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Minister: Shippers to get online tracking for cargoes carried via Baku Port

Business Materials 9 May 2018 12:12 (UTC +04:00)
Shippers will be able to track online the cargoes transported through the Baku International Sea Trade Port from the end of 2018 thanks to the use of innovative technologies,
Minister: Shippers to get online tracking for cargoes carried via Baku Port

Baku, Azerbaijan, May 9

By Maksim Tsurkov - Trend:

Shippers will be able to track online the cargoes transported through the Baku International Sea Trade Port from the end of 2018 thanks to the use of innovative technologies, Azerbaijani Minister of Transport, Communications and High Technologies Ramin Guluzade said.

He made the remarks at the opening of the World Ports Conference 2018 of the International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH) in Baku on May 9.

He said that holding such an authoritative event in Azerbaijan with the participation of representatives of 65 countries is a joyful and important event.

“Transport and logistics are the most dynamically developing spheres in the world, and they are considered to be priority in Azerbaijan,” Guluzade said. “Today Azerbaijan is a participant and initiator of international transport projects. As a result of purposeful policy of the country’s leadership, Azerbaijan has become the main transport hub of the region.”

The minister noted that a stable transport system is being formed in Azerbaijan on the basis of innovative technologies.

“In order to improve competitiveness of the transport sector, Azerbaijan is carrying out reforms and improving management,” Guluzade said. “The implementation of international projects brings additional dividends to Azerbaijan and its partners, increases the strategic importance of the region.”

He noted that the construction of the new Baku port in Alyat settlement is turning Azerbaijan into a modern logistics center.

“The commissioning of the first phase of the Baku port will serve to attraction of investments and expansion of Azerbaijan’s transit opportunities,” the minister said.

He added that creation of a free economic zone around the port will enhance its role for Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia, Turkey, China, Russia and Iran.

“The Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway is another project that will increase the port’s importance,” he said. “In the future, these two projects will create an opportunity for cargo transportation from China and Central Asia to Europe and vice versa. It is also important to note the International Trans-Caspian Transport Route and the North-South Transport Corridor projects. All this will create effective ties and revive the Great Silk Road and create conditions for the growth of transit traffic.”

The IAPH World Ports Conference 2018 is held in Baku on May 8-11. The main theme of IAPH World Ports Conference 2018 is “Ports of the Future: Creating Hubs, Accelerating Connectivity”.

The event is attended by port heads, government representatives, professors and experts from around the world, including Europe, Japan, Iran, Georgia, Indonesia, Nigeria and others. The participants of the event will discuss cargo transportation along the Silk Road, the development of transport hubs and the role of ports in this issue, as well as issues of multiculturalism, cultural differences in global logistics, the work of free trade zones, increasing competition among them and other topics.

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