TRAINING WORKSHOP ON CONTAINERISATION TRENDS AND CUSTOMS CLEARANCE
FOR REGULAR BLOCK TRAIN TRANSPORTATION
BAKU – 17 APRIL 2012
Speech of National Secretary of Azerbaijan Intergovernmental Commission
TRACECA
Mr. Akif Mustafayev
&
SCANDINAVIA, BALTICS & RUSSIA
NORTH
ASIA
EUROPE
Black
Sea
Caspian
Sea
Bosporus
Mersin
Mediterranean
Sea
SOUTH
NEAR
EAST
PERSIAN
GULF
GEORGIA
BOYUK KESIK
RUSSIAN
FEDERATION
KAZAKHSTAN
BAKU
REPUBLIC OF
AZERBAIJAN

ALYAT
SEA
PORT
CASPIAN
SEA
TURKMENISTAN
ISLAMIC REPUBLIC
OF IRAN
ILYICHEVSK
CASPIAN
SEA
POTI
MARABDA
BOYUK KESIK
BATUMI
AKHALKALAKI
ISTANBUL
KARS

ALYAT
SEA
PORT
PRESIDENTS OF AZERBAIJAN, GEORGIA AND TURKEY AT THE SOLEMN OPENING CEREMONY OF THE
CONSTRUCTION OF BAKU-TIBILISI-KARS RAILWAY
СONSTRUCTION OF BAKU-TIBILISI-KARS RAILWAY
СONSTRUCTION OF BAKU-TIBILISI-KARS RAILWAY
CASPIAN
SEA
AKHALKALAKI
KARS
MARABDA
BOYUK KESIK
ALYAT
SEA
PORT
• The completion of the construction of Kars–Tbilisi–Baku railway is
expected by the end of 2012. The railway is 98 km long, with 68 km
within Turkey and 30 km within Georgia.
• By this time, the reconstruction of 503 km long Baku-Georgian
border railway route will also be carried out.
• Thus the region of Middle and Central Asia will be for the first time
connected by direct rail links without transshipment through
Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey to Europe.
• Railway trains moving from China and Kazakhstan through Central
Asia, the Caspian region, Baku and Tbilisi will be able to get to
Istanbul and then proceed to Europe through the Bosporus tunnel.
REPUBLIC OF AZERBAIJAN
BOYUK KESIK
BAKU
ALYAT
• The new Baku International Sea Trade Port Complex will be constructed in
three stages.
• An important feature of the future port is an international logistics center, as
proposed by the EU TRACECA project "International Logistics Centers for
Western NIS and the Caucasus".
• The port plans to build 11 ferry bridges, six of which will be built in the first
stage until 2014.
• The construction of the port, which is supposed to meet international
standards, will be completed in 2015.
International Eurasian transport corridors
TRACECA - 4577 km (main axis).
North-South - 6978 km (on the territory of Russia) + 5853 km branch lines;
Trans-Siberian Railway - 9200 km (on the territory of Russia) + 17732 km
branch lines;
Southern Rail Corridor - 11 700 km (main axis).
TRACECA: Eastern Europe - Central Asia via the Black Sea,
the Caucasus and the Caspian Sea, Aktau - Dostyk:
The distance from the port of Poti to the railway station Boyuk-Kesik is 395 km;
The distance from the railway station Boyuk-Kesik to Baku is 503 km;
The distance from Aktau to Baku by sea is 468 km;
The distance from Aktau to Dostyk is 2878 km;
The distance from Baku to Istanbul is 2512 km.
The distance from the border crossing between Kasakhstan and China (Dostyk) to the
border between Georgia and Turkey is 4244 km;
The distance from the border crossing between Kasakhstan and China (Dostyk) to
Istanbul is 6756 km;
The distance from Bulgaria to London is 2304 km.
The distance from the border crossing between Kasakhstan and China (Dostyk) to
London is 9060 km.