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Kazakhstan

4 crossings between 2 ports, run by 3 operators, serving 19 cities. The busiest city is Almaty with 282 destinations, and the busiest port is Aktau with 3 crossings. 24 airports carry scheduled service, so most of this network can be left by air as well as by sea.

Cities

19 cities, each showing everything it reaches across every terminal and airport that serves it.

Almaty reaches 282 destinations
Astana reaches 244 destinations
Shymkent reaches 207 destinations
Oral reaches 179 destinations
Atyrau reaches 142 destinations
Aktobe reaches 116 destinations
Turkistan reaches 96 destinations
Kostanay reaches 30 destinations
Karagandy reaches 29 destinations
Ust-Kamenogorsk reaches 25 destinations
Zhezqazghan reaches 21 destinations
Kokshetau reaches 20 destinations

Showing the 12 widest-reaching of 19. Every city →

The ports that matter

Ranked by how many crossings each carries. The first is 3× the second.

Aktau crossings 3 crossings on record
Atyrau crossings 1 crossings on record

Who runs the boats

3 operators appear in Kazakhstan crossings.

Every crossing we hold

All 4 of them, alphabetically, 25 at a time. Each has its own page.

Aktau – Baku not held Caspian Sea Shipping Company
Aktau – Makhachkala not held Caspian Maritime Services
Aktau – Turkmenbashi not held Caspian Sea Shipping Company
Astrakhan – Atyrau not held Astrakhan River Shipping

Which months these run

Season not heldwe can say when we looked, not which months run

Our records for Kazakhstan ferry crossings were read on 11 August 2026 and describe the network as it ran that week. We hold no month-by-month variation, so this page cannot tell you whether a crossing runs in February.

If you are travelling well outside August 2026, confirm with the operator before you plan around it.