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A new rail cargo service – Shijiazhuang, northern China, Belgrade

Belgrade, Serbia (Ports Europe) March 29, 2024 – A new rail cargo service between Shijiazhuang (capital of Hebei Province in northern China) and Belgrade...

Kazakhstan to begin the delayed construction of container hub in Aktau

Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) March 28, 2024 – After a lot of talk and announcements in the past year, Kazakhstan is finally about to begin the...

First train leaves Kazak terminal in Xian, China for Kazakhstan

Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) March 27, 2024 – The first train has departed a Kazakhstan-owned logistics centre in China’s dry port of Xian along...

Russia’s North-South corridor lacks infrastructure, Caspian sinking

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) March 25, 2024 – There were no changes in the transit of goods from/to India and Southeast Asia to Russia in 2023 via...

Russian ports’ export cargo expected to increase by 8-9% in 2024

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) March 24, 2024 – Export cargo through Russian sea ports increased by 4% in 2023, compared to 2022. In the January-February...

AD Ports acquired a majority stake in Tbilisi Dry Port

Tbilisi, Georgia (Ports Europe) March 23, 2024 – Port and logistics operator AD Ports Group (ADP, Abu Dhabi, UAE) has acquired a 60% stake in Tbilisi Dry...

AdSP Mar Tirreno Centrale (Naples) signs MoU with Turkmenbashi

Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) March 22, 2024 – A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between the Turkmenistan International Sea Port of Turkmenbashi...

KazTransOil General Director visits Port of Aktau

Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) March 20, 2024 – KazTransOil JSC General Director, Talgat Kurmanbaev, has visited the main oil pumping station Aktau of...

Azerbaijan’s seaports see a +30.3% rise in cargo transhipment

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) March 20, 2024 – In the first two months of 2024, Azerbaijan’s seaports recorded a +30.3% increase in the volume of...

Reducing transit time in Baku port

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) March 17, 2024 – With the geopolitical situation heavily impacted by the Russian invasion of Ukraine and Western...

First KazAzot ammonia exported via Georgia’s Batumi port

Batumi, Georgia (Ports Europe) March 5, 2024 – For the first time, KazAzot exported its ammonium nitrate through Georgia’s Black Sea port of Batumi....

Ports of Baku, Batumi, Aktau, Kuryk and Turkmenbashi visit Valencia

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 3, 2024 – Aiming at enhancing the safety, resilience, and sustainability of supply chains between Asia and Europe,...

Georgia hosts World Bank presentation on TITR-Middle Corridor

Tbilisi, Georgia (Ports Europe) March 1, 2024 – Earlier this week, Tbilisi hosted a World Bank event entitled: “The Middle Trade and Transport...

€10 billion for a petrochemical complex and shipbuilding plant in Kazakhstan

Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) February 28, 2024 – South Korean companies Nexstar Engineering and KSTN are considering the construction of a new...

Kazakhstan develops the Middle and North-South corridors

Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) February 27, 2024 – Kazakhstan must intensify work to expand and increase the capacity of the International North-South...

Irtysh River as a sanctions-busting route China-Russia

Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) February 26, 2024 – Under pressure from Russia, Kazakhstan is planning a multimodal transit corridor...

Kazakhstan to dredge Kuryk and Aktau ports

Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) February 26, 2024 – Kazakhstan’s Caspian Sea ports of Kuryk will be dredged in 2024, while Aktau, the country’s...

Estonia’s CF&S opened a transit hub in Poti port

Poti, Georgia (Ports Europe) February 25, 2024 – CF&S Group has opened a new transit hub in Georgia’s Black Sea port of Poti. Tallin-headquartered...

50,000 tonnes of Kazakh ammonium nitrate to be exported via Aktau-Hovsan-Batumi ports

Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) February 21, 2024 – After exporting KazAzot’s ammonium nitrate (3,000 tonnes) through the Caspian Sea port of Aktau in...

Caspian Sea water levels study to inform Aktau Port adaptation

News – HR Wallingford – February 20, 2024 Over the next 18 months, HR Wallingford will be carrying out a study for The World Bank to assess how...

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