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Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked country located in Central Asia, and thus has no seaports. It is surrounded by five landlocked countries: Kazakhstan to the north; Kyrgyzstan to the northeast; Tajikistan to the southeast; Afghanistan to the south; and Turkmenistan to the southwest. The country is trying to develop regional transport corridors for trade purposes.

Reference – Uzbekistan’s transport corridors

Tashkent, Uzbekistan (PortSEurope) November 3, 2023 – A detailed list of transport corridors connecting Uzbekistan to international markets was published by...

“Game of Corridors” in Central Asia

Tashkent, Uzbekistan (PortSEurope) November 2, 2023 – The “Game of Corridors” continues to be played in Central Asia, following the Western sanctions...

Rhenus expands operations in Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan

Berlin, Germany (PortSEurope) October 13, 2023 – Germany’s global transport and logistics service provider Rhenus Logistics Group is stepping up...

Landlocked Uzbekistan to create a new corridor via Afghanistan, Pakistan to Indian Ocean

Astana, Uzbekistan (PortSEurope) October 9, 2023 – Landlocked Uzbekistan wants to create a new regional corridor from Russia and Central Asia, through...

Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan to create joint logistics company for TITR

Tashkent, Uzbekistan (Ports Europe) August 25, 2023 – Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan intend to create a joint logistics company to operate within the...

Another transport corridor project to link Central Asia to Indian Ocean

Tashkent, Uzbekistan (Ports Europe) August 2, 2023 – Landlocked Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Iran are to open a new transport corridor, again bypassing...

Uzbekistan looks for a railway line via Afghanistan to the Arabian Sea

Termez, Uzbekistan (Ports Europe) July 31, 2023 – A trans-Afghanistan railway project would connect landlocked Uzbekistan to the Arabian Sea and the...

DP World and ADUI to build logistics infrastructure in Uzbekistan

Tashkent, Uzbekistan (PortSEurope) July 11, 2023 – DP World, a global port operator and logistics company, and Abu Dhabi Uzbek Investment Company (ADUI)...

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...

Making the Middle Corridor an eTIR Corridor

Tashkent, Uzbekistan (PortSEurope) July 4, 2023 – Countries along the Middle Corridor, that connects Central Asia with Europe have agreed to accelerate...

Landlocked Uzbekistan to use Baku port fertilizer terminal

Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) June 13, 2023 – Landlocked Uzbekistan will start using a new terminal for mineral fertilisers in Azerbaijan’s Caspian port...

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

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

China wants Central Asia & Russia served it on a silver platter

Xian, China (Ports Europe) May 15, 2023 – In the past decade, China has dreamed about having at its disposal the transport and market potential of Central...

Batumi Sea Port attends trade promotion in Uzbekistan

Batumi, Georgia (Ports Europe) May 2, 2023 – On April 28, 2023, a conference “Trade relations of Uzbekistan: the role of alternative...

AD Ports Group sets up logistics joint venture in Uzbekistan

Abu Dhabi, UAE (PortSEurope) March 7, 2023 – AD Ports Group has set up a joint venture with Uzbekistan’s SEG ENERA Group to provide end-to-end global...

Kazakhstan will build large trade and logistics hubs with five neighbours

Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) February 10, 2023 – By 2026, Kazakhstan will build five border trade centers with neighbouring countries, the Ministry...

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