Cargo transportation grew 13% in Azerbaijan

Of the cargo transported in this period, 50.8% by automobile, 18.5% by pipeline (4.9% by the BTC), 21% by railway, 9.7% by sea and the part of the private sector in cargo transportation was 57.9%, State Statistical Committee told APA.

The number of passengers carried rose 6.1%, year-over-year, to 897.5m.

84.3% of the passengers were carried by automobile and 15% by Subway.

Freight carrying by railway rose 14.9%, year-over-year, in January-November to 27.3m tonnes.

12.6m tonnes of cargo were carried by sea and this figure is a 1.6% rise.

Oil cargo made up 70.2% and dry cargo 29.8%.

Shipment turnover rose 10.8% to 7.5bn tonnes/km and passenger carrying by sea rose 6.5%.
66.2m tons of cargo and 815.6m passengers were carried by automobile, which are 6.3% and 5.7% increase, year-over-year, respectively.

During this period 1.2m passengers were airlifted which represents an increase of 8.8%.

Oil transportation through pipelines amounted to 24m metric tons, of which 6.4m tons or 36.7 were transported by the BTC. The transportation turnover by pipeline rose by 21 times, 62.4% year-over-year.

The giant project of the millennium- Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) Oil Pipeline is 1 760 kilometers in length. The pipeline runs from Azerbaijan to Ceyhan, a Turkish port via Georgia and Turkey.

The whole pipeline is under ground. It crosses the Caucasus ranges at altitudes of up to 2,800m. It is capable of transporting 1 million barrels (160 000 m?) of oil per day meeting the export demand in full development of Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli Fields.

Its structure includes 8 pumping stations (two in Azerbaijan, two in Georgia and four in Turkey), Turkish Ceyhan Terminal, 2 intermediate pigging stations and 2 pressure-regulating stations and 101 block valve stations.

Grand Official Opening Ceremony of Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline was held at Ceyhan Terminal on June 13, 2006.