New port for Aktau

Kazakhstan is developing a new trade route from China to Russia via the Irtysh River, with a port and railway planned, aiming for completion by 2026.

China and Kazakhstan agreed to invest US$3.7 billion in joint projects, including the construction of a new container hub at Aktau Port on the Caspian Sea coast.

This year, Kazakhstan inked a MoU with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, securing an investment package of EUR 1.5 billion.

Moscow has submitted a draft bill to the national parliament for the privatisation of infrastructure facilities in Russia’s river ports.

Over 130,000 containers have been moved by barge between Virginia and Richmond in the past decade.

Low water on the Rhine always presents serious problems for inland navigation, and now the giant BASF chemicals group wants action taken, including the possibility of having special barges built to ensure continuity of supply