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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.

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...

Azerbaijan touts its Caspian Sea power

Dushanbe, Tajikistan (Ports Europe) September 20, 2023 – With more than 50 ships, Azerbaijan has the largest merchant fleet in the Caspian Sea,...

Wabtec signs railway development agreement with Kazakhstan

Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) September 19, 2023 – Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation (Wabtec) has signed an agreement with national...

GUAM: 62nd Meeting of the Council of National Coordinators

Kiev, Ukraine (Ports Europe) September 15, 2023 – On 11-12 September 2023, the 62nd Meeting of the GUAM Council of National Coordinators (CNC) was held...

Kazakh Kuryk port handled 1.5 million tonnes of cargo Jan-Aug’23

Kuryk, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) September 15, 2023 – Kazakhstan’s second largest Caspian Sea port, Kuryk, handled 1.5 million tonnes of cargo in the...

Digital Silk Way project presented at GCCM 2023 event in Almaty

News Release – Digital Silk Way – September 11, 2023 The Digital Silk Way project, which envisages the formation of a digital telecommunication...

Port of Baku increases car handling

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) August 31, 2023 – The number of passenger cars transported through the Port of Baku was 4,002 units in January-July...

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