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Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan is a country on the Western coastline of the Caspian Sea and North of Iran. In recent years it has developed its energy resources and is a leading exporter of oil and gas. Its key seaport is its capital Baku which has developed into a regional trade hub between Asia and Europe.

Approximately 1 million tons of cargo transported from the BTK railway line

Adil Karaismailoğlu, Minister of Transport and Infrastructure, has stated that approximately 1 million tons of cargo has been transported from the...

New Kars logistics centre to start operations

Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 15, 2021 – A new logistics centre in the Turkish city of Kars will soon become operational and will have key transport...

Port of Baku upgrades role with container train links to Black and Mediterranean Seas via the TURKUAZ project

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) June 10, 2021 – A new container express block train, part of the TURKUAZ project, will further enhance the role of...

Port of Baku starts the construction of a strategic fertiliser terminal

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) June 9, 2021 – The Port of Baku has announced the start of construction of a fertiliser terminal at its new facility...

Analysis – A new Caspian Sea-Black Sea transport corridor to link port of Baku with Turkey’s Samsun and Trabzon, could diminish Poti port

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) June 9, 2021 – Construction of the Azerbaijani section of the railway to Azerbaijan’s landlocked exclave of...

Analysis – New container and breakbulk shipping line: from Yarimca, via Don-Volga rivers canal, into Aktau and Turkmenbashi, then to China and back

Yarimca, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 7, 2021 – The big losers of the yet to be launched new container and breakbulk shipping line, linking Marmara (Yarimca...

Azeri cargo using the TRACECA transport corridor declines in 2020

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) May 10, 2021 – In the first quarter of 2021, Azerbaijan transported 10.1 million tons of cargo along the transport...

Ukraine and Azerbaijan discuss cooperation

The Minister of Infrastructure Vladislav Krykliy has held talks with the Minister of Azerbaijan and the Chairman of the Azerbaijani part of the Joint...

Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) Railway Line sees increased cargo traffic in 2021

Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) April 12, 2021 – In the first quarter of 2021, the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) Railway Line transported 154,000 tons (2,468...

Port of Baku seeks to increase cargo handling in 2021

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) April 7, 2021 – The Port of Baku has said the total cargo handled in 2020 was 4.85 million tons, compared to 4.057...

Barys container ship makes first voyage on Aktau-Baku route within Trans-Caspian International Transport Route

News Release – Port of Baku – March 10, 2021 The container ship Barys, owned by Kazakhstan’s National Shipping Company Kazmortransflot, made...

Makhachkala port to be privatised

Makhachkala, Russia (Ports Europe) March 16, 2021 – Makhachkala Sea Commercial Port JSC, on Russia’s west Caspian Sea coast may be offered for...

The role of containerization as a priority in the development of the International Transport Corridor

Mentioned on March 03, 2021 by Asset Asavbayev, the Secretary General of the PS IGC TRACECA during a friendly meeting dedicated to the prospects for the...

Baku International Sea Trade Port sees cargo turnover up 20% in 2020

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) March 2, 2021 – Director General of Baku International Sea Trade Port CJSC Taleh Ziyadov has held an online meeting with...

Trabzon port looks to benefit from opening of the Nakhichevan transport corridor

Trabzon, Turkey (Ports Europe) March 1, 2021 – Last November the Presidents of Russia and Azerbaijan and the Prime Minister of Armenia signed the...

Azerbaijan’s Railways transshipment offer to Argentina via Mersin and Poti ports

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) February 25, 2021 – Azerbaijan Railways (AZD) has proposed the  transportation of goods and a primary route scheme for...

Export cargo from Turkey and China was transported in Baku Port

News Release – Port of Baku – Export cargo from Turkey and China was transported in Baku Port on February 6 We would like to note that...

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