All necessary equipment arrived in Baku in August for creation of intellectual transport management system and the process of installing it. Maximum period of commissioning the systems is scheduled for the end of the year.
Other 196 new London Taxi TX4 arrived in Azerbaijan in August within Transport Ministry's program to replace the taxi park in Baku. 100 units of new taxi cars had already been delivered earlier and by the end of this year, their number will be increased to 1,000 units.
According to the State Statistics Committee, in January-August 2011, the cargo transportation by all transport means made up 135.6 million tons of cargo or 4.6 percent more than 2010.
The private sector share in cargo transportation was 74.4 percent.
In January-August 2011, of the total cargo volume transported, 53.6 percent accounted for road transport, 30 percent - pipelines, 10.4 percent - railway and 6.0 percent - by sea.
The passenger transportation during the reported period totaled 951.5 million people, which is 7.0 percent more than the same period of 2010. Passenger transportation by automobile was 87.3 percent, metro - 12.3 percent.
In January-August 2011, automobile transport took the lion share in the transport field of the country. The cargo transportation by vehicles in January-August 2011 made up 72.6 million tons of cargo or 9.5 percent more than the same period of 2010. Passenger transportation comprised 831 million people (increased by 8.3 percent) with 96.4 percent people using buses and 3.6 percent people - vehicles. Freight turnover by road during the period grew by 8.6 percent compared with the same period of 2010, and passenger turnover - by 9.4 percent.
In January-August 2011, the Azerbaijan State Railway Department (ASRD) transported 14.1mln tons of cargo compared to 14.5mln tons during the same period of the last year. The number of loaded carriages made up 683 in average per day and unloaded - 455. Average daily load of carriages in the northern direction is 31,000 tons and in western direction - 4,300, but in the southern direction - 3,400.
The cargo shipping via sea increased by 11.2 percent to 8.1 million tons in January-August 2011. All cargo deliveries were implemented under the international operations. The volume of cargo processed in Azerbaijani ports was 8.0 million tons in 2011, which is 14.2 percent more than 2010.
About 57.4 percent of cargo shipping fell on oil and oil products, while 42.6 percent on dry cargo. Volume of cargo import increased 91 percent, the volume of international transit cargos increased 7.8 percent. As of Sept. 1, 2011, 41,400 tons of cargo left in the ports for import, which is 24.3 percent more compared to last year.
In January-August 2011, the export via oil pipelines made up 31.8 million tons. During this period, 76.3 percent or 24.3 million tons of oil was transported via the BTC (data provided by the State Statistics Committee).
Transportation via gas pipelines made up 12.4bln cubic meters or 5.5% more than 2010. 25% of the transported gas fell on South Caucasus Pipeline. About 3.0 billion cubic meters of gas was transported via this pipeline.
In January-August 2011, the passenger transportation via airways totaled 926,700 people, an increase of 38.6 percent compared to the same period of the last year. The public share in the passenger transportation via airways made up 96.9 percent and private sector 3.1 percent.
In January-August 2011, 117.2 million passengers used metro or 0.7 percent less than last year.
About 31.3 million tons of cargo were transported through Azerbaijan via the Eurasian transport corridor in January-August 2010 or 7.3 percent more than the same period of 2010. Roughly 140.1 million passengers were transported within the corridor in January-August 2011 or 7.7 percent more than last year.
Transit of cargo through the territory of Azerbaijan in January-August 2011 totaled around 10.4 million tons.
