Azerbaijan, Russia to resume ferry communication

At today’s Baku session of the Caspian-European Integration Business Club (CEIBC) Astrakhan Oblast’s Vice Governor Konstantin Markelov said that during negotiations it was proposed to resume ferry communication between port of Baku and Astrakhan port Olya halted after the sides failed to load them with cargo.

He said that with potential capacity of 4 million tons Olya port is handling 1 million tons of cargo a year.

“It was decided to transfer port organizations from Astrakhan centre to Olya port. I think that we will be able to increase port’s turnover up to 8 million tons and plan to bring it up to 30 million tons,” he said.

A range of new terminals will also be constructed in the port.

/Fineko/abc.az/