Khorgos Gateway Boosts Transit Capacity
The Khorgos Gateway Dry Port, operating within Kazakhstan’s special economic zone, handled more than 372,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in 2025, a 2% increase compared to 2024, according to Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ). The results confirm the dry port’s growing role as a key transshipment hub linking China with Europe and Central Asia and supporting the steady expansion of cross-border rail freight along the trans-Eurasian corridor.
Infrastructure modernization was a key driver of performance growth. In 2025, the facility commissioned ten additional broad-gauge railway tracks and implemented intelligent infrastructure solutions aimed at accelerating container handling. These measures reduced average container processing time from five hours to approximately one hour, significantly improving operational efficiency and throughput capacity.
Khorgos Gateway is Kazakhstan’s second major joint logistics project with China, following the launch of the Kazakh logistics terminal at the Chinese port of Lianyungang. The dry port complex comprises a China–Kazakhstan rail transshipment station, a grain and wheat transshipment facility, and an extensive container yard, forming an integrated border logistics platform.
Benefiting from its location within a special economic zone, the dry port offers tax and customs incentives that have attracted companies from various sectors. This framework has supported not only transit operations but also the development of manufacturing, value-added logistics, and related services in the region.
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