BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 13. The Turkish Albayrak company has put into operation a new crane for loading/unloading containers at the Baku International Commercial Sea Port, Trend reports.
Currently, test work is underway to commission a crane for the transshipment of containers weighing up to 85 tons.
The port's other cranes handle cargo of up to 80 tons. It is expected that in a few days, a vessel will arrive at the Baku port, the unloading of which will be carried out with the new crane.
Meanwhile, the Baku port is working to increase its overall cargo handling capacity, which currently stands at 15 million tons - to 25 million tons. The necessary budget has already been allocated for this.
The cargo handling capacity of the Baku seaport, which is 15 million tons per year, will be expanded to 25 million tons. The necessary budget has already been allocated for this.
The master plan for the second phase of the Port of Baku is being prepared by the Dutch Royal HaskoningDHV company. It is expected to be ready by mid-2023.
On July 15, 2022, Chairman of the Albayrak Group Ahmet Albayrak and Director General of Baku International Sea Trade Port Taleh Ziyadov signed the first public-private cooperation agreement. As part of the agreement, Albayrak will invest in construction and management of the bulk cargo terminal of the Baku Port, as well as in the management of the Ro-Ro terminal in order to redirect Turkish wheeled vehicles from Central Asia to Azerbaijan.