Argus Caspian Transportation
Overview
Published bimonthly, the Russian-language report covers the transportation market in Central Asia and the Caspian region. Due to the dynamic development of transport infrastructure and commodity markets in Central Asia and the Caspian region, there is an urgent need for pricing data and analytics that would help market participants to optimise supply, choose the most efficient route and promptly respond to the rapidly changing market environment.
The report covers the transportation market for dry and liquid bulk, including crude and oil products, sulphur, fertilizers, petrochemical products, liquefied petroleum gas, metals.
Monitoring the cost of container transportation in Central Asia and the Caspian region and transshipment rates at the ports of the Caspian region.
Regular reviews of the transport infrastructure in Central Asia and the Caspian region.
Key features
Rail transportation
Monitoring of rail transportation in Central Asia (changes in tariffs, statistical data on the transportation of coal, sulphur, petrochemical products, fertilizers), including analysis of export destinations and data on congestion on railway tracks; Monthly lease rates for rolling stock, including petroleum tanks, gondola cars, boxcars, petrochemical tankcars, gas tankcars and mineral hoppers in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Georgia
Pipeline transportation
Transportation and associated costs for pipeline deliveries of crude from Kazakhstan via the Caspian Sea, Russia and China; Tariff policy of pipeline companies, effective rates on export routes
Exports and imports
Transportation costs for crude exports from Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, for sulphur and fertilizers exports; statistical information on imports of oil products into Kazakhstan by rail, transshipment of crude and oil products at Georgian ports, rail transit of oil products through Kazakhstan to Central Asia, loading and unloading at Caspian ports
Freight rates
Monthly tanker freight rates for transportation of crude and oil products, dry bulker freight rates in the Caspian
Road transportation
Cost of fuel shipments by tank trucks in Afghanistan
Dry and liquid bulk
Benchmarking of different routes for dry and liquid bulk cargoes
Customers that benefit
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Forwarding companies
Use the price assessments to calculate freight rates for crude cargoes.
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Cargo owners
Use the information to justify their expenses.
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Port transshipment operators
Use Argus data to obtain up-to-date information on transit flows and justify port transshipment rates.
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Regulators
Use the information to calculate the amount of customs duties on imported oil products.
Product specifications
Argus Caspian Transportation gives you access to prices, news and analysis on the transportation markets in Central Asia and the Caspian region.