Buxtehude, Germany – 9th May 2022
East meets West – Port of Baku will serve as major hub
Claudius Peters, the German producer of innovative materials handling and processing systems for the global cement, gypsum and alumina industries, is proud to be supplying Baku International Sea Trade Port (PoB) with a complete fertilizer terminal including the mechanical bulk handling system and wagon loading.
The Port of Baku’s new fertilizer terminal will have the capacity to handle 2.5 million tons annually. The facility will have two warehouses with a total capacity of 60,000 tons, and state-of-the-art conveyor systems to unload the various types of fertilizers directly to warehouses or into wagons/rail hoppers at a newly designed wagon loading station. The fertilizer terminal will increase the role of Azerbaijan as a strategic transit country for Central Asian states.
Claudius Peters will supply the complete storage system as well as the associated belt entire electrical control system. The nature of various materials will of course present a challenge, some of which are flammable (Sulphur) or explosive such as ammonium-based fertilizer. The project will be carried out in partnership with established local players.
The new port of Baku was awarded the “EcoPorts” certificate in 2019 and is located about 70 km south of the capital Baku. A passenger terminal already exists there, and the industrial area is now being expanded with the fertilizer terminal. The port serves to connect the East with Europe and is considered a strategic project by the Government in Azerbaijan.
The first phase of engineering is complete. Foundations and civils are in progress. We are looking forward to being part of the future transportation along the new silk road.
Baku International Sea Trade Port CJSC (aka the Port of Baku) has announced the start of construction of a fertilizer terminal at its new facility in Alat, Azerbaijan.
About Baku Port
The new Baku international Sea Trade Port provides a significant opportunity for Azerbaijan to become a key location/hub in Regional Supply Chains through the offering of a Free Trade Zone for Global, Regional and National Companies for their Logistic Services, value added services and their manufacturing of a larger strategy of creating Azerbaijan’s and president Ilham Aliyev’s brand in non-oil economy.
The new Port of Baku at Alat is to become the largest Free Trade Zone in the Caspian region, fed by growing regional petrochemical feedstock and offering comprehensive logistics and value-added services to Zone residents and international clients, and serving as major regional intermodal distribution hub.
About Claudius Peters
For more than a century, Claudius Peters has been producing innovative materials handling and processing systems for the global cement, gypsum, steel and alumina industries. Claudius Peters was a member of the British Babcock group from the mid-20th century, until being acquired by the British privately-owned global industrial group Langley Holdings plc in 2001. The company is headquartered near Hamburg, in Germany with regional offices in Europe, the Americas and Asia.
