ASTANA, Kazakhstan, December 27. Kazakhstan has begun developing a number of important projects for the development of maritime infrastructure in 2023, Trend reports.
According to official information, a container hub will be built, berths will be rebuilt, and transshipment equipment will be updated in the port of Aktau.
At the same time, a grain terminal was opened in Kuryk's port in collaboration with the Emirati company Abu Dhabi Ports.
Furthermore, dredging work in the waters of the ports of Aktau and Kuryk is scheduled for 2024-2025 to increase maritime navigation safety.
In all, the realization of all of the following projects will enhance Kazakhstan's seaports' throughput capacity by 10 million tons, including container capacity of up to 300,000 TEUs per year.
Moreover, the country has intensified the development of inland water transport.
In particular, it is planned to increase the transit potential of the transboundary Irtysh River and create a new Russia-Kazakhstan-China corridor.
Thus, the development of transit capabilities of the transboundary Irtysh River will allow increasing the volume of cargo transportation from the current 1.5 to 3.5 million tons.
Meanwhile, the total volume of cargo transportation through the territory of Kazakhstan amounted to 895 million tons from January through November 2023. This figure exceeds the same period in 2022 by 3.9 percent.
At the same time, 29 million tons of this volume are accounted for by transit. Transit growth for the year amounted to 21 percent.