Expansion of seaport of Aktau to be completed in 2016

"The first stage of the project are construction of a pier and dredging work, this is what we plan to begin in this June. The total amount of investment into expansion of the port is 27 billion tenge. More than 200 jobs will be created. The contractor of the project is "Kazakhstan Temir Zholy" JSC, the investor of the project is Dubai Port World - one of the world seaport operators. Thus, Mangystau region will become a transport hub in south and west Kazakhstan. Cargo will be transported to Aktau by rail and then to the European countries and Iran by sea. In addition to the already functioning Kazakhstan-Turkmenistan-Iran railroad another railroad from Kazakhstan to Iran and then leading to the other countries of the Persian Gulf will be built. The completion of the work beginning of the operation is scheduled for 2016," A. Tulegenov said.

The new transport and logistics project will allow to increase the volume of freight traffic through the seaport of Aktau including export. The loading capacity of the port will be 500 tons an hour.

In 2014, the total volume of freight flow in the seaport of Aktau made 10.3 million tons, which is 2% higher than in 2013. The growth was conditioned by the launch of the railways "Zhezkazgan-Beineu" and "Uzen-Bolashak".