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.
Analysis – Anaklia new port: China probably wants it, Russia hates it, U.S. navy might use it, Georgia would benefit from it enormously
Anaklia, Georgia (Ports Europe) April 21, 2019 – The project for the future biggest deep sea port in the Black Sea, Anaklia, has reportedly secured financing...
EU helps Georgian ports manage container vessels
On 10-12 April, eight Port State Control (PSC) inspectors from the Maritime Transport Agency of Georgia participated in a three-day tutoring project on PSC...
Georgia proposes advancing relations with Romania to strategic level
News Release – Prime Minister Proposes Advancing Relations with Romania to Strategic Level – 15 April 2019 Georgia proposes to advance relations...
Uzbekistan joins China-Kazakhstan-Turkmenistan-Iran railway corridor
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (Ports Europe) April 7, 2019 – Uzbekistan has joined the China-Kazakhstan-Turkmenistan-Iran railway corridor, part of the...
Analysis – Anaklia: The long shadows of Russia and China, money laundering, private or with state guarantees, personal feud between the rich
Anaklia, Georgia (Ports Europe) April 2, 2019 – Anaklia Deep Sea Port, the Georgia Black Sea construction project, is not progressing and the reasons...
Bulgaria cancels 2003 multimodal transport agreement with Georgia and Armenia
Sofia, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) April 1, 2019 – Bulgaria cancelled in March the tripartite multimodal transport agreement signed in distant 2003 due to its...
Georgian prime minister challenges Anaklia port critics
Anaklia, Georgia (Ports Europe) March 12, 2019 – At a press briefing on March 8, Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze called the Anaklia Deep Sea...
International North-South Transport Corridor set to expand capacity
Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) March 7, 2019 – At a meeting of the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC) coordination council in Tehran,...
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Romania, Turkmenistan to promote Black Sea-Caspian Sea multimodal corridor
Bucharest, Romania (Ports Europe) March 6, 2019 – The foreign ministers of Romania, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkmenistan have signed a declaration for...
DP World considers Kazakhstan ports & logistics investment
Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) March 6, 2019 – Chairman and CEO of DP World, Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, has met with Kazakhstan’s Prime Minister H.E....
Russian transport projects that will help Azerbaijan’s ports
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) February 28, 2019 – In February, the Russian government has published detailed information on Russian national projects...
EU to lend €250 million to Georgia for improvement of the highway between Caspian and Black Seas (Updated with details)
Originally published February 20, 2019 as “EU to lend €250 million to Georgia for local TEN-T transport development”; Updated with further...
Georgia’s Black Sea ports seek role in new international trade corridors
Tbilisi, Georgia (Ports Europe) February 14, 2019 – The Caucasus country of Georgia has three leading ports alongside its Black Sea coastline, Anaklia,...
EU-supported training on implementation of Maritime Labour Convention in Black and Caspian Sea regions
Press Release – EU Neighbours East – February 4, 2018 On January 30-31, 2019, 16 representatives of maritime authorities from countries in the...
60,000 TEUs via the Middle railway corridor between China and Europe in 2019
Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) February 4, 2019 – Some 60,000 twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU)’s should be shipped along the Middle Corridor in 2019,...
Caspian Sea cruises planned
Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) 02.02.2019 – Azerbaijan and Russia are to develop sea cruise-based tourism between the ports of the five Caspian Sea...
Georgian Kulevi Port exports Caspian and Black sea oil products
Kulevi, Georgia (PortSEurope) December 19,2018 – During its over 10 years of operation, the Black Sea terminal (BST) of Azerbaijan’s state oil company...
Turkmenbashi port in Turkmenistan – another megalomaniac project or a new Silk Road winner
Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan (PortSEurope) November 9, 2018 – In a rare acknowledgment of problems with one of his ambitious billion dollar projects, last...
Kazakhstan Aktau sea port renamed
Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) September 14, 2018 –Â Aktau International Sea Trade Port has been renamed as the Aktau Sea Trade Port. The Aktau port is...
Constanta port to host Trans-Caspian International Transport Route round table
Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) September 6, 2018 – The Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR) round table, organized by the Maritime...