Baku
The capital of Azerbaijan, the port of Baku is located on the Western Caspian Sea coast. It is a key port on the new Silk Road and trade corridors both East-West and North-South, and Azerbaijan’s primary port. It is operated by the Port of Baku (port authority).
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...
Baku Port signs agreement with Venlo transport hub in the Netherlands
Venlo, Netherlands (Ports Europe) April 30, 2019 – Baku International Sea Trade Port (BISTP) has signed a memorandum of understanding with companies and...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Port of Baku transships 2 million tons of cargo for first half of 2018
Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) August 12, 2018 – Baku International Sea Trade Port CJSC has reported that in the first half of 2018 the volume of cargo...
Five countries sign convention on Caspian legal status
Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) August 12, 2018 – The leaders of Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Turkmenistan have signed a new convention on...
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,...
Hupac to connect Iran, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan
Chiasso, Switzerland (Ports Europe) February 18, 2018 –Â Intermodal Express (Hupac) has started a cooperation with ADY Container and Hupac Intermodal to...
European Commission to allocate €1 million ($1.24 million) for technical assistance at Baku International Sea Trade Port
Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) January 30, 2018 – The European Commission is to allocate €1 million ($1.24 million) for technical assistance for the...
Event: World Ports Conference – IAPH Baku 2018 on May 8-11, 2018
Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) 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 –Â The volume of cargo transported through the Baku International Sea Trade Port in 2017 amounted to 4.4...
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...
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...
First Baku-Tbilisi-Kars train departs from Turkey’s Mersin port
Mersin, Turkey (PortSEurope) November 30, 2017 –Â The first train to run from Turkey to Azerbaijan on the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway departed from...