Kazakhstan’s Caspian Sea Port Volumes Up

Rail tracks at Kazakhstan’s Kuryk Port

Kazakhstan’s volume of cargo, luggage and cargo luggage transported via maritime and coastal transport during the first two months of 2022 reached 157,940 tons, 5.4% more compared to the same period of last year. Kazakhstan has three operating seaports, Aqtau, Bautino, and Kuryk.

Of these, Aqtau International Commercial Sea Port is the largest, being a modern multi-purpose terminal that allows the transportation of goods from East to West, from North to South, and back 12 months a year and 24 hours a day.

Bautino сargo port is a division of Aqtau International Commercial Sea Port and is located in the village of Bautino, 150 km from Aqtau city, Bautino Bay in the Tyubkaragansky Gulf.

Kuryk Port is located on the coast of the Caspian Sea, south of Aqtau city. The port has direct access to the railway network to China. The ferry complex of the port is designed for the transshipment of goods, including grain, petroleum products, fertilizers, and chemicals.

These ports will gain in significance as the China-EU railway connections are having to be rerouted due to sanctions placed by the West on Russia’s seaports. This means that instead of rail cargo being shipped across Kazakhstan to Russia and onto Europe, they must now transit via multimodal capabilities – making the Aqtau facilities key. From the three Aqtau ports, goods are shipped to Azerbaijan’s Baku port, reloaded onto rail and sent on their way West via Georgia or Turkey on the Black Sea and from there by ship again to ports in Bulgaria and Romania.

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