In 2018, the transshipment of containers at the Baku International Sea Trade Port amounted to 22,886 TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit) – about 3.8 million tons, up by 49% YoY.
As for passenger traffic, its volume reached a 20-year record figure – 47,736 people (+44%).
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. (Trend/Business World Magazine)
