OREANDA-NEWS. Today, during a nationwide teleconference "new industrialization of Kazakhstan. The results of 2015 "with the participation of the President of Kazakhstan was launched the trial operation of the northern terminal of the international sea trade port of Aktau.

"Now we are in connection with the completion of the railway in the direction of the Persian Gulf through Iran are opening new markets for grain, which is very important.  We entered this place on time. Maybe this year will begin the handling, both in the direction of Azerbaijan and to the south ", - said Nursultan Nazarbayev and congratulated the beginning of the operation of the northern port terminal.

During the live broadcast from Aktau, the head of the port M.Yalbachev reported that the port infrastructure was built in record time.

Northern expansion of the port will allow to increase by 4 times the power for handling the grain, introduce modern technology for container handling. In general, the capacity of the sea harbor on the Caspian Sea will increase by 3 million tons of cargo a year.