BAKU, Azerbaijan, Oct.6
By Fidan Babayeva - Trend:
Freight traffic from Russian railway landfill to Azerbaijan reduced in the past eight months of 2020, Trend reports to Russian media outlets.
According to the media, in the reporting period, exports of products through the Russian railway landfill decreased by 11 percent and amounted to 267,500 tons.
"The goods were mainly sent to Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Belarus, the Baltic states, as well as to distant countries through the north-western ports," the media said.
Furthermore, last week, the construction of a new road tunnel in the Tovuz district has started. The length of the closed part of the new tunnel together with the access roads will be 30 meters, and the total length of the tunnel will be 420 meters.
According to the Turkish Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure, the volume of cargo transshipment from Azerbaijan via Turkish ports made up 22,527 tons in the past eight months of 2020.
During the reporting period, 3,704 tons of cargo were handled from Azerbaijan via ports of Turkey by ships flying the Azerbaijani flag, and no cargo was transited through the ports.
One of the important events of the past week was the completion of the repair of the ‘Uzeyir Hajibeyli’ dry cargo vessel, belonging to the Transportation Fleet of the Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping Company (ASCO).
“After the completion of the repair, the ship was successfully tested and returned to the sea,” ASCO said.
As reported, ‘Uzeyir Hajibeyli’ dry-cargo ship is involved in cargo transportation outside of the Caspian Sea. On October 5, the ship picked up the cargo from the port of Bektash, Turkmenistan, and sailed to the port of Gebze, Turkey.