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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.

Rail Cargo offers new Middle Corridor connections

Vienna, Austria (PortSEurope) September 20, 2023 – Rail Cargo is offering new Middle Corridor connections, linking Central Europe and Central Asia. A key...

Construction of the missing 162 km rail link of INSTC to start in March’24

Rasht, Iran (PortSEurope) September 20, 2023 – The long delayed construction of the 162 km Rasht-Astara railway along the Caspian Sea coast in Iran as part...

Wabtec signs railway development agreement with Kazakhstan

Astana, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) September 19, 2023 – Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation (Wabtec) has signed an agreement with national...

INSTC – Russia’s hopes and the reality

Astrakhan, Russia (PortSEurope) September 19, 2023 – Deprived of Western markets due to sanctions, Russia is desperate to redirect its trade to Asia, Africa,...

GUAM: 62nd Meeting of the Council of National Coordinators

Kiev, Ukraine (PortSEurope) September 15, 2023 – On 11-12 September 2023, the 62nd Meeting of the GUAM Council of National Coordinators (CNC) was held...

Kazakh Kuryk port handled 1.5 million tonnes of cargo Jan-Aug’23

Kuryk, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) September 15, 2023 – Kazakhstan’s second largest Caspian Sea port, Kuryk, handled 1.5 million tonnes of cargo in the...

Thessaloniki and Gdansk ports sign cooperation agreement

Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) September 14, 2023 – Thessaloniki Port Authority (ThPA) S.A. has signed a new cooperation with the Port of Gdańsk...

Russian ports handled 601.3 million tonnes of cargo in Jan-Aug 23

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) September 12, 2023 – Cargo turnover of Russian seaports in the January-August period increased by +8.7% compared to the first...

Update: India–Middle East–Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) – a new super-trade route?

Mumbai, India (PortSEurope) September 11, 2023 – A multinational railway and sea ports corridor linking the Middle East and South Asia was announced on...

A new railway and sea ports corridor linking the Middle East, South Asia

New Delhi, India (PortSEurope) September 9, 2023 – A multinational railway and sea ports corridor linking the Middle East and South Asia was announced on...

Hamburg to support Georgia’s National Maritime Single Window Initiative

Hamburg, Germany (PortSEurope) September 6, 2023 – HPC Hamburg Port Consulting (HPC) will provide comprehensive IT management services for the...

Development of international logistics and maritime infrastructure of Kazakhstan

Astana, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) September 3, 2023 – Kazakhstan is starting to expand its logistics capabilities. This includes China and Georgia A new...

Aktau and Kuryk ports increase freight traffic

Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) September 1, 2023 – In January-August 2023, the volume of freight shipped through Caspian Sea Aktau and Kuryk ports...

Contradicting investments and capacity claims about the delayed Olya SEZ

Olya, Russia (PortSEurope) August 27, 2023 – After many highly publicised announcements, the anchor residents Kaspiy and AgroTerminal Kaspiy will invest...

Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan to create joint logistics company for TITR

Tashkent, Uzbekistan (PortSEurope) August 25, 2023 – Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan intend to create a joint logistics company to operate within the framework...

Next railway corridor: China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan project

Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (PortSEurope) August 21, 2023 – One of the main topics of China’s Premier Li Qiang visit to Kyrgyzstan in October will be the...

India looks to Piraeus port as gateway to Europe

Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) August 16, 2023 – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Greece after attending the BRICS summit in South Africa at...

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