Kazakhstan has upgraded one of its most important rail border crossings. The investment helps to boost capacity on the Asia-Europe rail routes and reduce congestion.
Kazakhstan’s Khorgos special economic zone, a rail gateway into China, could be getting a new multimodal airport. The Kazakh-German Skyhansa consortium signed a framework agreement…
There are more and more trains destined for Europe going through the Kazakh border point Khorgos. In the first quarter of 2025, it recorded 28,5…
A record volume of rail freight was transported into China from Kazakhstan in 2024. The number amounted to 32 million tonnes, up by 13 per…
The border crossing in Khorgos, between China and Kazakhstan, saw 8,730 trains passing through during 2024. This is a 12.5 per cent increase compared to…
The overly congested Kazakh-Chinese border crossings remain a problem for rail traffic. The Kazakh side cannot handle the amount of incoming freight, leading to a…
Kazakhstan will temporarily stop accepting containers heading to China through the Dostyk border crossing. The infrastructure is not adequately equipped to handle the large volumes…
China-Europe trade corridors are currently facing some significant issues concerning container rates as well as congestion along the railways. Concerning rail freight, congestion concerns the…
Kazakh Railways (KTZ) has temporarily banned the export of agricultural goods via rail to China. KTZ explains the ban by referring to overloaded border crossings.
A new grain terminal has been opened in Khorgos on the Kazakh-Chinese border. The terminal is currently operating in test mode. In the future, local…
Kazakhstan’s grain export volumes to China could double in 2024, in line with the Alashankou border crossing’s capacity doubling for grain transportation. Another border crossing,…
The use of railways to transport Kazakh grain exported to China has increased four times between September 2022 and June 2023, compared to the same…