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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.

Russian Navy: The Arctic – a region of possible future conflict

St. Petersburg, Russia (Ports Europe) December 14, 2024 – The Arctic is one of the key regions where a confrontation between the world’s leading...

Concerns about China and Russia Arctic presence

Washington, United States (Ports Europe) December 9, 2024 – China is working with Russia to increase its presence in the Arctic and could pose a threat...

Kazakhstan-China terminal in Xi’an increases TEU flow

Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) December 6, 2024 – On November 29, 2024, the 300th container train left the Kazakhstan-China terminal in Xi’an,...

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...

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