The volume of cargo transported
via the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route increased by 65 percent
over six months, reaching more than two million tonnes. According to the Kazakh
Ministry of Transport, the comprehensive plan for developing maritime
infrastructure until 2028 envisages the creation of a major maritime transport
and logistics cluster at the sea ports of Aktau and Kuryk. Several large-scale
projects such as dredging operations in the Kuryk port and building a container
hub in the Aktau sea port are planned to be carried out as part of the
document. Most of them will be funded through private investments, including
within the development of the Trans-Caspian route. By 2028, the ports’ capacity
is expected to grow by 50 percent. Overall, Kazakhstan is boosting its
export-import cargo transportation, with nearly four million tonnes transported
by road and around 2.5 million tonnes by transit.
«A significant development was
the ratification of an intergovernmental agreement with China on international
road transport. Now, Kazakh carriers can deliver goods to industrial and port
cities in China and transit through other countries. This year, for the first
time, a test transit road transportation was organized from China to Europe via
Kazakhstan and the Caspian Sea along the China-Kazakhstan-Azerbaijan-Georgia
route through the seaports of Kuryk and Baku,» said Lyazzat Stamgaziyeva, spokesperson
for the Kazakh Ministry of Transport.
