The first dry cargo ship, thanks to the capabilities of Sarzha Cargo Terminal of Sarzha Multifunctional Marine Terminal in the port of Kuryk, Mangistau region, left for the port of Baku, DKNews.kz reports.
At the shipment ceremony, attended by representatives of Glencore International, an Anglo-Swiss company specializing in trading and mining, expressed high hopes for the prospects of the new logistics route and expected it to open up new business opportunities for the international company.
The vessel of Azerbaijani company ASCO Huseyn Javid, loaded with 5 tonnes of aluminum, copper, and lead, will further head to Europe from Baku.
Thus, the relevance of the Trans-Caspian international transport route for global trade and transport is confirmed in practice.
The developer of the project - Semurg Invest LLP - has built 16 kilometers of access railway tracks, two berths, and a general cargo terminal.
«The launch of the first terminal of ММТ Sarzha will give a new impetus to the development of the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route and consolidate Kazakhstan's position as an important strategic transport and logistics hub in the region, linking China, Central Asia, and CIS countries with Europe» Nurzhan Marabayev, General Director of the company
Kazakhstan's SEMURG INVEST has been developing the Kuryk port facilities for many years and is helping to increase the capacity of the Middle Corridor.
The project is included in the list of the National Infrastructure Plan of Kazakhstan until 2029, the Concept of Transport and Logistics Potential Development until 2030, the Unified Industrialisation Map, as well as the Roadmap for simultaneous debottlenecking and development of the Middle Corridor in the territories of Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, and Turkey for 2022-2027.
President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev`s State of the Nation Address «Economic Course of a Just Kazakhstan» instructed to develop a holistic maritime infrastructure development plan to strengthen our transit potential and develop TMTM. A special focus on this should be assigned to the Kuryk port. According to the President, the port is to become a full-fledged logical cluster like Aktau.
