{"id":18333,"date":"2026-07-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gruzingeo.com\/ktz-and-european-partners-have-agreed-on-new-projects-to-develop-the-titr\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T00:00:00","slug":"ktz-and-european-partners-have-agreed-on-new-projects-to-develop-the-titr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gruzingeo.com\/ka\/ktz-and-european-partners-have-agreed-on-new-projects-to-develop-the-titr\/","title":{"rendered":"KTZ and European partners have agreed on new projects to develop the TITR."},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"entry-content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An international business conference titled \u201cStrengthening Connectivity between Kazakhstan and the EU: Prospects and Strategic Potential of the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR)\u201d took place in Brussels, organized by JSC \u201cNC \u2018Kazakhstan Temir Zholy&#8217;\u201d (KTZ) with the support of the Embassy of Kazakhstan in Belgium. The forum served as a major international platform for discussing the development of the Middle Corridor, bringing together over 100 representatives from government agencies, financial institutions, and leading European transport and logistics companies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Several strategically important agreements were signed during the conference. Notably, the Ministry of Transport of Kazakhstan and SITA concluded a memorandum of cooperation on the digitalization of state-owned airports, including the implementation of biometric identification. JSC \u201cNC \u2018KazAutoZhol&#8217;\u201d and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) finalized a $489 million loan agreement for the \u201cAktobe\u2013Ulgaysyn\u201d road project. KTZ\u2019s subsidiary, KTZ Express, signed an agreement with Midia Marine Terminal to jointly develop infrastructure at the Romanian port of Midia, thereby enhancing the route\u2019s capabilities in the Black Sea region.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Furthermore, KTZ Express and A.P. Moller \u2013 Maersk reached agreements to expand container shipments along the TITR and attract additional cargo volumes. The conference was attended by representatives from the European Commission, the European Parliament, the EBRD, and the European Investment Bank, as well as major international logistics companies such as DHL Global Forwarding, HHLA International, RHENUS, Hellmann Worldwide Logistics, and Ahlers Logistics. The Chairman of the Board of KTZ presented plans for developing Kazakhstan\u2019s transport infrastructure and international terminal network, emphasizing that the interest shown by European partners confirms Kazakhstan\u2019s growing role as a key link in transcontinental logistics.<\/p>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An international business conference titled \u201cStrengthening Connectivity between Kazakhstan and the EU: Prospects and Strategic Potential of the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR)\u201d took place in Brussels, organized by JSC \u201cNC \u2018Kazakhstan Temir Zholy&#8217;\u201d (KTZ) with the support of the Embassy of Kazakhstan in Belgium. The forum served as a major international platform for discussing the development of the Middle Corridor, bringing together over 100 representatives from government agencies, financial institutions, and leading European transport and logistics companies.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18334,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-caucasus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gruzingeo.com\/ka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gruzingeo.com\/ka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gruzingeo.com\/ka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gruzingeo.com\/ka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gruzingeo.com\/ka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18333"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gruzingeo.com\/ka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18333\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gruzingeo.com\/ka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gruzingeo.com\/ka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gruzingeo.com\/ka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gruzingeo.com\/ka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}