Today, 24 December 2024, the Kazakh company Semurg Invest received first dry cargo ship in the port of Kuryk at the berth of the Sarzha terminal, DKnews.kz reports.
The vessel will start shipping cargo on the Caspian Sea in December.
7,400-tonne, 2016-built dry cargo ship Deniz is scheduled to embark on its maiden voyage from the port of Kuryk on the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route this month after arriving in the Caspian Sea from the Mediterranean region. According to the company, the vessel will be operated by a Middle Corridor Shipping LLP subsidiary in partnership with the UAE-based Freeseas Container Shipping.
By the way, domestic developer Semurg Invest plans to increase its merchant fleet to six vessels.
In addition to the development of marine terminals in the port of Kuryk, the company also began to address pressing issues of marine fleet development.
One dry cargo ship of this type can transport up to 240,000 tonnes of cargo per year Semurg Invest CEO Nurzhan Marabayev said at a meeting of the Government of Kazakhstan in December
As previously reported, the Sarzha multifunctional marine terminal project provides for the construction of six terminals, which by 2030 will increase the capacity of the Trans-Caspian route by 5 million tons of dry cargo and more than 7 million tons of liquid cargo annually. Two of the six planned terminals have already started operations under the project's first phase. Of the nine berths, two have already been built and the third will be completed in 2025. Intra-port access and station railway lines with a total length of 16 kilometers have also been constructed, and more than 80 permanent jobs have been created.
As previously reported, the Sarzha multifunctional marine terminal project provides for the construction of six terminals, which by 2030 will increase the capacity of the Trans-Caspian route by 5 million tons of dry cargo and more than 7 million tons of liquid cargo annually. Two of the six planned terminals have already started operations under the project's first phase. Of the nine berths, two have already been built and the third will be completed in 2025. Intra-port access and station railway lines with a total length of 16 kilometers have also been constructed, and more than 80 permanent jobs have been created.
