Operational management is handled by the Contargo Group, a long-standing partner of Rhenus and a recognised expert in container logistics.
Kazakhstan is asserting itself as a logistics hub between Europe and China, while also facilitating access to fast-growing markets such as Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan.
For European companies — particularly in the industrial, automotive, aerospace, energy, capital goods, cosmetics, and agri-food sectors — this new platform represents a key asset for optimising flows and improving efficiency.
The terminal offers a container depot, a bonded storage area, block train handling, rail transshipment solutions, bulk-to-container transfer services and facilitating industrial flows.
Rhenus has been present in Kazakhstan since 1996, with locations in Almaty, Astana, and Karaganda. This new terminal strengthens existing services and consolidates the Group’s strategy to develop a robust intermodal infrastructure in a key region.
It is Rhenus’s second specialised rail terminal in Central Asia, following the opening in 2025 of the Andijan site (Uzbekistan) in partnership with Uzbek Railways.
In response to the growing diversification of transport corridors and the search for more predictable solutions, the QAZContargo terminal meets rapidly changing logistics demand. It enhances capacity, flexibility and integration of flows across the entire Eurasian region.
“The opening of the QAZContargo terminal marks an important step in consolidating our intermodal network in Eurasia,” said Andreas Stöckli, member of the Rhenus Board.
“This new infrastructure enables us to support our customers with more robust, better-connected solutions tailored to the growth of trade between Europe, China and Central Asia.”