Kazakhstan’s ministry shares scheduled works in ports for development of Middle Corridor

BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 23. Dredging works in the
port of Kuryk and construction of a container hub in the port of
Aktau will start in 2024, and these works can be financed by
investments, that are planned within the development of the
Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR, or Middle
Corridor), the statement of Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Transport
said, Trend
reports.

“By 2028, it is planned to increase the throughput capacity of
Kazakhstan’s ports of Kuryk and Aktau by 50 percent (up to 32
million tons of cargo per year in total), and container cargo
transportation – three times (more than 200,000 TEU per year),” the
statement of the ministry noted.

The Ministry of Transport of Kazakhstan notes that a large
transport and logistics cluster will be created due to these works
on the basis of the ports of Kuryk and Aktau.

“In addition, to develop the logistics of international
transportation through the seaports of Aktau and Kuryk, by the end
of 2024 it is planned to create a joint transport and logistics
company-operator on the route TITR, with the involvement of Turkish
and Chinese partners,” – the statement reads.

To note, the TITR has been operating for 10 years, with 2.7
million tons of cargo passing through it in 2023 (an 86 percent
increase over 2022) and 4.2 million tons of cargo scheduled to be
transported in 2024.

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