Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, and China have signed an agreement on the establishment of an intermodal cargo terminal in the port of Baku. The project involves the construction and development of infrastructure for an intermodal cargo terminal covering 40 hectares at the Baku suburb of Alyat. Initial...
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Shipping majors make green hydrogen call at COP29
Anglo-Eastern, Fortescue, GasLog, Mitsui OSK Lines, Ocean Network Express, Trafigura, and X-Press Feeders are among more than 50 high profile names in shipping who have signed a green hydrogen call to action at the United Nations’ ongoing climate talks at COP29 in Baku this week. Many ports have...
https://splash247.com/shipping-majors-make-green-hydrogen-call-at-cop29/
Ukrainian ferry operator to resume sailings to Georgia
Ukrainian privately-owned vessel operator UkrFerry Shipping Company will resume operating on routes between Ukraine and Georgia this July 9. These will be UkrFerry’s first operational sailings transporting passengers and vehicles to Georgia following the start of the Russian invasion in February...
COLUMN | The First Three Days of Christmas 2023: ferry fiasco continues at Ferguson; CBM doubles down at Damen; MOL takes two; three Azerbaijani reporters jailed [Offshore Accounts]
On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me… a partridge in a pear tree, according to the ancient English carol, but here at Baird Maritime, that’s the cue for a dozen topical features on the offshore industry. Lovers of yuletide traditions – and even those of you who are checking your phone […]
AD Ports’ Safeen joines forces with Azerbaijan’s Socar
Safeen Group, a shipping unit of Abu Dhabi-based ports and logistics giant AD Ports, has teamed up with Azeri national oil company Socar to deliver a range of services aimed at elevating the shipping and energy landscape in Azerbaijan. A memorandum of understanding between the parties covers...
https://splash247.com/ad-ports-safeen-joines-forces-with-azerbaijans-socar/
KCA Deutag Azerbaijan venture lands $300m contract extension
Turan Drilling & Engineering, a joint venture between drilling and engineering contractor, KCA Deutag and drilling and integrated well services company, SOCAR AQS, has secured a contract extension in Azerbaijan worth $300m. The two-year extension, effective from April 2024, will see Turan continue...
https://splash247.com/kca-deutag-azerbaijan-venture-lands-300m-contract-extension/
World Court Directs Azerbaijan To Ensure Free Movement To Nagorno-Karabakh
The World Court ordered Azerbaijan to ensure free movement through the Lachin corridor to and from the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh, as an intermediate step in ongoing legal disputes with neighboring Armenia. The Lachin corridor, the only land route giving Armenia direct access to Nagorno-Karabakh, has been blocked since Dec. 12.
Ethnic CleansingArmenia last month told judges at the World Court, formally known as the International Court of Justice,...
https://mfame.guru/world-court-directs-azerbaijan-to-ensure-free-movement-to-nagorno-karabakh/
Azerbaijan’s BTC Exports Continue, Storing Crude at Quake-Damaged Port
- No damage ‘as of now’ to strategic South Caucasus pipeline
- Ceyhan loadings suspended after ‘small leakage’ at terminal
- Storage facilities being used during loading suspension
Exports of Azerbaijan’s flagship crude oil via the 1,770 km BTC pipeline are continuing, despite a huge earthquake in southern Turkey early Feb. 6, with the crude being stored in the Turkish port of Ceyhan due to loadings being temporarily suspended following a leak, BP said, reports SP...
https://mfame.guru/azerbaijans-btc-exports-continue-storing-crude-at-quake-damaged-port/
KBR and Socar joint venture to work on BP’s unmanned platform project off Azerbaijan
A joint venture between US services giant KBR and Azerbaijan’s state oil company Socar has been awarded an optimisation stage engineering services contract by BP for the delivery of an unmanned compression platform in Azerbaijan. The deal is for the Shah Deniz compression project in the Azerbaijan...
VESSEL REVIEW | Zarifa Aliyeva – Azerbaijan’s newest large-capacity rail ferry built for Caspian Sea sailings
Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping Company (ASCO) recently took delivery of the second vessel in a series of two locally-built Ro-Pax ferries that are also capable of transporti ..