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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.

Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway increases capacity

Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 18, 2020 – The Covid-19 coronavirus crisis has forced transport companies to explore alternative methods of freight...

Azerbaijan Railways announces new cargo transportation terms

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) May 14, 2020 – ADY Container LLC, a division of Azerbaijan Railways CJSC, is to offer more favourable terms for cargo...

Caspian European Club organizes online B2B Transport forum

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) May 8, 2020 – The Caspian European Club has organized an online B2B Transport forum to discuss issues and suggestions of...

Turkmenistan leads Caspian Sea-Black Sea transport corridor discussion

On May 7, 2020, a quadrilateral, virtual working meeting was held in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan on the project of intergovernmental...

Aktau and Kuryk port traffic to Azerbaijan down in Q1 2020

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) May 1, 2020 – Total cargo traffic transshipped to Azerbaijan via Kazakhstan’s Aktau and Kuryk ports was 475,000 tons of...

Turkey: Minister Karaismailoğlu – The freight train is on its way to sister countries

News – Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure – April 18, 2020 Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Adil Karaismailoğlu stated that foreign...

Baku transports bulk cargo in containers

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) April 14, 2020 – Baku Port has started handling bulk cargo transported by container as part of a cooperation between ADY...

AzerTelecom looks to regional fibre optic development

AzerTelecom, a leading internet service provider that connects Azerbaijan to the international internet network, has the potential to build a digital economy...

Azeri Minister meets with Israeli Ambassador

Azeri Minister Ramin Guluzade meets with Israeli Ambassador – March 10, 2020 Minister of Transport, Communications and High Technologies Ramin Guluzade...

Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan discuss expanding cooperation

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) March 16, 2020 – President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov has an official visit to Azerbaijan, hosted by...

Baku port and OSCE launch ports project

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) March 16, 2020 – Baku International Sea Trade Port (Port of Baku) and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in...

Kazakhstan restricts ships from Azerbaijan and Iran due to coronavirus

Kazakhstan imposes restrictions on ships from Azerbaijan and Iran due to coronavirus – March 12, 2020 The Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine received...

Georgia’s Natia Turnava meets Azerbaijani Minister of Economy Mikael Jabarov in Baku

Georgian and Azeri ministers discuss transport corridors – February 28, 2020 “We discussed joint logistics projects with the Minister of Economy of...

TRACECA discusses transport corridor development with Georgia

Tbilisi, Georgia (Ports Europe) February 27, 2020 – Asset Assavbayev, Secretary General of the PS IGC TRACECA, has visited Georgia and met with Natela...

Memorandum of understanding signed between Baku International Sea Trade Port and Genoa port

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) February 26, 2020 – Genoa port has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Baku International Sea Trade Port of...

Ukraine supports digitization of GUAM transport corridor

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 25, 2020 – Ukraine will facilitate the digitization of the GUAM transport corridor, said Minister of...

TRACECA discusses transport in Azerbaijan

On February 21, 2020, within the framework of the Chairmanship of Azerbaijan in the IGC TRACECA, a working meeting was held at the Headquarters of the PS IGC...

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