Makhachkala Port plans to expand cooperation with Turkmenistan on Trans-Caspian freight transportation

The Makhachkala Sea Commercial Port plans in 2026 to strengthen cooperation with Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan and to implement measures to transport cargo from China via the Trans-Caspian transport corridor, the port reported on Sunday.

Within the framework of the “North–South” transport corridor, the enterprise managed to reduce the costs of multimodal shipments along the Mumbai–Makhachkala route by half.

The port’s cargo transportation directions are focused on the east and south. Its key partners are Iran, India, China and the Central Asian countries.

By 2030, Makhachkala Port plans to launch ferry services with the ports of Turkmenistan, Iran and Kazakhstan.

The Makhachkala Sea Commercial Port is one of Russia’s ice-free, deep-water ports on the Caspian Sea. It is a strategically important logistics hub linking the transport system of southern Russia with Central Asian states, Iran, the Caucasus and other countries of the region.