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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.

Kazakhstan looks to develop Middle Corridor

Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) March 3, 2023 – The Kazakhstan government is exploring the necessary steps to develop the Middle Corridor (TITR). The...

The International North-South Transport Corridor saves time

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) March 3, 2023 – The International North-South Corridor (INSTC) is the topic of a speech by Evgeny Vinokurov, Deputy...

Belarus president to visit Iran to beat sanctions

Vienna, Austria (PortSEurope) March 2, 2023 – Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko is planning to visit Iran later this month, partly with the aim of...

Prospects for the International North-South Transport Corridor

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) March 1, 2023 – The International North-South Corridor (INSTC) is the topic of an article by Mohammed Athar Javed,...

Batumi port hosts delegation from Uzbekistan

Batumi, Georgia (PortSEurope) March 1, 2023 – A delegation from the Republic of Uzbekistan, headed by the Deputy Minister of Transport, visited Batumi...

Construction starts on the first Bulgarian deep water container terminal

Burgas, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) March 1, 2023 – Private port operator BMF Port Burgas, a concessionaire of the Black Sea’s Burgas East-2 and Burgas West...

Azerbaijan to increase transport facilities for regional trade corridors

Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) February 28, 2023 – The number of logistics centres and customs warehouses will be increased along two regional trade...

Russia forced to rely on China and Iran to deepen Volga Canal

Astrakhan, Russia (PortSEurope) February 28, 2023 – Russia was forced to beg China and Iran to send dredging equipment to realise another of Russian...

Iranian ships run aground in Volga-Caspian Canal

Astrakhan, Russia (PortSEurope) February 28, 2023 – Two Iranian flagged ships ran aground at the 170th km of the Volga River – Caspian Sea Marine...

HHLA Project Logistics opens a new office in Almaty, Kazakhstan

Almaty, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) February 27, 2023 – HHLA Project Logistics has opened a new office in Almaty, Kazakhstan. HHLA sees this a logical...

The Middle Corridor as a preferred route

Ankara, Turkey (PortSEurope) February 27, 2023 – Geopolitical conditions suggest strongly that the Middle Corridor will see more use than the Northern...

Rosatom plans dredging in North Sea Route area

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) February 21, 2023 – The total volume of dredging and hydraulic engineering operations in the waters of the Northern Sea...

New combined intermodal and multimodal terminal for Baku port

Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) February 19, 2023 – By the beginning of 2024, the construction of the second phase of Azerbaijan’s Caspian Sea port of Baku...

Kazakhstan will build large trade and logistics hubs with five neighbours

Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) February 10, 2023 – By 2026, Kazakhstan will build five border trade centers with neighbouring countries, the Ministry...

Makhachkala port – Russia’s Caspian Sea champion

Makhachkala, Russia (Ports Europe) February 6, 2023 – In 2022, Makhachkala Commercial Sea Port became the leader among Russian ports in the Caspian Sea in...

Kazakhstan: New terminal in Kuryk; increase of container transit

Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) February 6, 2023 – The Concept for the Development of the Transport and Logistics Potential of Kazakhstan has been approved...

Makhachkala Commercial Sea Port increases handling of Iranian cargo

Makhachkala, Russia (Ports Europe) February 1, 2023 – Makhachkala Commercial Sea Port handled twice as much cement from Iran and exported 20% more grain...

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