Caspian Sea
The Caspian Sea is the largest lake on Earth by both area and volume. It is bordered by Azerbaijan, Iran, Russia, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan. It has a surface area of 371,000 km². The ports of the littoral states include key trading hubs in international transport corridors and the new Silk Road; including Baku, Aktau & Astrakhan. The sea has become topical since the Russian invasion of Ukraine (started 24.02.2022) as traders seek routes which do not pass through Russian territory. The heavily-sanctioned states of Russia and Iran also have interests in the Caspian Sea’s transport capacity.
Rosmorport reports increased revenue in first half of 2020
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) July 13, 2020 – FSUE Rosmorport has reported revenue of 14.7 billion rubles (€1.83 billion) in the first half of 2020, up...
New record time for China-Turkey container train
Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) July 7, 2020 – The local ADY Container has reported that together with other members of the Trans-Caspian International...
Turkmenistan seeks increased trade with Russia’s Astrakhan region
Negotiations were held in the form of a videoconference with the leadership of the Astrakhan Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Russia and Turkmenistan to...
Amirabad Port has 52% of traffic among the northern ports of Iran
Tehran, Iran (Ports Europe) July 3, 2020 – In the first quarter of 2020, 844,869 tons of goods handled in Amirabad port, a 52% share of the total volume...
Russia’s Caspian ports continue to increase cargo volumes in January-May 2020
Makhachkala, Russia (Ports Europe) June 11, 2020 – Cargo volumes handled by the three Russian ports in the Caspian Sea in the first five months of 2020...
Azerbaijan and Iran to set up a joint logistics centre in Iran’s Ardabil province
Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) June 10, 2020 – Azerbaijan and Iran are planning to set up a joint logistics centre together with an industrial area in...
Russia’s network of specialised oil ports
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) June 8, 2020 – Russia is one of the countries with the largest number of specialised oil and petroleum products ports in the...
Azerbaijan and Afghanistan discuss Lapis-Lazuli transit corridor
Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) June 2, 2020 – Azerbaijan Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov and Afghan Foreign Minister Mohammad Hanif Atmar have held a...
Bulgaria’s Port Burgas enlarges quay walls, adds new docking spaces
(Adds details to “BMF Port Burgas receives several bids for tenders” article from May 1, 2020) Burgas, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) May 25, 2020 –...
Analysis – Anaklia Development Consortium has no chance to finish Georgia’s deep sea port project – minister
Anaklia, Georgia (Ports Europe) May 20, 2020 – Two days after Anaklia Development Consortium (ADC) said that it was “the right partner” for the...
Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway increases capacity
Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 18, 2020 – The Covid-19 coronavirus crisis has forced transport companies to explore alternative methods of freight...
Turkmenistan leads Caspian Sea-Black Sea transport corridor discussion
On May 7, 2020, a quadrilateral, virtual working meeting was held in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan on the project of intergovernmental...
Ukraine and Kazakhstan officials discuss devloping transport links
Vladislav Krikliy met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Kazakhstan to Ukraine Darhan Kaletaev – May 6, 2020 Minister of Infrastructure...
Aktau and Kuryk port traffic to Azerbaijan down in Q1 2020
Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) May 1, 2020 – Total cargo traffic transshipped to Azerbaijan via Kazakhstan’s Aktau and Kuryk ports was 475,000 tons of...
DBA Group division wins contract in Bulgarian ports of Burgas and Varna
Varna, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) April 28, 2020 – Actual I.T. dd, part of Italy’s DBA Group S.p.A., has signed an agreement with Bulgarian Ports...
Iran continues dry port development
Aprin, Iran (Ports Europe) April 27, 2020 – The country’s largest inland, dry port, Aprin, has received a boost from an agreement between country’s...
Chabahar intermodal corridor links India, Iran and Afghanistan
Chabahar, Iran (Ports Europe) April 24, 2020 – The first India-Iran-Afghanistan intermodal transport, using Transports Internationaux Routiers (TIR...
16% increase port traffic in last Iranian calendar year
Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) April 23, 2020 – Iranian Transport and Urban Development Minister, Mohammad Eslami, has reported that the capacity of...
Last year, 73 ships were repaired at ASCO’s Bibiheybat shipyard
Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) April 20, 2020 – The Bibiheybat shipyard of Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping Company (ASCO) repaired 73 ships in 2019. Of...
Turkey ratifies Lapis Lazuli transport corridor route
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) April 14, 2020 – The Resmi Gazete, the national and only official journal of the country that publishes the new...