Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan is a landlocked country in Central Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the south and southwest and the Caspian Sea to the west. Its main seaport of Turkmenbashi which offers cargo and passenger services to other Caspian Sea littoral states.
Three times more containers from Turkmenbashi to Alat in H1’23
Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan (Ports Europe) August 1, 2023 – Almost three times more containers (2,362 TEUs) were transported from the Caspian Sea port of...
Russia approves Turkmenistan joining INSTC
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) July 13, 2023 – Russia has approved Turkmenistan joining the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC). A Russian...
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...
Russia pushes for sanctions-busting cargo transport with Turkmenistan
Makhachkala, Russia (PortSEurope) July 3, 2023 – Desperate Russia, looking for ways to bypass Western sanctions is pushing for a regular container ship line...
Turkmenistan’s ferries and container ships run successful lines to Baku
Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan (PortSEurope) June 26, 2023 – Turkmen ferries Berkarar and Bagtyar made 70 voyages from the country’s largest Caspian Sea port...
Talks start over Astrakhan-Turkmenbashi shipping service
St. Petersburg, Russia (PortSEurope) June 20, 2023 – Astrakhan shipping companies are interested in setting up a shipping line to operate a service with...
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,...
Turkmenbashi port to be used by landlocked Tajikistan
Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan (Ports Europe) May 15, 2023 – Turkmenistan’s Caspian Sea port of Turkmenbashi will offer cargo handling facilities to landlocked...
Turkmenistan, Russia, Kazakhstan will create a joint venture for transport
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan (Ports Europe) May 4, 2023 – Turkmenistan, Russia, Kazakhstan have agreed to create a joint venture for regional transport. JSC...
Organization of Turkic States join transport corridor conference
Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) May 4, 2023 – A delegation of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) joined the conference titled “International...
Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan to create a logistics JV for North-South Corridor
Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) April 24, 2023 – Russia, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan will create a single logistics operator on the eastern route of the...
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...
Analysis: Sanctions busting Caspian Sea is drying up, new ships needed
Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) January 26, 2023 – Recently, the lowering water level in the Caspian Sea has accelerated so much that it is jeopardising...
Second Caspian feeder line Turkmenistan-Azerbaijan starts with Uzbek cargo
Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan (Ports Europe) January 26, 2023 – More than 100 (40-foot) containers were transshipped through Turkmenistan’s Caspian Sea port...
Second feeder container line across Caspian from Turkmenistan to Azerbaijan
Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) December 31, 2022 – Turkmenistan’s Merchant Marine Fleet will provide its Balkan vessel for the second feeder container...