BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 19. Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) route poses a particular interest to Duisburger Hafen AG, company's Project Manager Corporate Development & Strategy Klemens Materi said during the session, "Seaports and terminals. Infrastructure development in the Black and Caspian Sea region" at the Black and Caspian Freight Forum 2024 in Baku, TurkicWorld reports.
"Our company is actively investing in the development of the Middle Corridor and is giving this direction priority attention. We are constructing a route through the Containment Terminal Railport, which we began building in 2017 in collaboration with the Turkish AKAS company.
The terminal will be fully operational this year, and by January 2025, its maximum capacity will reach 360,000 kilometers of cargo transportation per year. We're very hopeful for the successful development of this facility and are confident that it will be an important contribution to the development of regional infrastructure," he emphasized.
To note, the modernization of BTK has increased its capacity fivefold, from one million to five million tons of cargo annually. This improvement pertains to the segment of the corridor running through Azerbaijan and Georgia. Further developments in Türkiye are expected to enhance cargo volumes over time.
