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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.

Discrepancies in financing Russia’s inland waterways

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) June 26, 2023 – The deficit of funds in Russia’s budget for the maintenance of inland waterways (IWW) and navigational...

Georgia, Kazakhstan increase mutual trade, plan rail, port investment

Tbilisi, Georgia (PortSEurope) June 26, 2023 – The Prime Minister of Kazakhstan, Alikhan Smailov, has been on an official visit to Georgia, where he was...

Kazakh-Azeri-Georgian logistics company for the Middle Corridor

Astana, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) June 26, 2023 – Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Georgia will create a logistics company whose activities will help ensure the...

Russia begs Iran for Volga River dredging help

Astrakhan, Russia (PortSEurope) June 26, 2023 – Sanctions-hit Russia, unable to complete the critically important dredging of the Volga-Caspian Sea...

Rostov-on-Don and port controlled by mutinous Russian mercenary fighters

Rostov-on-Don, Russia (PortSEurope) June 24, 2023 – Mutinous Russian mercenary fighters from the Wagner private army have full control over the...

Rhenus and KTZ to enhance transhipment of Caspian Sea

Astana, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) June 23, 2023 – Germany’s transport and logistics service provider Rhenus Logistics Group and Kazakhstan Railways...

Russian Railways keeps investing in cargo terminals along the INSTC

Volzhsky, Russia (PortSEurope) June 22, 2023 – Russian Railways (RZD) continues its investment drive along the International North-South Transport...

New logistics complex in Novorossiysk port

Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) June 22, 2023 – A 4.2 billion rubles (45.6 million euros) logistics complex will be built by the summer of 2024 in...

Talks start over Astrakhan-Turkmenbashi shipping service

St. Petersburg, Russia (PortSEurope) June 20, 2023 – Astrakhan shipping companies are interested in setting up a shipping line to operate a service with...

First pilot transport of cargo by semi-trailer along the TRACECA corridor

Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) June 20, 2023 – The first pilot transport of cargo by semi-trailer along the TRACECA corridor has taken place as the...

Sanctions: Huge increase in Russian exports to India

St. Petersburg, Russia (PortSEurope) June 20, 2023 – Russia became the second largest supplier of goods to India exporting $15.5 billion worth of goods,...

FESCO’s business now depends on China

St. Petersburg, Russia (PortSEurope) June 19, 2023 – The Chinese direction occupies the main share of Russian logistics giant FESCO transport group...

FESCO supports development of the Makhachkala Commercial Sea Port

Makhachkala, Russia (PortSEurope) June 15, 2023 – On June 9, a meeting of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP) was held in the...

Aktau declares a state of emergency – critically low level of Caspian

Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) June 13, 2023 – The city officials in Kazakhstan’s Caspian Sea port of Aktau declared a state of emergency over the...

Kazakhstan’s Aktau, Kuryk and Bautino registered in SEZ

Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) June 12, 2023 – Kazakhstan’s Caspian Sea ports of Aktau and Kuryk (Quryq) were registered by the government as...

Makhachkala’s – the key node in North-South Corridor

Makhachkala, Russia (PortSEurope) June 12, 2023 – Russia’s Caspian Sea port of Makhachkala is increasing its cargo and ferry traffic and becoming a major...

North-South Corridor is the most relevant and in demand – FESCO

Makhachkala, Russia (PortSEurope) June 12, 2023 – Echoing the Kremlin line, Russian logistics giant FESCO transport group claims that the International...

Russian seaports handled 379 million tonnes of cargo in Jan-May’23

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) June 12, 2023 – Cargo turnover of Russian seaports in the January-May 2023 period increased by 11.2% compared to the first five...

Kremlin puppet organisation wants North-South Corridor ports association

Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) June 8, 2023 – Western sanctions-hit Russia is using all available tools to push for the development of the...

Russian port capacity reached 1.3 billion tonnes

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) June 8, 2023 – The total capacity of the Russian sea ports is 1.3 billion tonnes per year, according to Ruslan Mukhametov,...

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