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Transport Corridor

The creation and operations of international rail, road and sea routes, co-ordinated to transport cargo long distances, usually international and designed to benefit all participating countries. For example, the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR), also known as the Middle Corridor; and the European Union’s Ten-T network.

An area where one or more modes of transport operate and share a common course and specifics of freight transportation. Transport corridors can generate wider economic benefits and costs through their effects on a potentially diverse set of development outcomes.

This topic is key for ports in Southern Europe, the Caspian Sea and Central Asia – developing trade between Europe and Asia.

Shrinking Caspian – stranded ports, half empty ships

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) December 2, 2024 – The Caspian Sea is within weeks of reaching its lowest level on record, an Azerbaijani official said,...

North-South corridor capacity to double to 20 mln tonnes

Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) November 29, 2024 – The capacity of the Kremlin-promoted International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC), a key...

Chennai-Vladivostok maritime corridor now operational

Chennai, India (Ports Europe) November 28, 2024 – In a development of Indian-Russian relations, the Chennai-Vladivostok maritime corridor is now...

Plagen plans methanol plant near Baku port

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) November 25, 2024 – South Korean clean energy company Plagen has signed an initial agreement to develop a green methanol...

New €190 mln logistics center in Magadan port, Russia

Magadan, Russia (Ports Europe) November 21, 2024 – Forced by the Western sanctions to divert its trade towards the Far East of the country and try to develop...

2.6 times more containers via Middle Corridor in Jan-Oct’24

Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) November 17, 2024 – Container shipments along the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR, Middle Corridor),...

Putin’s aid visits drone-hit Kaspiysk and Makhachkala

Makhachkala, Russia (Ports Europe) November 15, 2024 – Nine days after the devastating attack against the Russian Caspian Sea naval base of Kaspiysk, 18...

Uzbekistan to increase use of Port of Aktau

Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) November 13, 2024 – A delegation from double-landlocked Uzbekistan has visited Aktau Sea Commercial Port to discuss...

New grain terminal in Kazakhstan’s Kuryk port

Kuryk, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) November 12, 2024 – A new grain terminal with a capacity of 1 million tonnes per year has been commissioned in...

China joins the Middle Corridor Multimodal JV via CRTC

Xi’an, China (Ports Europe) November 11, 2024 – China, via its state-owned China Railway Container Transport Corporation (CRTC), is to join the...

Russia’s Murmansk port tries to replace coal with containers

Murmansk, Russia (Ports Europe) November 8, 2024 – Russia’s Arctic Murmansk port (MCSP) is desperately trying to attract new cargo after coal transshipment...

38 mln tonnes of cargo via Russia’s Northern Sea Route in 2024

St. Petersburg, Russia (Ports Europe) November 8, 2024 – Cargo transportation along Russia’s Arctic Northern Sea Route (NSR) in 2024 will reach about...

Kazakhstan has transport corridor talks in France with CMA CGM

Paris, France (Ports Europe) November 6, 2024 – On a visit to France, President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev met with Rodolphe Saadé, Chairman...

New Russia-China transport corridor crossing Amur River

Dzhalinda, Russia (Ports Europe) November 3, 2024 – The investor in Russia’s River Port Dzhalinda (Jalinda) on the Amur River has started preparatory...

Update: EU corridor 8 saga – “Sofia’s forgotten or Sofia’s delay”

Sofia, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) November 3, 2024 – Under the headline (play of words in Bulgarian) “Corridor #8: Sofia’s forgotten/Sofia’s...

EBRD to invest €1.25 bln in Kazakhstan for Middle Corridor

Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) November 2, 2024 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) plans to invest in Kazakhstan 1.25...

Turkey close to securing funds for €3.7 railway bridge across Bosphorus

Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) October 30, 2024 – Turkey hopes to sign an agreement with the World Bank soon for funding of up to 3 billion euros to...

Economics of coal delivery via Murmansk port are negative

Murmansk, Russia (Ports Europe) October 26, 2024 – The economics of coal shipments through the ports of Russia’s Northwest and, in particular, the...

Kazakhstan to invest in cargo transport on Irtysh River linking China and Russia

Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) October 24, 2024 – Kazakhstan’s Transport Ministry has a draft “road map” for the integrated development of...

Reality check for cargo results on Russia’s Arctic NSR

Moscow, Russia (Ports Russia) October 21, 2024 – Despite the overly optimistic forecasts for the huge cargo transportation via Russian President Vladimir...

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