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 dodging sanctions via ports of sanctioned Russia
Minsk, Belarus (Ports Europe) May 31, 2023 – International sanction-hit Belarus has managed to establish transport and logistics schemes for the delivery of...
Sanctions force Russia to invest 1.1 billion euro in border checkpoints modernisation
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) May 31, 2023 – Some 95 billion rubles (1.1 billion euro) will be invested in the modernisation of Russian border checkpoints by...
Kazakh grain terminal in Baku port
Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) May 30, 2023 – The construction of a grain terminal for Kazakhstan is to start soon in the Azerbaijani Caspian Sea port of...
Russian ports export record grain volumes – expect much more
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) May 30 – Grain exports via Russian ports is expected to reach 60 million tonnes in the 2023-2024 season and might continue to...
Reference – What are the advantages of transport corridors?
What is a transport corridor and what are its advantages? A transport corridor refers to a designated route(s) or pathway(s) that facilitates the movement of...
Belarus seeks new port in Murmansk, Russia
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) May 27, 2023 – Local press reports say that options have been discussed for building a Belarusian port in Murmansk. The...
Port of Constanta plans €650 million infrastructure investment
Constanța, Romania (Ports Europe) May 25, 2023 – The Port of Constanta is planning a €650 million infrastructure investment, announced management...
North South Corridor might finally push development of Caspian SEZs
Kazan, Russia (Ports Europe) May 25, 2023 – Large-scale construction works will begin in the coming months in the Olya port special economic zone (SEZ) Lotos...
Russia, Kazakhstan sign a MoU for transport and transit
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) May 23, 2023 – Russia and Kazakhstan have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in the field of transport and transit....
PSA International, Kazakhstan Railways to jointly develop TITR Corridor
Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) May 23, 2023 – PSA International Pte Ltd and Kazakhstan Railways (KTZ) will establish a joint venture company, KPMC Ltd,...
The China-Central Asia Summit – a new Silk Road?
Xian, China (Ports Europe) May 22, 2023 – President Xi Jinpin has hosted his first-ever summit with the leaders of five Central Asian nations – the...
Russia and Iran to construct the 162 km INSTC missing railway link
Rasht, Iran (Ports Europe) May 22, 2023 – Russia and Iran signed an intergovernmental agreement for the construction of the 162 km Rasht-Astara railway in...
Sanctions: Russia and Iran to jointly buy and build 20 ships for the Caspian Sea
Tehran, Iran (Ports Europe) May 22, 2023 – Russia and Iran have agreed to establish a joint company that will purchase and/or build ships for the...
North-South Corridor might reopen Agidel port after 30-year hiatus
Agidel, Russia (Ports Europe) May 22, 2023 – The feasibility study for the reestablishment of the Agidel cargo river port was awarded to Scientific Approach...
Road to Makhachkala to be financed by bond issue
Makhachkala, Russia (Ports Europe) May 22, 2023 – The issuing of infrastructure bonds worth some 5 billion rubles (58 million euro) to finance the...
China to build infrastructure in ex-Soviet Central Asia
Xian, China (Ports Europe) May 19, 2023 – China wants to coordinate development, from building infrastructure to boosting trade, with Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,...
New Kazakh logistics center in China’s Xian
Xian, China (Ports Europe) May 18, 2023 – The President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev participated in the ceremony for the launch of construction of a...
Bulgaria pushes for a key position in the Middle Corridor
Sofia, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) May 18, 2023 – Bulgaria looks for ways to insert itself into the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR, Middle...
Free economic zone status paves the way for a container hub in Aktau port
Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) May 18, 2023 – Kazakhstan’s Caspian Sea Port of Aktau was registered by the government as part of the special economic...
Sanctions: New port and logistics hub in Samara region
Samara, Russia (Ports Europe) May 17, 2023 – A new port and logistics hub will be built in Russia’s Samara region, following a positive opinion for the...