Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Energy has signed two agreements with Chinese firms for the construction of an offshore wind energy project in the country. The first agreement, signed with China Energy Overseas Investment, entails the evaluation, development, and implementation of an offshore wind energy...
https://splash247.com/azerbaijan-partners-with-china-on-caspian-offshore-wind-project/
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...
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 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...
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 […]
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/
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/
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/
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/
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...