OFFICIAL NEWS
PRESIDENT OF AZERBAIJAN GOT ACQUAINTED WITH BUSAN PORT
President Ilham Aliyev on 25 April visited the new Port in Busan, a gateway to link the Pacific Ocean with the continent of Asia. Busan is a city with 3,7 million population, approximately.
Chiefs of the Busan Port of the Marine Affairs and Fishing Ministry of Korea welcomed THE Head of the Azerbaijan State.
President of Azerbaijan was informed about the city. As stated, as the first port in Korea, it handles a total of 40% of marine export cargo, 85% of container cargo and 40% of national marine products.
It is classified into North harbor, South harbor, Gamcheon harbor and Dadepo harbor.
President of Azerbaijan toured the port, familiarized himself with storage facilities, open-storage and container yards, container terminals. The President expressed a wish to construct a modern port in Azerbaijan and expressed gratitude to the South Korean companies participating in construction of the new Baku Port.