Kazakhstan to dredge port for key China-EU trade route

Kazakhstan is dredging the Caspian Sea to facilitate trade between the EU and China. The trade route will facilitate the flow of goods from China to Europe, bypassing Russia. The dredging work is scheduled to be completed this year.

Kazakhstan to dredge port for key China-EU trade route

Kazakhstan will start dredging part of the Caspian Sea around its main port to increase capacity for a crucial transport route linking Asia and Europe, a spokesperson told AFP on Monday. The Trans-Caspian trade route, also known as the “Middle Corridor”, allows goods to flow from China to Europe while bypassing Russia. The work, expected to be finished this year, will “increase the load capacity of ships in the port of Aktau and transport along …

Astana (Kazakhstan), 12 May 2025 (AFP) – Kazakhstan will carry out work to dig the bottom of the Caspian Sea around its main port, whose trans-Caspian transport corridor between Europe and Asia, a colossal project that bypasses Russia and is supported by Europeans. This dredging work is to be completed [...]