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Aktau

The seaport of Aktau, Kazakhstan, is located on the eastern coast of the Caspian Sea at the intersection of several international transport corridors. The port allows for the transportation of dry cargo, crude oil and petroleum products from east to west, from north to south and back to Iran, Turkey, Russia, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan.

Analysis – Central Asia to help China bypass Russia en route to Europe

Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) December 3 – It is China, again, that is emerging as an unlikely winner from the agreed direct link between Turkey and...

Kazakh Caspian Sea ports operations unaffected by COVID-19

Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) November 9, 2020 – More than 1.6 million tons of cargo were handled between Kazakhstan’s ports in the Caspian Sea in the...

Czech ambassador visits Aktau port

Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) September 25, 2020 – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Czech Republic to Kazakhstan Rudolf Gikl has...

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,...

Makhachkala port seeks Russian transport hub role in the Caspian Sea

Makhachkala, Russia (PortSEurope) August 13, 2020 – The Russian government is planning to develop the infrastructure of Makhachkala port, Dagestan, on...

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...

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...

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...

Trans-Caspian International Transport Route expands regular container line at the Caspian Sea

Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (Middle Corridor) expands regular container line at the Caspian Sea – December 12, 2019 On December 9-10,...

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...

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...

Baku port benefits from transport corridor development

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) November 19, 2019 – Since in April this year the port of Akau has handled more than 10,000 containers, up 400% on the...

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...

Singaporean company CrimsonLogic visits Aktau port

Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) July 21, 2019 – Representatives of the Singapore company CrimsonLogic, a provider of digital government technology, have...

Aktau port visited by Harvard professors from America

Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) July 21, 2019 – Representatives of Harvard Business School, professors Meg Rithmire and Willy Shih, have visited the port...

Kazakh President points to importance of Eurasia railway construction

Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) May 30, 2019 – Speaking at a meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council in Sochi, Russia, the President of...

First international transport and logistics exhibition Caspian Ports & Shipping 2019 held in Aktau port

News – Trans-Caspian International Transport (TITR) – May 15, 2019 On May 13-15, 2019, the first international transport and logistics exhibition...

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