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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.

Rhenus expands operations in Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan

Berlin, Germany (PortSEurope) October 13, 2023 – Germany’s global transport and logistics service provider Rhenus Logistics Group is stepping up...

Russian ports handled 675.3 million tonnes of cargo in Jan-Sep 23

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) October 13, 2023 – Cargo handled by Russian seaports in January-September increased by +9% compared to the first nine months of...

Russia’s North-South corridor – more political talk less cargo

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) October 12, 2023 – Russia, desperate and isolated from the West, keeps talking big about the North-South International Transport...

Anaklia port project: Azerbaijan as a dark horse?

Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) October 10, 2023 – Azerbaijan has appeared as a dark horse in the years-long saga of the construction of Georgia’s first...

Port of Varna hosts trilateral Greece-Bulgaria-Romania summit

Varna, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) October 9, 2023 – This week, the Port of Varna will host a trilateral Greece-Bulgaria-Romania summit. The meeting will...

Landlocked Uzbekistan to create a new corridor via Afghanistan, Pakistan to Indian Ocean

Astana, Uzbekistan (PortSEurope) October 9, 2023 – Landlocked Uzbekistan wants to create a new regional corridor from Russia and Central Asia, through...

Kazakhstan expands alternative transport solutions

Astana, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) October 9, 2023 – Western sanctions against Russia for its full scale invasion of Ukraine in July 2022 has forced logistic...

Russia supports new entity to develop North-South International Transport Corridor

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) October 6, 2023 – The Russian government is supporting the creation of a new entity to develop North-South International...

Georgian delegation attends Middle Corridor event in Aktau

Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) October 3, 2023 – A delegation from JSC Georgian Railway joined a meeting of Middle Corridor partners to discuss...

Port of Aktau hosts Middle Corridor event

Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) October 2, 2023 – On September 29, the next meeting of the working group on the development of the Trans-Caspian...

Maersk launches sea-rail service via Poti into Central Asia

Poti, Georgia (Ports Europe) September 21, 2023 – Maersk is launching a sea-rail service from Greece to Poti, Georgia, and on to Central Asia. The...

Rail Cargo offers new Middle Corridor connections

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

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

Rasht, Iran (Ports Europe) 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 (Ports Europe) September 19, 2023 – Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation (Wabtec) has signed an agreement with national...

INSTC – Russia’s hopes and the reality

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

GUAM: 62nd Meeting of the Council of National Coordinators

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

Thessaloniki and Gdansk ports sign cooperation agreement

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

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