Kazakhstan plans to scale up the volume of cargo transported via the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route to 10 million tons annually by 2030.
Sea-news.az reports that Deputy Minister of Transport of Kazakhstan Damir Kozhakhmetov announced the target during a briefing in Astana organized for heads of diplomatic missions and international organizations.
He noted that during the first ten months of 2026, a total of 522 container trains were dispatched along the route, compared to 292 during the same period last year. The annual target is set at 600 trains.
Currently, a container train reaches Azerbaijan from Xi’an, China, within 9 to 11 days, and Poti, Georgia, within 15 to 18 days.
By 2030, Kazakhstan aims to expand the combined throughput capacity of its Caspian ports to approximately 45 million tons, increasing container handling capacity to 740,000 TEUs.
