BAKU, Azerbaijan, Apr.8
By Sadraddin Aghjayev – Trend:
The agreement on opening communication lines in the region, achieved in November 2020 between presidents of Azerbaijan, Russia and Armenia, indicates Azerbaijan’s becoming an important transport and logistics hub between Europe and Asia, Director-General of the Port of Baku, Taleh Ziyadov said, Trend reports.
Ziyadov made the statement during an online meeting with members of the German-Azerbaijani Chamber of Commerce.
According to him, it’s being planned to build mineral and grain processing terminals in Azerbaijan.
“This is due to the increase in imports of mineral products from Turkmenistan, and large grain imports from Kazakhstan,” he added.
The director-general noted that the Port of Baku is deepening cooperation with its European partners.
“There are implemented projects on strengthening human capital with the European Union, and digitalization and green ports with the OSCE,” Ziyadov further said.
In 2019, the Port of Baku received the status of the first ‘Green Port’ in the Caspian Sea and became one of the 26 ports in Europe that got such a status.
He reminded that on January 15, 2021, the Port of Baku signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) Port Training Center of the Port of Antwerp, the second largest port in Europe.
“According to the memorandum, employees of the Port of Baku, representatives of Azerbaijani logistics companies or those wishing to work in the field of transport, trade and logistics will be able to get acquainted with the activities of the Antwerp and North Sea Port, the international logistics center and customs service,” noted the director-general.
“At the same time, German companies operating in Azerbaijan will be able to benefit from the second training program implemented by the Port of Baku. In Venlo, one of the most important logistics centers in the Netherlands, there will be held and organized cooperation in the international logistics, the global port industry, warehouse management, port operations and customs procedures.
The Port of Baku has reached agreements with logistics hubs and transport companies in Asia and Europe in the field of innovations in the transport sector of the region for the next two years, concluded Ziyadov.
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