Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan is a country on the Western coastline of the Caspian Sea and North of Iran. In recent years it has developed its energy resources and is a leading exporter of oil and gas. Its key seaport is its capital Baku which has developed into a regional trade hub between Asia and Europe.
ADY Express increases transport of export-oriented goods by the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK)
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) January 19, 2021 – On January 12, ADY Express LLC, part of Azerbaijan Railways CJSC, started transporting export-oriented...
Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan and Afghanistan discuss developing Lapis Lazuli transport corridor
On January 16, 2021, a trilateral online meeting of the heads of the interdepartmental group of Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan and Afghanistan established to expand...
Analysis – Georgia helped Russia sink Anaklia Deep Sea Port project – can Poti replace it?
Anaklia, Georgia (PortSEurope) January 3, 2021 – Anaklia Deep Sea Port project did not have a chance fighting for its survival against Georgia’s political...
Astrakhan and Azerbaijan discuss developing cooperation
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) December 30, 2020 – The Azerbaijan-Russian Business Council and Astrakhan Ministry of Industry and Natural Resources has...
Analysis – Will Caspian ports become stranded assets if the sea shrinks?
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) December 29, 2020 – The Caspian Sea started shrinking in mid-1990s and its level is projected to fall by nine to 18 metres...
Analysis – Russia keeps pushing for development of Caspian Sea ports and Volga-Don Canal
Astrakhan, Russia (PortSEurope) December 14, 2020 – The prospects for the development of container services in the Caspian Sea and the creation of a...
First container train carrying cargo from Turkey to China arrived in Baku Port on December 10
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) December 11, 2020 – A train, which will cover a total of 8,693 kilometers, has passed through the Baku Port and headed for...
Analysis – Central Asia to help China bypass Russia en route to Europe
Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) December 3 – It is China, again, that is emerging as an unlikely winner from the agreed direct link between Turkey and...
Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline exported about 21.4 million tons of crude oil loaded at Ceyhan terminal in first three quarters of 2020
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) November 23, 2020 – The Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline exported 21.4 million tons of crude oil loaded on 214 tankers...
Newly appointed ambassador of Japan to Azerbaijan visited Baku port
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) November 23, 2020 – On November 16, the newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to...
Description of the Turkey-Azerbaijan direct road link gained from the Nagorno-Karabakh war
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) November 11, 2020 – The agreed direct link between Turkey and Azerbaijan, secured in the ceasefire deal between Azerbaijan and...
Azerbaijan and Turkey gain a direct road link from the Nagorno-Karabakh war
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) November 10, 2020 – Lost in the small print of the ceasefire deal between Azerbaijan and Armenia, that ended six weeks of...
Kazakh ships to gain faster access to Russian rivers for shipment of goods from and to Azerbaijan, Iran and Turkmenistan
Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) November 9, 2020 – Kazakhstani companies will gain faster and easier access to inland waterways (navigable rivers) in Russia...
Baku port supports the “Middle Corridor”
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) September 23, 2020 – Speaking at the “Eurasian Knot and the growing role of the Middle Corridor during the COVID-19...
Azerbaijan and Iran discuss port cooperation
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) September 20, 2020 – Baku International Sea Trade Port, the Ports and Maritime Organization of Iran and the State Maritime...
China launches new cargo train route to Europe via Baku
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) September 20, 2020 – China has started a new rail cargo which will use Kazakhstan’s Aktau port and Baku port as...
Baku port could benefit from Swiss interest
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) September 15, 2020 – The Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) has said that it sees the country’s...
Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan and Afghanistan agree steps to increase cargo along Lapis Lazuli corridor
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) September 8, 2020 – A trilateral online meeting was held with the participation of representatives of the transport sector...
Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan discuss Trans-Caspian International Transport Corridor project
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) August 28, 2020 – Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan have discussed joint projects related to Trans-Caspian International Transport...
Azerbaijani Railways improves North-South transport corridor
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) August 25, 2020 – Azerbaijani Railways has started reconstruction of the Guzdek-Garadagh railway that will help the...