 – A stake in the grain terminal in Kazakhstan’s Caspian Sea ports port of Aktau, the Aktau Marine Northern...

Russia tries to bypass Kazakhstan for a new cargo corridor from Kyrgyzstan

Bishkek, Kyrgistan (PortSEurope) July 5, 2023 – Russia and Kyrgyzstan will soon open a new transport corridor bypassing Kazakhstan, across Uzbekistan and...

Kazakhstan pushing Kuryk and Aktau ports projects

Kuryk, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) July 4, 2023 – Kazakhstan pushing through projects to develop te ports of Kuryk and Aktau. A pre-ferry sorting facility to...

Sanctions-busting port of Makhachkala to be privatised by September

Makhachkala, Russia (PortSEurope) July 3, 2023 – The long delayed privatisation of Russia’s Caspian Sea port of Makhachkala is to be completed by the end...

Tehran hosts Kazakh-Iranian Business Forum

Tehran, Iran (PortSEurope) June 28, 2023 – As part of the visit of Kazakhstan Head of State K.K.Tokayev to Iran, Tehran has hosted the Kazakh-Iranian...

New oil tankers for Aktau-Baku route that bypasses Russia

Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) June 27, 2023 – The joint venture of Kazakhstan’s KazMorTransFlot and Abu Dhabi Ports, Caspian Integrated Maritime...

Georgia, Kazakhstan increase mutual trade, plan rail, port investment

Tbilisi, Georgia (PortSEurope) June 26, 2023 – The Prime Minister of Kazakhstan, Alikhan Smailov, has been on an official visit to Georgia, where he was...

Kazakh-Azeri-Georgian logistics company for the Middle Corridor

Astana, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) June 26, 2023 – Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Georgia will create a logistics company whose activities will help ensure the...

Rhenus and KTZ to enhance transhipment of Caspian Sea

Astana, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) June 23, 2023 – Germany’s transport and logistics service provider Rhenus Logistics Group and Kazakhstan Railways...

German president visits ports in Kazakhstan

Kuryk, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) June 22, 2023 – German Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has completed a state visit to Kazakhstan, as part of a...

First pilot transport of cargo by semi-trailer along the TRACECA corridor

Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) June 20, 2023 – The first pilot transport of cargo by semi-trailer along the TRACECA corridor has taken place as the...

Aktau declares a state of emergency – critically low level of Caspian

Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) June 13, 2023 – The city officials in Kazakhstan’s Caspian Sea port of Aktau declared a state of emergency over the...

Seaport Aktau SEZ receives delegation from Kronospan

Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) June 12, 2023 – In May this year, Seaport Aktau SEZ welcomed a delegation from the Kronospan company headed by Commercial...

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