KTZ Express Organized First Multimodal Shipment of Chemical Products from Japan to Kazakhstan

KTZ Express Organized First Multimodal Shipment of Chemical Products from Japan to Kazakhstan

KTZ Express continues to expand the geography of its international transportation services by integrating new Asian destinations into Kazakhstan’s transport and logistics system. The company has organized its first multimodal shipment of containers carrying chemical products from the Japanese port of Kobe to Almaty.

The route, with a total distance of approximately 6,000 km, combines sea and rail transportation. From the Port of Kobe, the containers travel approximately 1,620 km by sea to Lianyungang, China, where, following customs clearance, the cargo is transferred to rail and continues for another approximately 4,400 km to Almaty. At the China–Kazakhstan border, the containers are transshipped at the Altynkol border crossing onto rolling stock operating on Kazakhstan’s broad-gauge railway network before continuing to their final destination.

Lianyungang is one of the key elements of KTZ Express’s transport infrastructure in East Asia. The port is home to the Kazakhstan–China International Logistics Company in Lianyungang, a joint terminal project between Kazakhstan and China launched in 2014 as part of the Belt and Road Initiative. Through this hub, Kazakhstan’s cargo flows gain access to international maritime routes connecting Kazakhstan, China and the markets of East Asia.

The Kobe–Almaty route demonstrates that the potential of such connectivity can be used not only for cargo originating in China, but also to link other countries in the Asia-Pacific region with overland routes running through China and Kazakhstan.