For the first half of 2023, the total volume of container shipping between the ports of Turkmenbashi (Turkmenistan) and Alyat (Azerbaijan) increased by 2.9 times compared to a year earlier, reports the Maritime Commercial Fleet of Turkmenistan.
In the reporting period on this route, the length of 300km, the total number of containers amounted to 2362 TEU (which means twenty-foot equivalent unit). At the same time, transit containers accounted for 41%, with import cargo 25% and export cargo 34%.
Specialists say that container transportation allows to reduce the time for loading and unloading, in turn, reducing the downtime of transport, as well as the time of transportation of goods.
Photo: Maritime Commercial Fleet of Turkmenistan
A delegation from Turkmenistan recently visited the Alyat Free Economic Zone (AFEZ) and the Baku International Sea Trade Port to discuss opportunities to increase cargo transportation between Central Asia and Europe.
In Turkmenbashi, the new port was opened in May 2018. Its annual throughput capacity is 17-18mn tons. Together with the previously operating port, this figure approaches 25mn tons. The container terminal with an average annual capacity of 400 thousand TEU can handle simultaneously three vessels with a total cargo capacity of 5 thousand tons.
Credits: Eziz Boyarov
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