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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.

Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan to create joint logistics company for TITR

Tashkent, Uzbekistan (Ports Europe) August 25, 2023 – Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan intend to create a joint logistics company to operate within the...

AzerTelecom and Kazakhtelecom established a joint venture within the Trans-Caspian Fiber Optic project

News Release – Digital Silk Way – August 23, 2023 AzerTelecom and Kazakhtelecom leading telecommunication operators of Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan continue...

Kazak officials in Baku to talk about the Middle Corridor

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) August 16, 2023 – A government-led Kazakhstani delegation has visited Baku, Azerbaijan, to discuss regional transport and...

Event: Black and Caspian Freight Forum 2023

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) August 15, 2023 – The “Black and Caspian Freight Forum 2023: corridors, cargos, infrastructure” will take...

Baku and Turkmenbashi ports to cooperate on illegal goods control

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) August 10, 2023 – Baku International Seaport and Turkmenbashi International Seaport have signed an agreement to...

Baku port keeps expanding, new fertiliser terminal by year-end

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) August 9, 2023 – The master plan for the second phase of expansion of Azerbaijan’s Caspian Sea port of Baku, prepared...

Three times more containers from Turkmenbashi to Alat in H1’23

Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan (Ports Europe) August 1, 2023 – Almost three times more containers (2,362 TEUs) were transported from the Caspian Sea port of...

Azerbaijan’s ports handled 6.3 million tonnes of cargo in H1’23

Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) July 18, 2023 – Azerbaijan’s Caspian Sea ports increased the transshipment of goods in the first half of the year by 9.6% to...

Islamic Development Bank visits Azerbaijan

Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) July 12, 2023 – Minister of Digital Development and Transport of Azerbaijan, Rashad Nabiyev, has met with a delegation of...

Sanctions-busting port of Makhachkala to be privatised by September

Makhachkala, Russia (PortSEurope) July 3, 2023 – The long delayed privatisation of Russia’s Caspian Sea port of Makhachkala is to be completed by the end...

New oil tankers for Aktau-Baku route that bypasses Russia

Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) June 27, 2023 – The joint venture of Kazakhstan’s KazMorTransFlot and Abu Dhabi Ports, Caspian Integrated Maritime...

Kazakh-Azeri-Georgian logistics company for the Middle Corridor

Astana, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) June 26, 2023 – Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Georgia will create a logistics company whose activities will help ensure the...

Turkmenistan’s ferries and container ships run successful lines to Baku

Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan (PortSEurope) June 26, 2023 – Turkmen ferries Berkarar and Bagtyar made 70 voyages from the country’s largest Caspian Sea port...

First pilot transport of cargo by semi-trailer along the TRACECA corridor

Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) June 20, 2023 – The first pilot transport of cargo by semi-trailer along the TRACECA corridor has taken place as the...

Landlocked Uzbekistan to use Baku port fertilizer terminal

Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) June 13, 2023 – Landlocked Uzbekistan will start using a new terminal for mineral fertilisers in Azerbaijan’s Caspian port...

EU delegation visits Alat Free Economic Zone, Azerbaijan

Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) June 7, 2023 – On May 31, 2023, a delegation of European Union (EU) diplomats paid a visit to the Alat Free Economic Zone,...

Port of Baku signs contract with Damen Shipyards Gorinchem

Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) June 7, 2023 – A contract has been signed by Baku International Sea Trade Port JSC, Baku Shipbuilding Plant LLC and Damen...

Ports of Constanta and Baku to push Middle Corridor development

Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) June 5, 2023 – Romania’s Black Sea Port of Constanta and Caspian Sea Port of Baku in Azerbaijan are developing a...

Kazakh grain terminal in Baku port

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) May 30, 2023 – The construction of a grain terminal for Kazakhstan is to start soon in the Azerbaijani Caspian Sea port of...

Alyat port capacity to increase to 25 million tonnes

Alyat, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) May 29, 2023 – Azerbaijan’s Caspian Sea port of Alyat, originally designed for transshipment of 15 million tonnes of...

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