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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...

Turkmenbashi International Seaport more than doubles cargo in 2022

Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan (PortSEurope) January 23, 2023 – Last year, the amount of transit cargo transported through the Turkmenbashi International...

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...

Sanctions force Russia to ask for inclusion of its Caspian ports in the Lapis Lazuli corridor

Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan (PortSEurope) December 8, 2022 – Hard pressed to move its trade in the southeast direction due to western sanctions, Russia is...

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...

EBRD researches sustainable transport connections between Central Asia and Europe

As trade volumes, particularly container traffic, between Asia and Europe continue to grow and as geopolitical events disrupt existing trade corridors, major...

Georgia’s Poti could develop role as a Kazakh port

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

Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan improve transport links

Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan (PortSEurope) August 29, 2022 – New bridge and highway will improve transport links between Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan....

Russia racing to develop Caspian port of Olya

Olya, Russia (PortSEurope) August 29, 2022 – Russia is racing to develop the Caspian Sea port of Olya, seeking a sanctions-free trade route to Asia. Olya is...

Armenia to launch Poti-Kavkaz twice weekly train-ferry link by end-August

Poti, Georgia (PortSEurope) August 15, 2022 – Landlocked Armenia plans to launch the long delayed twice weekly train-ferry service from the Georgia’s port...

Landlocked Uzbekistan seeks export routes to Europe via Georgian Black Sea ports

Tashkent, Uzbekistan (PortSEurope) July 31, 2022 – Landlocked Uzbekistan, trying to avoid transit via western sanctions hit Russia, is looking for ways...

Green corridor between ports in the Caspian Sea

Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) June 16, 2022 – Baku International Sea Port, Azerbaijan’s largest port in the Caspian Sea, continues development of its...

Desperate Russia looking to Iran’s ports as a way to bypass western sanctions

Tehran, Iran (PortSEurope) May 30 – Desperately trying to find a way to avoid harsh international sanctions affecting Russian transport and logistics, Moscow...

Russia plans dredging of the Volga-Don Canal

Rostov-on-Don, Russia (PortSEurope) May 3, 2022 – Russia is planning for a €1 billion dredging, locks modernisation and other improvements project to...

Three more container ships to double the cargo capacity of the Middle Corridor between Aktau and Baku

Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) April 19, 2022 – As of September the number of ships that operate the Caspian Sea line between the Aktau in Kazakhstan and...

Two feeder vessels to double the capacity of Turkmenbashi-Baku container line

Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) April 18, 2022 – Two feeder vessels started regular sailing between the Turkmen port of Turkmenbashi and the Azerbaijani...

Port of Baku increase cargo throughput by over 14% in 2021

Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) February 10, 2022 – Last year, the volume of total cargo handled by Baku International Sea Trade Port CJSC (Baku Port) was...