Port of Baku at the crossroad of global transport corridors
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) April 30 - The Baku International Sea Trade Port and state-owned Bulgarian Ports Infrastructure (BPI) Company will discuss at the IAPH World…
Baku Port signs agreement with Venlo transport hub in the Netherlands
Venlo, Netherlands (PortSEurope) April 30, 2019 - Baku International Sea Trade Port (BISTP) has signed a memorandum of understanding with companies and other entities operating…
Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev seeks investment during China visit
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) April 25, 2019 - Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev is in China and has met with Chinese President Xi Jinping, ahead of the…
International North-South Transport Corridor set to expand capacity
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) March 7, 2019 - At a meeting of the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC) coordination council in Tehran, it was announced that…
Russian transport projects that will help Azerbaijan’s ports
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) February 28, 2019 - In February, the Russian government has published detailed information on Russian national projects till 2024 with a budget…
60,000 TEUs via the Middle railway corridor between China and Europe in 2019
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) February 4, 2019 - Some 60,000 twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU)’s should be shipped along the Middle Corridor in 2019, four times more…
Caspian Sea cruises planned
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) 02.02.2019 - Azerbaijan and Russia are to develop sea cruise-based tourism between the ports of the five Caspian Sea littoral states, according…
Azerbaijan’s Baku port handles first cargo transit of “Lapis Lazuli” route
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) December 28, 2018 – Azerbaijan's Baku port handled the first cargo transit operation on the international route "Lapis Lazuli", linking Turkey to Afghanistan. …
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 Turkish…
Barcelona port not to launch cooperation projects with Baku harbour in near future
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) November 13, 2018 – Barcelona port does not see any possibility of cooperation with Azerbaijan's Baku port in the near future, due…
Port of Baku transships 2 million tons of cargo for first half of 2018
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) August 12, 2018 - Baku International Sea Trade Port CJSC has reported that in the first half of 2018 the volume of…
Five countries sign convention on Caspian legal status
Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) August 12, 2018 - The leaders of Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Turkmenistan have signed a new convention on the legal status…
IAPH comments the effect of developing dry ports on seaports
Tokyo, Japan (PortSEurope) May 22, 2018 - At the recent World Ports Conference of the International Association of Ports and Harbors in Baku, Azerbaijan, IAPH President…
Hupac to connect Iran, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan
Chiasso, Switzerland (PortSEurope) February 18, 2018 - Intermodal Express (Hupac) has started a cooperation with ADY Container and Hupac Intermodal to connect networks between Europe and…
European Commission to allocate €1 million ($1.24 million) for technical assistance at Baku International Sea Trade Port
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) January 30, 2018 - The European Commission is to allocate €1 million ($1.24 million) for technical assistance for the further development of Baku International…
Event: World Ports Conference – IAPH Baku 2018 on May 8-11, 2018
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) January 29, 2018 - The IAPH World Ports Conference 2018 will take place in Baku, Azerbaijan, on May 8-11, 2018. The main…
Volume of cargo transported through Baku port in 2017 was 4.4 million tons
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) January 16, 2018 - The volume of cargo transported through the Baku International Sea Trade Port in 2017 amounted to 4.4 million tons.…
Italian media highlight opening of new terminal of Baku International Sea Trade Port
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) January 13, 2018 - The Italian press has widely covered the opening of the new Ro-Ro terminal at the Baku International Sea…
Azerbaijan and Russia to cooperate in cruise shipping
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) January 2, 2018 - Chairman of Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping Company (ACSC) Rauf Veliyev and Konstantin Anisimov, the General Director of OJSC Moscow…
First Baku-Tbilisi-Kars train departs from Turkey’s Mersin port
Mersin, Turkey (PortSEurope) November 30, 2017 - The first train to run from Turkey to Azerbaijan on the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway departed from the Turkish port…