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Trade turnover between Azerbaijan and Greece exceeded $715.7 million in January–September 2026, marking an 8.7% increase compared with the corresponding period of 2025, according to the State Customs Committee.
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – Kazakhstan has retained its position as Central Asia’s leading higher education system in the QS World University Rankings: Asia 2027, with three universities placing among the region’s top 100. Nazarbayev University recorded…
Union Pacific led the way on the North American containerised rail freight front over the three months to October, amid all the noise surrounding its pending acquisition of Norfolk Southern – but it was not alone in enjoying a bountiful summer. In general, North American intermodal operators benefited from an upswing …
Californians head for the polls today to decide on Charter Amendment PRT – a package of changes affecting Los Angeles’s airports, harbour, and Department of Water and Power, including new workforce disclosure requirements for leases at the port. The measure would require applicants for certain new Harbor Department le…
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – The Kazakh government approved an action plan on Nov. 3 to implement the president’s state-of-the-nation address, allocating around 6.5 trillion tenge (US$14.3 billion) for key social and infrastructure projects through the e…
Growing ecommerce imports are reshaping Latin America’s air cargo networks, but have yet to resolve the region’s directional imbalance, with LATAM Cargo reporting that declining industrial shipments are offsetting some of the gains. Speaking to The Loadstar at TIACA’s Air Cargo Forum in Miami last week, LATAM Cargo gr…
All the mainline operators look set to resume Suez Canal transits for their Asia-North Europe and Asia-Mediterranean services. Taiwan’s Evergreen will join its Ocean Alliance partners in doing just that this week, while Yang Ming and South Korea’s HMM will join their Premier Alliance partners restarting Suez crossings…
Bread-and-butter deal-making, typically in the $250m-$1bn range, is surging. As you may have noticed Yesterday, DeskOne highlighted another M&A trifecta coming our way, right after ‘Merger Week Delight: Scan + OIA; Boluda + Samskip; Contship + Tarros‘, from a few days ago. And the deal struck down under by US-based AI…
Adani Ports raised its guidance on growth that increasingly comes from outside India; walked away from Associated British Ports; has reportedly made a binding offer of about $3.3bn for European terminal operator EVOS; and has set up a company in Oman as the Port of Salalah prepares to change operator – with the US cas…
Concern is rising among cargo owners and logistics providers that a strike at the Los Angeles/Long Beach port complex could turbo-charge the congestion there. About 250 watchmen, who perform security-related duties at container terminals at the twin ports, are poised to walk off the job at 5pm Pacific time on Wednesda…
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – Kazakhstan is preparing the next stage of its tiger reintroduction program, with two cubs expected to be released into the wild in 2027, Kazinform reported on Nov.3. Photo credit: Almaty Zoo The cubs are undergoing adaptation…
Customs says it has certified $127.7 billion in unlawful emergency-duty refunds. Court records reveal an impressive processing system, a nearly $1 billion banking-information bottleneck and a legal divide that still leaves some importers waiting. The United States has built a remarkably efficient machine for returning…
Azerbaijan imported 680 electric vehicles between January and September 2026, marking a 56.4% decline compared with the corresponding period of 2025. According to data released by the State Customs Committee, the total value of electric vehicle imports fell by...
For much of its modern history, Azerbaijan's economic and political influence has been closely tied to oil and gas. The country built its reputation as an energy producer long before the current debate about energy diversification and the green transition became a global priority. Its pipelines connected the Caspian b…
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – Kazakhstan is preparing for a nationwide construction drive that will direct nearly 6.5 trillion tenge (US$14.3 billion) toward infrastructure development through 2029, as President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev calls for a new phase…
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – Japan and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) provide Kazakhstan with $3 million to strengthen environmental oversight and promote sustainable development in its rare metal and rare earth mineral sector under a ne…
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – Kazakhstan has resumed oil transportation through the Atyrau-Samara pipeline after suspending operations following drone attacks on facilities in Russia, according to the Kazakh Ministry of Energy. The pipeline returned to op…
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – Global Tech Weekend (GTW) will hold the official launch event of its 2027 program on Dec. 5 at Mtatsminda Hall in Tbilisi. The event will feature an unconventional pitch session, with startup founders presenting their ideas t…
PRESS RELEASE Ryder Acquires Efficiency Enterprises; Expands East Coast Fleet Network Nov 2, 2026 12:30 PM Eastern Standard Time – Expands Ryder’s truck rental, leasing, and maintenance footprint across six strategic Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, and Florida markets – Builds on Ryder’s growth strategy by increasing capacit…
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan sent greetings to Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev while flying over Kazakhstan en route to South Korea, Aibek Smadiyarov, the Kazakh president’s press secretary, said on his Teleg…
Kazakhstan’s Transport Minister Nurlan Sauranbayev, Azerbaijan’s Ambassador to Kazakhstan Alimirzamin Asgarov, and AZCON Holding representative Shahin Babayev have discussed prospects for bilateral cooperation at a meeting in Astana.
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – Annual inflation in Kazakhstan slowed to 9.2% in October, down 3.4% from 12.6% in the same month last year, according to the Bureau of National Statistics. Photo credit: Shutterstock Consumer prices rose 0.5% month on month i…
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – Kazakhstan is considering the creation of a state strategic uranium reserve to secure fuel supplies for future nuclear power plants, with a target of reserving at least 150,000 tons of uranium by 2050, Almasadam Satkaliyev, c…
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – Nine agreements with international partners worth a combined $1.3 billion were signed during an investment roundtable for Alatau City in London on Nov. 2, as Kazakhstan launched a European roadshow to attract foreign investme…
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – Central Asia could unlock significant economic benefits from closer cooperation between its electricity systems, with a developed regional architecture potentially generating up to $640 million in annual gross benefits, accor…
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s steelmaker Qarmet is building new coke batteries scheduled to enter service in 2027, a project that will form part of the country’s first coal-chemical complex, as the company advances a $3.5 billion modernizatio…
TURKEY: Şanlıurfa municipality has let a contract to construct the first phase of the city’s future light rail system to a consortium of Sigma İnşaat, Emreray Enerji and Vestan İnşaat. The consortium submitted a winning bid of TL3.39bn, the lowest of seven bids received. Phase 1 involves construction of a 14 km north-…