Baku. Vahab Rzayev – APA-Economics. In 2013, 59.0 mln tonnes of cargo and 285.2 mln of passengers were transported in Azerbaijan part of Silk Road transport corridor, relevantly up 3.8% and 9.3% from previous year.
State Statistical Committee says 46.5% of cargo were transported by trucks (+9.0%), 36.2% by railway (+0.2%) and 17.3% by sea transport.
25.0% or 14.8 mln tonnes of cargo transported by sea transport made transit.