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Container transshipment at Baku port increases significantly

Business Materials 17 October 2018 13:13 (UTC +04:00)

Baku, Azerbaijan, Oct. 17

By Azad Hasanli – Trend:

In January-September 2018, the transshipment of containers at the Baku International Sea Trade Port amounted to 16,940 TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit), the port told Trend.

The transshipment volumes increased by 54.4 percent compared to the same period last year (10,970 TEU).

During the nine months of this year, the volume of passenger traffic amounted to 34,470 people, having increased by 45.2 percent over the year.

The cargo transshipment potential of the Baku port within the first phase is 15 million tons, including 100,000 containers per year. Seven berths out of 12 existing ones serve dry-cargo ships, two berths serve ferries, and another two berths serve the Ro-Ro and Ro-Pax vessels. Another berth is used to service the flotilla of the port.

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