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.
Organization of Turkic States supports regaional trade corridors
Karabakh, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) July 10, 2024 – The Organization of Turkic States held a summit last weekend in Karabakh, Azerbaijan. The presidents...
Beijing not interested in China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (Ports Europe) July 1, 2024 – It looks like Beijing doesn’t see the 523 km long China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan (CKU) railway as a...
$4.7 billion China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway line
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (Ports Europe) June 25, 2024 – Beijing will issue a $2.35 billion loan for the construction of the long-delayed $4.7 billion...
Central Asia-South Caucasus-Anatolia corridor – CASCA+
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (Ports Europe) June 24, 2024 – Uzbekistan’s Railways has proposed the creation of a consortium to coordinate cargo transportation...
Railway JV between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan looks to China
Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) April 9, 2024 – Kazakhstan and doubly landlocked Uzbekistan will create a railway joint venture that will create cargo...
China joins the race to build logistics centers in Uzbekistan
Guangzhou, China (Ports Europe) December 8, 2023 – Chinese company Hichain Logistics (Supply Chain) will build new logistics centers in Uzbekistan’s...
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...
Georgia hosts Uzbek delegation
Tbilisi, Georgia (PortSEurope) July 19, 2023 – The Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili has welcomed a visit of Uzbek Prime Minister Abdulla...
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,...