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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.

Azerbaijan’s ASCO announces reorganisation

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) January 11, 2024 – Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping Company CJSC (ASCO) has announced a corporate restructure. ASCO Logistics...

Urgent dredging to start in Baku port, Caspian Sea shrinks

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) January 10, 2024 – Dredging will start in the coming days in Azerbaijan’s Caspian Sea port of Baku, which will allow access...

China’s NDRC visited Port of Baku

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) January 5, 2024 – China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) visited the Port of Baku at the end of...

Baku port handles 6 million tonnes of cargo in Jan-Nov’23

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) January 4, 2024 – Azerbaijan’s largest Caspian Sea port of Baku handled over 6 million tonnes of cargo during the first 11...

EBRD provides loan to Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping Company

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) December 19, 2023 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will provide a long-term loan to...

Rasht-Astara railway construction for INSTC corridor in 2024

Tehran, Itan (Ports Europe) December 14, 2023 – It has been announced that the construction of the 163-km Rasht-Astara railway in Northern Iran will...

China Railways delegation visits Baku port, Azerbaijan

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) December 12, 2023 – A delegation from Xi’an International Trade and Logistic Park and China Railways, China, has...

Framework Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Caspian Sea – meeting

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) December 5, 2023 – The Framework Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Caspian Sea is a forum...

Azerbaijan and Morocco sign port memorandum

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) November 20, 2023 – Following bilateral government talks, Azerbaijan and Morocco have agreed cooperation in the port...

Cooperation between Baku port and Moroccan ports agency

Rabat, Morocco (Ports Europe) November 16, 2023 – A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between Azerbaijan’s Caspian Sea Baku International...

China’s Shangdong Port delegation visits Baku

Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) November 8, 2023 – A delegation from China’s Shandong Port Group has visited the Port of Baku. Shandong Port Group...

Latvian delegation visits Port of Baku, Azerbaijan

Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) November 2, 2023 – Yesterday, a Latvian delegation headed by the Deputy Minister of Transport of Latvia, Uldis Reimanis,...

Update 2: Azerbaijan wants Armenia as a partner in Middle Corridor

The Hague, Netherlands (PortSEurope) October 23, 2023 – Armenia can become an important partner of Azerbaijan in the Trans-Caspian International...

SAFEEN Group, SOCAR sign maritime and shipping agreement

Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) October 20, 2023 – SAFEEN Group, part of AD Ports Group, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the State Oil...

Baku Shipyard, Damen Shipyards Gorinchem sign dredger contract

Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) October 18, 2023 – Baku Shipyard LLC and the Dutch Damen Shipyards Gorinchem have signed a contract for the construction...

Update: Armenia wants to be part of Russia-Turkey corridor via Azerbaijan

Strasbourg, France (PortSEurope) October 17, 2023 – Facing the treat of being left out of a strategic transport corridor (Zangezur) that will connect Russia...

Azerbaijan and Iran join transport corridors’ game in Central Asia

Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) October 15, 2023 – Azerbaijan agreed with Iran to establish a transport corridor (Eastern Zangezur Corridor) to Azeri exclave...

Anaklia port sinks into the distant future

Anaklia, Georgia (PortSEurope) October 15, 2023 – Georgia has backpedalled, again, on the construction of the country’s first Black Sea deep water port...

EBRD holds talks with Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping Company

Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) October 3, 2023 – Last week, Management Board Chairman of the Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping Company (ASCO) CJSC, Rauf...

Port of Baku awards EcoPorts certification

Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) October 2, 2023 – The Port of Baku has again passed certification for “EcoPorts”. The Port Environment Review...

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