The Main Cargo Terminal is located within Baku city limits is used for handling general, containerized as well as bulk export/import and transit cargoes.

While steel products, machinery, equipment and bulk cargoes are dominant export/import types of goods, general cargoes are mainly transiting through the port. At the terminal it is possible to handle up to 2 mln. tons of general and dry bulk cargo per annum.

Terminal accommodates 6 berths of total length of 866 meters, one of which function as a RO-RO quay. Depths at the quayside is 7 meters.

Berths are equipped with 16 portal cranes with lifting capacity from 5 to 40 tons. Forklift trucks with a capacity from 105 to 10 tons, 100 rolltraylers and portal haulers of SI-SU type are also available. 3 vessels, up to 150 wagons and 100 trucks can be handled simultaneously during a day. Total length of stub railways is 8 kilometers. Maneuvering are carried out by 4 diesel locomotives.

Terminal is equipped with the railroad and truck scales for weighing cargoes. Total area of the open warehouses is about 24 000 square meters, and that of the sheltered warehouses is about 10 000 square meters.