ASTANA, Kazakhstan, January 20. The Mangistau Grain Terminal, located on the border between Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan, is back in action after sitting idle for six long years, Trend reports.
In Mangistau Region, Kazakhstan, the company "Eurasia Trans Logistic," together with the "Caspian" corporation, has relaunched the Beineu grain terminal, which had been inactive since 2018.
Currently, 10 railcars, or 700 tons of wheat, have arrived at the terminal. Of this, 75 percent of the grain will be used to produce flour, and 25 percent will be used for bran.
The Akim (head) of the Beineu district, Rahymzhan Shalbaev, and the chairman of the district maslikhat (representative council), Ardak Borash, were among the first to familiarize themselves with the flour milling production, while the restart of the facility was blessed by the deputy chairman of the district veterans’ council, Kadyr Sarsen.
"We hope that our factory will not stop again, and the brand 'Beineu ұны,' produced in Kazakhstan, will become known around the world," said Akim Rahymzhan Shalbaev.
The terminal’s capacity allows for the simultaneous storage of 100,000 tons of grain and the production of 320 tons of flour and 80 tons of bran per day. After modernization, these figures will increase to 400 tons of flour and 240 tons of animal feed, respectively.
To note, the Beineu grain terminal is a strategically important facility located in the Mangistau Region. It covers an area of 26 hectares and is considered a promising logistics hub with its own rolling stock and an 8-kilometer railway line, providing direct access to the Kazakhstan-Turkmenistan border.