The goal is to strengthen the naval fleet and create a container hub in the Caspian Sea.
The Minister of Transport of Kazakhstan Marat Karabayev discussed with the European Commissioner for Transport Adina Velyan the issue of transferring the ports of Aktau and Kuryk to a trust management on ship-or-pay terms in order to strengthen the sea fleet and create a container hub on the Caspian Sea.
This is written by TTS with reference to the information of the Ministry of Transport of the country.
During the meeting, key issues of the development of the transport potential of Kazakhstan and Europe were discussed. The parties paid special attention to cooperation in the field of development of the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TMTM).
The possibility of signing an agreement with the EU for the full loading of TMTM with the development of the infrastructure and terminal network, as well as the further introduction of a permit-free system of a single form for Kazakhstan, was discussed.
The seaport of Aktau is located on the eastern coast of the Caspian Sea, at the intersection of transport corridors connecting Kazakhstan, Iran, Azerbaijan and Turkey. It is part of the JSC NK "Kazakhstan Temir Zholy" group of companies. The port provides transshipment of dry cargo, crude oil and petroleum products.
The Kuryk port is located on the eastern coast of the Caspian Sea, south of the Aktau port and is located in a natural bay, in a bay that provides favorable weather conditions for loading and unloading operations. The ferry complex is focused on transshipment of grain, petroleum products, fertilizers, chemicals and other types of cargo. It is part of the holding structure "Kazakhstan Temir Zholy".
It will be recalled that the TCS wrote that the capacity of Kazakhstan's sea ports is planned to be increased to over 30 million tons by 2030. At the moment, the throughput capacity of the ports is about 21.2 million tons of cargo per year. In addition, work is underway to attract a number of European transport and logistics companies to the development of the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TMTM), the volume of cargo transportation of which has recently doubled.