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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.

Belarus, Russia free economic zones plan cooperation

Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) December 7, 2023 – The management of the free economic zone (SEZ) “Brest” in Bealrus and the special...

Italy says it is leaving China’s Belt and Road Initiative

Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) December 7, 2023 – Government sources are reporting that Italy has informed China that it is leaving the Belt and Road...

Hapag-Lloyd opens two offices in Bulgaria

Sofia, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) December 6, 2023 – German shipper Hapag-Lloyd has opened two new offices in Bulgaria in the Black Sea port city of Varna...

Framework Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Caspian Sea – meeting

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) December 5, 2023 – The Framework Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Caspian Sea is a forum...

Russia’s sanctions-busting trade routes stumble

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) December 4, 2023 – The two “secret weapons” against Western sanctions affecting Russian cargo transportation – the...

Chinese giant CCECC interested in Kazakhstan’s transport infrastructure

Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) December 4, 2023 – China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) wants to participate in the development of...

Update: Russia’s Northern Sea Route only for Russia

(Adds comments from Konstantin Grinevich after paragraph 3) St. Petersburg, Russia (Ports Europe), December 1, 2023 – The Northern Sea Route (NSR,...

Russia’s Northern Sea Route – only for Russia

St. Petersburg, Russia (Ports Europe), December 1, 2023 – The Northern Sea Route (NSR, SevMorPut) is unlikely to compete with the southern route through...

FESCO plans container feeder line in Africa

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) November 29, 2023 – Deprived of opportunities to operate in Europe due to Western sanctions, FESCO, one of the largest...

North-South corridor is sanctioned Russia’s distant dream

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) November 26, 2023 – The development of the International North-South Transport Corridor – INSTC will significantly...

The North-South is the poor relative of Russia’s international cargo corridors

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) November 24, 2023 – The cargo transportation along the three main international transport corridors (ITC) that pass via...

China Harbour signs MoU with Misrata Free Zone, Libya

Tripoli, Libya (Ports Europe) November 21, 2023 – China Harbour Engineering Company has signed an agreement with the Misrata Free Zone in Libya. The...

Kazakhstan’s Middle Corridor ambitions, new ships for Caspian

Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) November 19, 2023 – The Caspian Sea might be shrinking, but its littoral states still hope it’s a solution to their...

China’s increasing influence on the Northern Sea Route

Hellerup, Denmark (Ports Europe) November 17, 2023 – As Russia attempts to find ways to alleviate the impact of Western sanctions, and find alternative...

New sanctions-busting corridor to Russia bypasses Kazakhstan

Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (Ports Europe) July 5, 2023 – Russia and Kyrgyzstan will soon open a new Southern Transport Corridor across Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and...

€50 mln for the project for Russia’s North-South corridor

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) November 16, 2023 – Russia’s giant state-owned VTB Bank will pay 4-5 billion rubles (41.2-51.5 million euro) for the...

Russia plans port development in occupied Crimea

Feodosia, Russia (Ports Europe) November 16, 2023 – A second berth should be constructed in the Black Sea port of Feodosia on the illegally Russia-occupied...

Rosatom takes over FESCO to create a shipping corridor along Northern Sea Route

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) November 14, 2023 – Desperate times for Russia lead to desperate measures. Under pressure from Western sanctions, Russian...

China’s Shangdong Port delegation visits Baku

Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) November 8, 2023 – A delegation from China’s Shandong Port Group has visited the Port of Baku. Shandong Port Group...

Middle Volga-Caspian-Persian Gulf corridor within the INSTC

Ulyanovsk, Russia (PortSEurope) November 6, 2023 – Facing logistics and infrastructure difficulties in its attempt to redirect foreign trade towards the...

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