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.
New route for Russia-Iran container trains
Formachevo, Russia (Ports Europe) August 18, 2023 – RZD Logistics, the largest Russian multimodal logistics operator, a subsidiary of state-owned Russian...
AD Ports signs Kazakhstan port terminal agreement
Kuryk, Kazakstan (Ports Europe) August 16, 2023 – Abu Dhabi Ports Group (AD Ports) has an agreement with Kazakhstan’s Semburg Invest to manage the...
Kazak officials in Baku to talk about the Middle Corridor
Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) August 16, 2023 – A government-led Kazakhstani delegation has visited Baku, Azerbaijan, to discuss regional transport and...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...