Kazakhstan is planning a large-scale modernization of its Caspian ports of Kuryk and Aktau, President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev stated at the plenary session of the nineteenth Forum of Interregional Cooperation between Kazakhstan and Russia, Trend reviews.
“We have promising markets – China, India, and the Middle East. Given their growing meals wants, the function of the North-South transport hall can even enhance,” he stated.
As Tokayev famous, one of many priorities of interplay between Kazakhstan and Russia will be the improvement of latest logistics instructions by Central Asia and growing the capability of current routes to China.
“In this regard, we’ve deliberate a large-scale modernization of the Caspian ports of Kuryk and Aktau. In the Chinese course, we are already implementing a challenge to construct second tracks on the Dostyk-Moyynty part of the railway,” he stated.
He identified that over 1,300 kilometers of railways shall be inbuilt Kazakhstan in three years.
Over 2.6 million tons of dry and oil cargo had been transshipped by Kazakhstan’s Aktau Commercial Seaport within the first seven months of 2023, which is 24 % larger than the identical interval final 12 months. The port dealt with 142,000 tons of grain, 114,000 tons of metallic, and over 13,000 containers.
At the top of 2022, the cargo turnover on the seaport of Aktau amounted to three.8 million tons, which is 9 % larger than the stage of the earlier 12 months. Of these, 2.5 million tons accounted for oil, 447,000 tons for grain, 119,000 tons for metallic, and about 786,000 tons had been different cargoes.
About 1.5 million tons of cargo had been transshipped by the seaport of Kuryk from January by August 2023, which is 15 % larger than the identical interval final 12 months. Including over 1 million tons delivered by rail, greater than 430,000 by street.
Over the eight months of 2023, the port dealt with 480 ferries, over 13,800 wagons, and greater than 18,000 freight autos.