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).
Azerbaijan’s ports handled 11.75 million tonnes of cargo in 2022
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) February 21, 2023 – The seaports of Azerbaijan in 2022 increased the transshipment of goods by 32.4% to 11.750 million...
Baku port handled over 6.3 million tonnes of cargo in 2022
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) February 21, 2023 – Cargo turnover of Baku International Sea Trade Port in 2022 was 6.314 million tonnes, which is +13.6% more...
New combined intermodal and multimodal terminal for Baku port
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) February 19, 2023 – By the beginning of 2024, the construction of the second phase of Azerbaijan’s Caspian Sea port of Baku...
PortSEurope: 10 most read articles in January 2023
Vienna, Austria (PortSEurope) February 1, 2023 – Below are the 10 most read articles in January 2023 in PortSEurope by our global customer base. Of these...
Analysis: Sanctions busting Caspian Sea is drying up, new ships needed
Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) January 26, 2023 – Recently, the lowering water level in the Caspian Sea has accelerated so much that it is jeopardising...
Second Caspian feeder line Turkmenistan-Azerbaijan starts with Uzbek cargo
Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan (PortSEurope) January 26, 2023 – More than 100 (40-foot) containers were transshipped through Turkmenistan’s Caspian Sea port of...
Second feeder container line across Caspian from Turkmenistan to Azerbaijan
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) December 31, 2022 – Turkmenistan’s Merchant Marine Fleet will provide its Balkan vessel for the second feeder container...
Port of Baku to buy loaders for over €1 million
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) December 30, 2022 – Port of Baku, Azerbaijan’s largest port on the Caspian Sea, has signed two contracts with local company...
Uzbekistan to open container terminals and storage facilities in Baku port
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) December 30, 2022 – Landlocked Uzbekistan is looking for opportunities to open container terminals and storage facilities at...
Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping has ordered another vessel from Baku Shipyard
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) December 29, 2022 – Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping CJSC (ASCO) has ordered another Ro-pax vessel from Baku Shipyard LLC. This...
KazAtomProm delivered natural uranium to Canada via the Middle Corridor bypassing Russia
Poti, Georgia (PortSEurope) December 27, 2022 – Kazakhstan’s National Atomic Company KazAtomProm delivered natural uranium through...
Baku Port joins UN Global Compact
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) December 7, 2022 – Baku International Sea Trade Port CJSC has announced that it has been accepted as a member of the...
Port of Baku, RCG and Cabooter Group to increase cargo transportation from Europe to China
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) December 6, 2022 – Port of Baku, Rail Cargo Group (ÖBB RCG, the freight division of Austrian Federal Railways) and...
Port of Baku and EU cooperate on “Green Port Concept”
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) December 5, 2022 – The Port of Baku and EU cooperate on the “Support for the implementation of the Green Port...
Desperate Moscow seeks unified rules for Caspian Sea corridor ports
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) November 19, 2022 – A desperate Moscow is seeking unified commercial and conventional rules for the ports in its sanctions...
Ports of the Turkic states meet in Uzbekistan
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (PortSEurope) October 31, 2022 – On the eve of the 6th Meeting of Ministers of Transport of the Organization of Turkic States, the Fifth...
Port of Baku increases car handling
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) October 19, 2022 – The Port of Baku increases car handling in the first 9 months of this year; 9,316 pieces of vehicles...