Kazakhstan Port Assessment
Aktau port is situated on
the eastern coast of the Caspian sea and is only one sea port
of the Republic of Kazakhstan, aimed for international shipping of
different dry cargos, crude oil and oil products. Creation of new
peripheral industrial centers, economic recovery and growth of
ethic peripheries culture, as well as interests of strengthening
the defense capability of the former Soviet Union country, required
an appropriate transport service, in particular, sea links.
Aktau port was built up in 1963
for transportation of the uranium industry and oil fields products
of the Mangyshlak region.
Later, Aktau port played a
significant role in construction of the nuclear power plant BN-350,
factories of the chemical industry sector and directly of Aktau
city itself.
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