BAKU, Azerbaijan, December 12. Cargo transportation through Kazakhstan's Aktau port can increase fivefold as part of the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route, the source at the port told Trend.
"Currently, the port of Aktau is a modern multipurpose terminal with extensive warehouse areas providing high-quality and reliable storage of goods, dry cargo and oil berths, and a grain terminal," the source said.
As the source said, the technical equipment of the port allows it to handle a wide range of cargo.
"In terms of its technical parameters and established business processes, the Aktau port meets modern international standards," the source said.
According to the source, the Aktau port is an integral part of the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR, or Middle Corridor), whose participants are railway, port, and shipping companies from Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Türkiye, Ukraine, Poland, Uzbekistan, Romania, and China.
"Today's transformations of logistics routes for cargo transportation on the Eurasian continent can increase in the medium term the volume of cargo transportation through the Aktau port, within the framework of international transport corridors (TITR, North-South, and other directions), by five times," the source noted.
The total cargo turnover of the Aktau port amounted to 3.785 million tons from January through October 2023, which is 22 percent more than the same period in 2022 (3.109 million tons).
The Middle Corridor is a transportation and trade route that connects Asia and Europe, passing through several countries in the region. It is an alternative route to the traditional Northern Corridor and Southern Corridor.
The route starts in China and crosses Central Asian countries such as Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan. It then passes through the Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Türkiye before reaching Europe.
The Middle Corridor offers a land route that connects the eastern parts of Asia, including China, with Europe, bypassing the longer maritime routes.