Kuryk: PPM-1 and PPM-2 bridges cut the ferry cycle

In August 2026 Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Transport reported that the PPM-1 and PPM-2 loading bridges at the Caspian port of Kuryk had been modernised. That is ferry-complex infrastructure on the Trans-Caspian route (TITR / Middle Corridor).

The ministry’s published figures: rail-ferry processing fell from 18 hours to 12, vehicle ferries from 10 to 6. Rail-ferry capacity rose from 40 wagons to 48. In the first half of 2026 the port handled 884,800 t — 475,500 t by rail and 306,200 t by road.

For OOG the useful number is not grain or box tonnage. It is the ramp, the axle load and the slot queue. A shorter processing cycle means a lowbed or curtainsider road train spends less time in port — if the ferry and the permits are already lined up. The bridge does not lift a height cap, a bridge on the approach, or the last mile into site.

Kuryk is part of a road-plus-ferry scheme across the Caspian.