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.
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...
Analysis – COVID-19 does not seriously infect ports yet, but panicked politicians might contaminate their business
Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) April 8, 2020 – Italy, Spain, France – where the major Mediterranean ports are – have tens of thousands of cases...
Analysis – Strategic and overambitious Iranian move in Russian Caspian, financed by China, or much ado about nothing
Lagan, Russia (Ports Europe) March 23 – A group of Iranian companies, financed by China, wants to invest in the development of the small southern Russian...
AzerTelecom looks to regional fibre optic development
AzerTelecom, a leading internet service provider that connects Azerbaijan to the international internet network, has the potential to build a digital economy...
Baku port and OSCE launch ports project
Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) March 16, 2020 – Baku International Sea Trade Port (Port of Baku) and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in...
Kazakhstan restricts ships from Azerbaijan and Iran due to coronavirus
Kazakhstan imposes restrictions on ships from Azerbaijan and Iran due to coronavirus – March 12, 2020 The Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine received...
Ukraine supports digitization of GUAM transport corridor
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 25, 2020 – Ukraine will facilitate the digitization of the GUAM transport corridor, said Minister of...
Trieste and Baku ports sign agreement to boost trade
Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) February 24, 2020 – Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has returned home after a state visit to Italy, and and various...
Analysis – Iran intends to improve port rail connections to develop international trade
Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) February 23, 2020 – The state-owned Iran Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO) is planning a local conference to discuss...
Role of Aktau and Kuryk seaports in development of transit potential of Kazakhstan
Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) February 19, 2020 – The Committee on Economic Policy, Innovative Development and Entrepreneurship of the Senate of the...
Trammo in talks to construct new terminal in Batumi port
Batumi, Georgia (Ports Europe) February 16, 2020 – TRammo Inc of the U.S,. is in talks to invest $20 million in Georgia and build a new terminal in the...
Ukraine and Austria discuss improved transport links
Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine Vladislav Krikliy met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Austria to Ukraine Hernot...
Georgia-Turkmenistan promotion focuses on the Lapis Lazuli transport corridor
Tbilisi, Georgia (Ports Europe) February 12, 2020 – The Embassy of Turkmenistan in Georgia and the “CBA Kaizen” company have hosted a...
Ukraine interested in developing digital transport corridors
Ukraine is interested in developing digital transport corridors, Vladislav Krykliy – January 31, 2020 On January 31, 2020, representatives of the...