BreakBulk CASPIAN 2022

22nd of September 2022

Holiday Inn Almaty
Almaty, Kazakhstan

On September 22, the III international conference BreakBulk Caspian 2022, dedicated to the logistics of project cargo in the countries of Central Asia and Transcaucasia, completed its work in Almaty (Kazakhstan).

This year the conference was attended by more than 110 delegates from Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Germany, and Turkey.

The central topic of discussion was the issue of the Trans-Caspian transport route, which is increasingly involved in the transportation of project and container cargo. The growth of transportation in January-August 2022 amounted to +60% compared to last year. However, as noted at the conference, the route revealed weaknesses. First and most importantly, this corridor was not ready for such an increase in cargo traffic. And the high cost of a complex intermodal route was not offset by the expected shorter transit time. Thus, the Azerbaijani operator ADY did not have enough rolling stock which delayed the transshipment of containers in the Baku port. The company has already leased 108 railway platforms and planning to purchase another 300 in 2022. Meanwhile the waiting time for containers during the peak period was up to 85 days! The lack of locomotives in Georgia, outdated infrastructure, and inadequate coordination between the railway administrations of Georgia and Azerbaijan only aggravated the situation. And this is only part of the voiced problems.

Another main topic of discussion was the issues of sanctions pressure on Russia and the impact of this factor on cargo logistics for Central Asian countries. Sanctions against the Russian fleet made it impossible to use river-sea class vessels and barges for direct ship calls to the ports of the EEC and the use of the “Baltic” corridor for the delivery of project cargo to the Caspian Sea. A foreign flag vessels cannot use this route. Therefore, the ports of Turkey and Egypt are increasingly used for transshipment of oversized and heavy cargo. All this increases the cost and delivery time of cargoes. The use of the Turkey-Georgia-Azerbaijan-Central Asia, China-land border crossings – Central Asia, Iran-Central Asia corridors will increase but these routes have serious restrictions on the size and weight of transported cargoes. If the territory of Russia and its inland waterways are not used, the delivery of project cargo for large-scale projects in the region will become impossible.

Conference program:

BreakBulk Caspian 2022 international conference

9.00–10.30 Participants registration, welcome coffee-break

10.30–11.30 First session.

“CTE” company report

Will the Turkey-Georgia-Azerbaijan-Kazakhstan transport corridor be able to become a reliable alternative to traditional routes?

Dobordzhginidze Nikoloz, head of project department & CIS supervisor

“Trans-Caspian International Transport Route” international association report

Trans-Caspian international transport route – new development opportunities

Abdikerimov Gaidar, general secretary

“HHLA International” company report 

Trans-Caspian route work experience. Strengths and weaknesses

Hascoet Vincent, intermodal and strategic business development

Kazmortransflot company report

Trans-Caspian route potential

Orzhanov Aidar, CEO

11.30–12.00 coffee-break

12.00–13.00 Second session.

“NAWINIA” company report

Features of the heavy cargo transportation routes infrastructure in Central Asian countries on the example of projects in the Republic of Uzbekistan

Baum Mark, head of project division, multimodal transportations and customs clearance department

“Barrus Projects” company report

How will the world change for project cargo logisticians under sanctions

Fomin Dmitry, projects manager

13.00–14.30 lunch

14.30–16.30 “Problems of project transportation in the current conditions” discussion

– Opportunities for project cargo air transportation in the current conditions /Vekhov Sergey, sales and development director, Air Charter Service company/

– Situation on the freight market of the Caspian Sea /Sarsenova Svetlana, head of business development, Morvenna SC/

– Project Insurance: Negotiation Time / Kolegova Oksana, deputy CEO, Pandi Transcompany/

– New solutions in the heavy and oversized cargo transportation by rail organization. Opportunities of the Southern direction (Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Iran) / Grudnichok Sergey, head of project logistics, RZD Logistics company/

16.30-17.00 Summing up the results of the conference

17.00-20.00 Evening buffet

List of participants

100 TONN MONTAZH

ABSHERON LOGISTICS CENTER (Azerbaijan)

Across Logistics Solutions (Kazakhstan)

AGENT ARSENAL

Air Charter Service

ALMATY CONSOLIDATION CENTER

Arkhangelsk Pulp & Paper Mill

A.R.T. Logistics (Kazakhstan)

AST PLUS

ATP “Nevskoe”

Atyrau River Terminal

Barrus Projects    

Barrus Projects Kazakhstan     

Benchmark-logistics

Blue Water Shipping    

CJ ICM (Azerbaijan)    

CJ ICM Logistics (Kazakhstan)   

Conceptum Russia & CIS Countries   

Conceptum Logistics Group Holding GmbH

CS Conti – Service Internationale Spedition GmbH (Germany)

CTE (Georgia)    

DHL Global Forwarding Russia        

EMAX LOGISTICS

Europe Marine Group Ltd. (Latvia)

Formag Baku  

FORTUNA TRANS EXPRESS

Gianti Logistics Azerbaijan 

Gianti Logistic Uzbekistan

GK Global Lojistik

Globalink Logistics (Kazakhstan)    

Goldhofer AG (Germany)   

GRSMARINE

GRT

GSK

Hareket Heavy Lifting and Project Transportation (Kazakhstan)

HHLA International (Germany)

ImpexTransService    

Industrial Special Techniques    

INGERI Logistic    

ITMC – International Transport Management Company (Georgia)

JENTY    

Kazmortransflot (Kazakhstan)

KEEN-MARK-LOGISTIC

LS Cargo Logistics

LV Shipping Caspian (Azerbaijan)

Lionsmarine  

Logva Kazakhstan 

Marine shipping and Forwarding (Georgia)

Martrade Shipping & Logistics (Turkey)

Metso Outotec

Mining Solutions

MODUL

Morwenna Shipping company        

MT-GROUP

NAWINIA

NEGABARITIKA

NIPIGAS

NOYTEK LOGISTICS RUS 

NPT Project and Logistics

QBEX Logistics

Pandi Trans    

Pola-Rise    

PROJECTA

Rezonans (Belarus)

RAILSHIP SERVICE 

ROSTRANSPORT

RTransInvest 

Rusatom Cargo    

RZD Logistics

SC “Astrol”    

COMPASS Trading & Management (Romania)

Schenker Kazakhstan

Silvasti

Soyuzkontakt-Trans (Azerbaijan)

SP TRANSIT (Belarus)

STANMIX OKO    

STS LOGISTICS TRANSPORT

TELS CARGO

TengizTransGroup (Kazakhstan)

Transconsult Brest 

TII Group    

TIS Group

TransLiftTechnique  

VBL

Volga

VTA LINE