Kazmortransflot increased container shipments across the Caspian Sea by more than 15% in 2025. A total of 59,400 containers (in twenty-foot equivalent units) were transported on the Aktau–Baku–Aktau route in 2025, Kazakhstan’s national oil and gas company KazMunayGas (KMG) said.
“Based on last year’s results, KMG’s subsidiary Kazmortransflot demonstrated steady growth in container transportation across the Caspian Sea, strengthening its position in developing Kazakhstan’s transit and transport potential. In 2025, 59,400 containers (TEU) were transported on the Aktau–Baku–Aktau feeder line. Volumes rose by more than 15% compared with 2024 (51,400 TEU),” the company said.
KMG stressed that the consistent increase in volumes confirms Kazmortransflot’s key role in providing reliable maritime logistics, diversifying export and transit routes, and developing multimodal transport between Asia and Europe.
On January 13, Kazakhstan’s Energy Ministry reported that two tankers involved in shipping Kazakh oil had come under drone attack near the CPC (Caspian Pipeline Consortium) marine terminal. According to the ministry, the targeted vessels — Matilda and Delta Harmony — were sailing under the flags of Malta and Liberia. The tankers were not loaded with Kazakh crude, so Kazakhstan’s energy supplies were not affected, and there were no casualties among the crews, the ministry said.
The ministry also confirmed media reports that Kazakhstan reduced oil loadings via the CPC in December 2025. Earlier, some outlets reported that Kazakhstan’s oil exports to global markets through the CPC had fallen by roughly 45% from planned levels following drone attacks and storms in the Black Sea.
The attack on the CPC — the route through which Kazakhstan exports most of its oil — took place on the morning of November 29, 2025, using a Ukrainian unmanned maritime drone. Kazakhstan’s Energy Ministry called the sabotage unacceptable and a threat to global energy security. Kazakhstan’s Foreign Ministry issued a protest, and Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry said it had taken note. Kazakhstan’s Energy Ministry also said the country redirected oil flows to other routes due to reduced pumping capacity.
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Based on materials from TASS