Askar Mamin, First Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan, inspected construction progress of a ferry complex in Kuryk port (KPSP is the general designer)

Installation of track panels on a 12 meter-long railway siding from Ersay station to the Kuryk port was completed. Track ballasting works were completed. Ground excavation in the amount of 4.3 million m³ was carried out.  Also, erection of a western mole made of 400 thousand tons of rubble stone was completed.  A bottom drenching of an access canal to the port area in the amount of 525 thousand m³ was completed.

10 kW external power supply lines were built.  The construction of a linkspan bridge is being carried out extensively.  The start-up facilities of Kuryk Port shall be commissioned before the end of this year. 

"The Ferry Complex in Kuryk Port is an important member of a transport and logistic system of the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route. It shall boost the development of a transit transport capacity of Kazakhstan and facilitate the implementation of the  New Silk Road project," Askar Mamin said. 

The Ferry Complex in Kuryk Port shall handle five ferrys a day, thereby allowing cargo handling in the amount of 4 million ton per year. 

Source: https://bnews.kz