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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.

First China-Azerbaijan container block train of 2021 departs from China

The first container train China – Azerbaijan departed from Qingdao (China) – February 1, 2021 Despite the COVID 19 pandemic difficulties in the...

Trilateral working group of Azerbaijan, Armenia and Russia discusses transport

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) February 1, 2021 – Deputy prime ministers of Azerbaijan, Armenia and Russia have met to discuss the aims of the trilateral...

Port of Baku increases cargo traffic by 20% in 2020

Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) January 19, 2021 – Baku International Sea Trade Port (Baku Port) registered total cargo of 4.8 million tons in 2020, up...

ADY Express increases transport of export-oriented goods by the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK)

Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) January 19, 2021 – On January 12, ADY Express LLC, part of Azerbaijan Railways CJSC, started transporting export-oriented...

Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan and Afghanistan discuss developing Lapis Lazuli transport corridor

On January 16, 2021, a trilateral online meeting of the heads of the interdepartmental group of Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan and Afghanistan established to expand...

Analysis – Georgia helped Russia sink Anaklia Deep Sea Port project – can Poti replace it?

Anaklia, Georgia (PortSEurope) January 3, 2021 – Anaklia Deep Sea Port project did not have a chance fighting for its survival against Georgia’s political...

Astrakhan and Azerbaijan discuss developing cooperation

Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) December 30, 2020 – The Azerbaijan-Russian Business Council and Astrakhan Ministry of Industry and Natural Resources has...

Analysis – Russia keeps pushing for development of Caspian Sea ports and Volga-Don Canal

Astrakhan, Russia (PortSEurope) December 14, 2020 – The prospects for the development of container services in the Caspian Sea and the creation of a...

First container train carrying cargo from Turkey to China arrived in Baku Port on December 10

Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) December 11, 2020 – A train, which will cover a total of 8,693 kilometers, has passed through the Baku Port and headed for...

Analysis – Central Asia to help China bypass Russia en route to Europe

Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) December 3 – It is China, again, that is emerging as an unlikely winner from the agreed direct link between Turkey and...

Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline exported about 21.4 million tons of crude oil loaded at Ceyhan terminal in first three quarters of 2020

Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) November 23, 2020 – The Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline exported 21.4 million tons of crude oil loaded on 214 tankers...

Newly appointed ambassador of Japan to Azerbaijan visited Baku port

Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) November 23, 2020 – On November 16, the newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to...

Description of the Turkey-Azerbaijan direct road link gained from the Nagorno-Karabakh war

Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) November 11, 2020 – The agreed direct link between Turkey and Azerbaijan, secured in the ceasefire deal between Azerbaijan and...

Azerbaijan and Turkey gain a direct road link from the Nagorno-Karabakh war

Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) November 10, 2020 – Lost in the small print of the ceasefire deal between Azerbaijan and Armenia, that ended six weeks of...

Kazakh ships to gain faster access to Russian rivers for shipment of goods from and to Azerbaijan, Iran and Turkmenistan

Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) November 9, 2020 – Kazakhstani companies will gain faster and easier access to inland waterways (navigable rivers) in Russia...

Baku port supports the “Middle Corridor”

Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) September 23, 2020 – Speaking at the “Eurasian Knot and the growing role of the Middle Corridor during the COVID-19...

China launches new cargo train route to Europe via Baku

Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) September 20, 2020 – China has started a new rail cargo which will use Kazakhstan’s Aktau port and Baku port as...

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