Capacity of Kazakhstan’s Caspian ports to increase

By  Trend

The capacity of the Caspian ports of Kazakhstan will reach 25 million tons by 2020.

The increase in the ports' capacity will affect the development of the Trans-Caspian route from China to Turkey and further to Europe via Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Georgia, said Maksat Kabashev, vice president for development at KTZ JSC, during the One Belt - One Road Forum.

Synergy of transportation and logistics systems of Kazakhstan and China is developing a new architecture of transcontinental corridors, Kabashev believes.

Development of the Trans-Caspian route involves the construction of about 700 km of new railways and over 3,000 km of highways, according to Kabashev.

“The Aktau seaport has been modernized and a new ferry complex has been built in Kuryk port, providing the most optimal route for cargo transportation from China, Central Asia and the Ural-Siberian region of Russia. In addition, the Lianyungang port has implemented a joint Kazakh-Chinese terminal project, which has become one of the key infrastructures for sending the cargo from China and other countries of Southeast Asia on high-speed trains via the Trans-Caspian route.”