Caspian Integrated Maritime Solutions
Caspian Integrated Maritime Solutions (CIMS) is a leading provider of offshore and shipping solutions across the Caspian region. The new venture formed between AD Ports Group, a global facilitator of logistics, industry and trade, and Kazmortransflot (KMTF), a national shipping champion in Kazakhstan, benefits from the synergies and capabilities of its shareholders
The company’s comprehensive range of services includes vessel owning and chartering, cargo transportation, offshore logistics, and subsea services such as diving and ROV operations.
CIMS offers an experienced team of maritime experts with a wealth of industry knowledge, committed to providing one-stop offshore and shipping solutions to customers.
Based in the UAE, AD Ports Group is one of the world’s premier facilitators of logistics, industry, and trade, as well as a bridge linking Abu Dhabi to the world. With a broad portfolio operating across five integrated clusters - Digital, Economic Cities & Free Zones, Logistics, Maritime and Ports, the Group connects trade routes and partners around the globe.
KMTF is a fully-owned offshore logistics and services subsidiary of the Kazakh National Oil Company (KazMunayGas) based in the Caspian.
Both are national champions in their respective fields and possess tremendous experience in energy and transportation sectors. The combined forces of AD Ports Group’s comprehensive portfolio of services and offshore expertise, with KMTF’s local knowledge and fleet, will advance Caspian shipping, export, transit and offshore services.
Our Services
CIMS offers a comprehensive suite of services, including vessel handling, offshore support vessels, integrated offshore logistics and subsea solutions and shipping services to customers of the Caspian.
Through a combination of local knowledge and global experience, cost-efficiency, and access to a modern fleet, we provide diverse solutions for companies operating in the Caspian Sea oil fields looking for reliable partners and a broad range of value-added services.
Services designed for your needs
Our services have been specially designed to ensure that every client’s needs are met to the expected standard and quality.
Shipping
CIMS offers a wide range of shipping services across the Caspian Sea between the ports of Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan. We own and operate tankers fleet in the Caspian Sea, which carry Kazakh oil on the Trans-Caspian route for onward transportation via the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline.
We also deliver services related to transportation of bulk cargo and containers to connect transport routes. CIMS strategy is to enhance connectivity and enable continuous trade in the region.
We procure ships from the world leaders of shipbuilding as well as sourcing locally. Our customers can be assured that their cargo will navigate the Caspian in a fast and efficient manner on our vessels.
Offshore
CIMS is specialized in all offshore projects, which includes those in the Oil & Gas industry and large offshore infrastructure projects. We have a diversified fleet of modern ships: PSVs, AHTS, barges, tugs, landing crafts, Multicats, AWB and crew boats and diving support vessels. We offer a full range of services, from finding or procuring the right vessel, to chartering and operating them, offering a complete effortless customer experience.
In addition, we can arrange all the logistical requirements related to vessels. This includes port clearance, dry docking, maintenance and emergency repairs, water and food supplies, technical and operational surveys, bunkers and lubricants.
We operate vessels compliant to the latest requirements of IMO and under the supervision of international class societies – BV, DNV, Lloyds, Rina, and ABS. Each vessel has a Safety Management Certificate and our marine activities are compliant to all relevant ISO standards.
Subsea Solutions
Our specialized team within CIMS is able to offer a broad spectrum of subsea solutions to cover all underwater engineering and survey needs.
These incude:
- Underwater inspection (welds, CCTV, hulls, seabed, marine growth, corrosion and damages)
- Pipeline operations (dive support, tie-ins, installations, sonar survey, repairs)
- Offshore constructions (burning/cutting/welding, coating, salvage, fiberoptic cable laying support)
- SBM (installation, change, maintenance, anchoring)
- NDT (MPI/CP/UT/FMD)
- Marine construction work (quay walls, marines, berthing facilities and dolphins, breakwaters, revetments, shore and beach protection, islands, jetties and causeways, geo-textile laying, floating hoses)
- Salvage (wreck removal and disposal, recovery)
- Nuclear diving (sensors, fuel rods storage, reactors flow nozzles repairs)
- Offshore surveys (geophysical, geotechnical, positioning and data acquisition), engineering, diving (air/saturation), dredging support an subsea inspection through the safe control of Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROV), and above water via Unmanned Surface Vessels (USV).
Whatever diving services our customers require – we have the expertise to handle it.
Project Logistics
CIMS offers turnkey project delivery with integrated logistics services for combined sea and land transportation. We tailor our solutions to your specifications and challenges, especially for locations with deficient facilities for heavy or out-of-gauge cargo.
Transporting a single piece of equipment or an entire industrial plant, is well managed by our reliable experts, from developing a comprehensive project plan to execution, covering management, operations, arranging safe storage and incorporating intermodal transportation across the region.
Leveraging the combined expertise of our shareholders, we bring experience from projects in different parts of the world, we are able to use regular and chartered shipping tonnage as well as purpose-built railway services. We value our client partnerships and we focus on delivering a smooth customer experience throughout– from first call to delivery at a customer’s site - complete end-to-end logistics solutions.
Towage
CIMS can provide towage services, both for mooring/unmooring ships within ports, as well as SPM assistance and transportation towage. Our use of world-class ultra-shallow draft tugs suited to the Caspian Sea ensures an elevated level of service. To cater to the geography of the region all tugs are built to ice class specifications, which extends their navigational capabilities and provides increased safety of the services provided to our customers.
Our Global Reach
Caspian Integrated Maritime Solutions focuses its current operations within Central Asia Caspian countries, as well as the Azerbaijan and Georgia to Black Sea corridor. We cross the Caspian between Aktau and Baku, in addition to Baku and Turkmenbashi. We also plan to expand our activities within the Black Sea, catering to the needs of Kazakhstan oil exports. Our main bases are in Kazakhstan – Aktau and Kuryk.
Our Fleet
Our fleet comprises a robust variety of vessel types, from Kamsarmax to Handysize. This includes owned and chartered ships, all of which are deployed according to various volumes, routes, and shipment types.