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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).

EBRD to provide a $100 million loan to Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping Company

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) December 30, 2022 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will finance the development of...

Port of Baku to buy loaders for over €1 million

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) 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 (Ports Europe) 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 (Ports Europe) December 29, 2022 – Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping CJSC (ASCO) has ordered another Ro-pax vessel from Baku Shipyard LLC....

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...

Azerbaijan starts work on increasing capacity of Baku port

Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) October 30, 2022 – Azerbaijan has started work on increasing the capacity of Baku port to 25 million tonnes of cargo and...

Port of Baku increases car handling

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) October 19, 2022 – The Port of Baku increases car handling in the first 9 months of this year; 9,316 pieces of vehicles...

Georgia’s Poti could develop role as a Kazakh port

Poti, Georgia (Ports Europe) October 15, 2022 – Georgia’s Poti could develop role as a Kazakh port, one of several ports of interest to Kazakhstan....

Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping presents 9-month transport figures

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) October 14, 2022 – Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping Company CJSC (ASCO) has reported its transports figures for the first nine...

Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping has restored the STB-1 barge

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) September 23, 2022 – Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping Company CJSC has restored the STB-1 barge, possibly the largest barge in...

Ports of Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan increase cargo traffic

Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) September 9, 2022 – The ports of Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan have increased cargo traffic by a factor of 2.5 in...

Port of Constanta receives intermodal fertiliser from Uzbekistan

ConstanÈ›a, Romania (Ports Europe) September 5, 2022 – The Port of Constanta has received intermodal fertiliser from Uzbekistan via a co-ordinated...

Port of Baku, Kazakhstan Railways sign agreement

Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) August 24, 2022 – The Port of Baku and Kazakhstan Railways have signed agreement to expand cooperation. Both parties met...

Kazakhstan exports oil via Baku port to Ceyhan in Turkey

Mersin, Turkey (PortSEurope) August 16, 2022 – Kazakhstan is to export oil via Baku port to Ceyhan in Turkey using the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC)...

Port of Baku exports green petroleum coke to China

Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) August 10, 2022 – The Port of Baku has exported green petroleum coke to China with the cooperation of ADY Container LLC...

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