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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.

NYT: Russia’s tries to pivot away from the West for good

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) March 16, 2024 – For centuries, trade with Europe was the main pillar of Russia’s economy. The war in Ukraine ended that,...

Stockholm Norvik Port in TEN-T

Stockholm, Sweden (Ports Europe) March 6, 2024 – The new Sweden’s Baltic Sea’s deep sea port Stockholm Norvik Port with RoRo and container...

Russia’s problems with dredging in Arctic and elsewhere

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) March 2, 2024 – “Definitely bad” is how Nikolay Tyrtyshny, General Director of Rostov central design bureau Stapel that...

Georgia hosts World Bank presentation on TITR-Middle Corridor

Tbilisi, Georgia (Ports Europe) March 1, 2024 – Earlier this week, Tbilisi hosted a World Bank event entitled: “The Middle Trade and Transport...

Putin: Soviet-style transport and logistics promises

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) February 29, 2024 – In true Soviet style, Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed Russia‘s Federal Assembly, the...

Russia to dredge Northern Sea Route with Chinese help

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) February 28, 2024 – The transportation of the dredging fleet from Southeast Asia through the Suez Canal to the Northern Sea...

Kazakhstan develops the Middle and North-South corridors

Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) February 27, 2024 – Kazakhstan must intensify work to expand and increase the capacity of the International North-South...

Tender for new Albanian port in Porto Romano

Durres, Albania (Ports Europe) February 23, 2024 – In March, Albania will announce an international tender for the construction of a new commercial port to...

50,000 tonnes of Kazakh ammonium nitrate to be exported via Aktau-Hovsan-Batumi ports

Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) February 21, 2024 – After exporting KazAzot’s ammonium nitrate (3,000 tonnes) through the Caspian Sea port of Aktau in...

Increased demand for the Middle Corridor

Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) February 20, 2024 – Changes in global cargo flows have led to increased demand for the Trans-Caspian International...

Iran’s Rasht-Caspian Railway ready in March

Rasht, Iran (Ports Europe) February 19, 2024 – Iran’s Rasht-Caspian Railway, connecting the city of Rasht to the country’s Caspian Sea port of Bandar...

Swiss ambassador visits Baku port

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) February 14, 2024 – Switzerland’s Ambassador to Azerbaijan Thomas Stehlin visited the country’s Caspian Sea port of...

First KazAzot ammonium nitrate exported via Aktau

Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) February 14, 2024 – KazAzot ammonium nitrate has been exported for the first time through Kazakhstan‘s Caspian Sea...

Aktau port handled 360,000 tonnes of cargo in January’24

Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) February 13, 2024 – Cargo turnover of Kazakhstan’s Caspian Sea port of Aktau in January 2024 increased by 12.7%...

Kazakhstan, Greece talk Middle Corridor cooperation

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 12, 2024 – The Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Greece Erlan Baudarbek-Kozhataev has met with the Mayor of the Greek...

Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan to eliminate Middle Corridor bottlenecks

Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) February 11, 2024 – Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan have agreed an updated road map for the elimination of the bottlenecks...

Azerbaijan borrows to increase its Caspian fleet

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) February 2, 2024 – Azerbaijan’s ambition is to continue to dominate shipping and cargo handling in the Caspian Sea region...

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