According to the results of the first quarter of 2025, the volume of loading on the network of Kazakhstan Railways (KTZ) amounted to 64.2 million tons, which is 4.4% more than in the same period of 2024. The press service of JSC NC Kazakhstan Temir Zholy reported that 41 million tons of this volume are domestic transportation, and export deliveries increased by 12%, reaching 23.2 million tons.
In the port of Kuryk, at the berth of the Sarzha terminal, a ceremonial launch of the new dry cargo ship Nasipkali Marabayev, named after the outstanding oilman and public figure of Kazakhstan, took place. The vessel is managed by a joint Kazakh-Arab shipping company.
The Kazakh-Polish joint commission on international road transport held a meeting at the Ministry of Transport of Kazakhstan. The participants discussed the positive dynamics of cargo transportation in 2024 – the volume of road transport deliveries between the countries increased by 5% and reached 360 thousand tons.
The Port of Zeebrugge has set a new depth record with the arrival of the giant container ship MSC Mina, a 400-metre long vessel with a draft of 16.40 metres. This surpasses the previous record set in July 2024 by the Ever Greet and marks a major milestone for the CSP Zeebrugge terminal.
Seafrigo is strengthening its position in Northern Europe with a new 10,000 m2 warehouse in Katrineholm, Sweden. The new facility has a capacity of 30,000 pallets and can handle up to 100 tonnes of blast-frozen products per week.
OCP Group and Maersk have signed a new global Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), opening the next stage of their strategic cooperation. The partnership strengthens the long-standing ties between the companies and aims to develop sustainable, digital and flexible logistics solutions that support OCP’s international expansion, especially through its Specialty Products & Solutions (SPS) business.
In Almaty, the management of Kazakhstan Temir Zholy JSC held an off-site meeting to discuss the progress of key infrastructure projects. Particular attention was paid to the construction of a bypass railway line around the Almaty station – the construction of the roadbed at the site is almost complete, 74 km of rail and sleeper grid have been assembled, and work on the construction of bridges and laying of pipes is being carried out strictly according to schedule. The project is planned to be completed by the end of the year.
In March, Baltic Hub, part of the PSA Group, received three state-of-the-art Ship-To-Shore (STS) shore cranes, continuing the large-scale expansion of the T3 terminal. Earlier, in October 2024, the terminal received four more such cranes, which are currently undergoing testing. The new equipment is designed to significantly improve the efficiency of handling the world’s largest container ships.
For the first time since the start of the full-scale invasion, Ukraine has resumed ferry service with Georgia – on March 18 and 26, two trips were made from the port of Chornomorsk to Batumi, and a third is planned for the near future. This was announced by the Director of Commercial Work and Logistics of JSC Ukrzaliznytsia, Timofey Murakhovsky, at a meeting dedicated to the restoration of the ferry route within the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR).
JSC Azerbaijan Railways is actively implementing the construction of the strategically important Astara terminal in Iran as part of the development of the International North-South Transport Corridor. 85% of the design and 72.4% of the construction and installation works have already been completed. An 8.3 km railway line has been laid from the Astara station to the Iranian border and a bridge has been erected across the Astarachay River. Of the seven planned bridges, one is completely ready, and the rest are in the final stage (90% of the work has been completed).
