BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 5. Turkmenistan
brought utilization of the Turkmenbashi International Seaport close
to half of its capacity in 2025.
The figure was reflected in the World Bank report "Integration:
World-Class Trade Logistics Along the Trans-Caspian Transport
Corridor."
According to the report, the port’s utilization increased to 43%
by the end of 2025 from 19% in 2023, while its installed capacity
accounts for 17 million tons and 400,000 twenty-foot equivalent
units (TEUs) annually.
Compared with 2023, the increase to 43% represents a rise of 24
percentage points, while the utilization level more than doubled,
according to Trend’s
calculations. In tonnage terms, the increase to 43% represents an
additional approximately 4.1 million tons of annualized capacity
utilization.
Additionally, the State Service of Maritime and River Transport
of Turkmenistan has earlier said that the growth in 2025 was
supported by increased cargo flows along the
China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan-Turkmenistan multimodal corridor and
the China-Europe route.
Meanwhile, the Trans-Caspian Transport Corridor (TCTC), also
known as the Middle Corridor, is a multimodal trade route
connecting East Asia and Europe through Central Asia, the Caspian
Sea, the South Caucasus and Türkiye. The corridor includes rail,
maritime and road connections and links countries along the route
with each other and with global markets.
Turkmenistan is among the countries forming the TCTC network,
alongside Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic,
Tajikistan, Türkiye and Uzbekistan. For Turkmenistan, the route
provides connections between its railway network, the Port of
Turkmenbashi and Caspian maritime links.
