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.
President of the European Council visits the port of Baku
News – President of the European Council visits the new Port of Baku – July 9, 2019 Taleh Ziyadov, Director-General of Baku International Sea Trade...
Remarks by President Donald Tusk after his meeting with President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev
News – Remarks by President Donald Tusk after his meeting with President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev – July 10, 2019 Thank you, dear President...
Trans-Caspian International Transport Route meeting takes place in Kazakhstan
June 24-25, 2019 – Sessions of the working group and general meeting of the “Trans-Caspian International Transport Route” (TITR Association)...
Port of Baku and OSCE launch “digital route” project in the Caspian ports
OSCE project on green ports and connectivity, for security and economic growth in the Caspian Sea region, launched in Baku – June 14, 2019 The project...
Joint Declaration Eastern Partnership – taking the transport cooperation agenda forward
News – Joint Declaration Eastern Partnership – taking the transport cooperation agenda forward – June 6, 2019 (1) The European Union (EU) and...
Delivering on a stronger partnership: the EU and its six Eastern Partners agree to develop better transport links
News – Delivering on a stronger partnership: the EU and its six Eastern Partners agree to develop better transport links – Jun 6, 2019 Today in...
Port of Baku at the crossroad of global transport corridors
Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) April 30 – The Baku International Sea Trade Port and state-owned Bulgarian Ports Infrastructure (BPI) Company will...
Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev seeks investment during China visit
Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) April 25, 2019 – Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev is in China and has met with Chinese President Xi Jinping, ahead of...
Kazakhstan’s Aktau port starts operating container service from Baku
Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) April 19, 2019 – Kazakhstan’s Aktau port has started operating a regular container service linking its docks to...
International North-South Transport Corridor set to expand capacity
Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) March 7, 2019 – At a meeting of the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC) coordination council in Tehran,...
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Romania, Turkmenistan to promote Black Sea-Caspian Sea multimodal corridor
Bucharest, Romania (Ports Europe) March 6, 2019 – The foreign ministers of Romania, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkmenistan have signed a declaration for...
Russian transport projects that will help Azerbaijan’s ports
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) February 28, 2019 – In February, the Russian government has published detailed information on Russian national projects...
EU-supported training on implementation of Maritime Labour Convention in Black and Caspian Sea regions
Press Release – EU Neighbours East – February 4, 2018 On January 30-31, 2019, 16 representatives of maritime authorities from countries in the...
60,000 TEUs via the Middle railway corridor between China and Europe in 2019
Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) February 4, 2019 – Some 60,000 twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU)’s should be shipped along the Middle Corridor in 2019,...
Caspian Sea cruises planned
Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) 02.02.2019 – Azerbaijan and Russia are to develop sea cruise-based tourism between the ports of the five Caspian Sea...
World Bank & EU publish indicative action plan for investment in Trans-European Transport Network
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) January 21, 2019 – The European Commission and the World Bank have co-authored an “Indicative trans-European Transport...
Port of Izmir to be connected to BTK railway
Izmir, Turkey (PortSEurope) December 9, 2018 – Turkey plans to connect the port of Izmir to the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway corridor (BTK) by rail, the...