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A.P. Moller – Maersk has opened its first bonded warehouse in Vietnam at SLP Park in Nam Dinh Vu Industrial Zone in Hai Phong Province. Managed by Maersk Contract Logistics, the warehouse is an important step in expanding the company’s presence in northern Vietnam amid growing demand for import and export services. The opening was supported by the Commercial Counsellor of the Danish Embassy in Vietnam, Mr. Lasse Pedersen Hjortshøi, who stressed the importance of international business cooperation.

The meeting of the Advisory Committee of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) discussed the introduction of digital technologies to create a single transport space in the EAEU. Kazakhstan presented the Seamless Transit project, developed jointly with Kazakhstan Temir Zholy JSC and the State Revenue Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The project, launched in May 2024, is already operating on the China-Kazakhstan-Uzbekistan route, allowing for the automation of container transportation from China to Central Asia and Europe.

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev signed a decree on the establishment of the Azerbaijan Transport and Communications Holding (AZCON), which will unite the country’s key transport enterprises. The created structure, which is a legal entity of public law, was transferred the management of Azerbaijan Railways, the Caspian Shipping Company, the Baku International Sea Trade Port, the Baku Shipyard and other state-owned companies.

Active development of new logistics infrastructure continues in the Kuryk port in Kazakhstan. At the end of September, the first batch of cargo was received at the Sarzha terminal of the multifunctional sea terminal, and by the end of October, a ship with 4.5 thousand tons of metal is planned to be dispatched. The development project is being carried out by the Kazakhstani company SEMURG INVEST, which has completed key stages of construction, including berths and railway approaches. It is planned to fully complete all Sarzha facilities by 2030, which, according to the company’s CEO Nurzhan Marabayev, will increase the throughput capacity of the Middle Corridor by 10 million tons per year.

Yusen Logistics Co., Ltd. (YLK) announced a reorganization of its global management structure, separating the Global Headquarters (GHQ) into a separate company — Yusen Logistics Global Management Co., Ltd. (YLGM). This move is part of the corporate transformation under the grand strategy “TRANSFORM 2025.” Previously, the headquarters and the Japan region were managed separately, but will now become independent structures with functions that provide more flexible and responsive decision-making and strengthen management.

The future of the Ukrainian oil and fat industry lies in deep processing. This was emphasized by the Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Vitaliy Koval during his welcome speech at the XXII International Conference “Fat-and-Oil Industry-2024”, which is being held on October 30 in Kyiv.

In Astana, a meeting was held between the Chairman of the Board of JSC KTZ Express D. Kozhakhmetov and the management of the joint venture KPMC Ltd. and Senior Vice President of the German company Lanxess H. Hüppeler. The meeting focused on the logistics needs of Lanxess in the export of raw materials from Kazakhstan and the prospects for the transit of goods between Germany and China through the country.

Vice Minister of Trade and Integration of Kazakhstan Kairat Torebayev said at a government meeting that the country’s export potential for grain crops is 12 million tons, including 7-7.5 million tons of wheat, 1.4 million tons of barley, 1 million tons of oilseeds and 300 thousand tons of corn. The main growth in exports was to China, where Kazakhstan supplied 538.8 thousand tons of wheat this year, which is almost 15 times more than last year.

Occitanie Region, DEME Concessions NV, Euroports and Teréga have signed a Memorandum of Understanding aimed at creating a key hub for the management of low-carbon hydrogen and CO2 in the port of Port-la-Nouvelle. This project supports the energy transition at both regional and European levels.

The conference “Constanta Port – European Hub of the Middle Corridor” was held in Astana, Kazakhstan, attended by representatives of the Port of Constanta, the Port Business Association and the DP World container terminal. The main focus was on the development of the transport corridor between the ports of the Caspian and Black Seas and the increase in cargo flows along the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR).