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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.

Inland Ports meet in Vienna to talk about TEN-T & Danube development

Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) May 1, 2023 – Last week, members of the European Federation of Inland Ports (EFIP) met in Vienna for their annual general...

New logistics center to be built in Novorossiysk port

Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) May 1, 2023 – A new logistics center with an area of 20,000 m² has opened in Russia’s Black Sea port of Novorossiysk,...

Singapore, Bulgaria, Lithuania to join Middle Corridor

Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) April 28, 2023 – Singapore, Bulgaria, Lithuania are to join the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR), also...

Aktau Port handled almost a million tonnes of cargo in Q1, mostly oil

Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) April 28, 2023 – Cargo transshipment through Kazakhstan’s Caspian Sea port of Aktau increased by 15% in the period...

Qingdao Port to cooperate with Port of Aktau

Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) April 25, 2023 – Kazakhstan’s Caspian Sea port of Aktau and China’s Qingdao Port, part of the Shandong Port Group...

EU to ban transit of goods via Russia – here comes the Middle Corridor

Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) April 25, 2023 – As part of the 11th package of European Union (EU) sanctions against Moscow for its invasion of...

Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan to create a logistics JV for North-South Corridor

Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) April 24, 2023 – Russia, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan will create a single logistics operator on the eastern route of the...

Ports of Lisbon and Setúbal visit the Port of Huelva

Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) April 21, 2023 – The Administration of the Ports of Lisbon and Setúbal have visited the Port of Huelva to learn about the...

Baku International Sea Trade Port signs agreement with Qingdao Port

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) April 21, 2023 – Baku International Sea Trade Port JSC has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Qingdao Port,...

New Delhi hosts trade mission from Russia

New Dehli, India (Ports Europe) April 20, 2023 – On April 3-7, India hosted a major trade mission of representatives of business circles, governmental...

Astrakhan port SEZ Lotos signs four agreements at TransRussia

Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) April 20, 2023 – JSC SEZ Lotos attended the TransRussia exhibition in Moscow this week and signed four business...

Ruscon joins Volgograd container terminal investment project

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) April 20, 2023 – Multimodal transport operator Ruscon and Regional Industrial Parks Management Company have signed a letter...

Port of Olya to finally have a container terminal in 2024

Olya, Russia (Ports Europe) April 20, 2023 – The commissioning of the first stage of the Olya port area and the launch of the container terminal is scheduled...

Port Burgas expands railway connections and warehousing

Burgas, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) April 19, 2023 – Private port operator BMF Port Burgas, a concessionaire of the Black Sea’s Burgas East-2 and Burgas West...

Azerbaijan and China sign logistics agreement

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) April 17, 2023 – Azerbaijan and China have signed a logistics agreement aimed at improving transport across Azerbaijan....

Kazakhstan Railways signs agreement with Chinese port group

Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) April 17, 2023 – State-owned rail company Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU)...

Caspian Sea water level is below the safe line

Makhachkala, Russia (Ports Europe) April 14, 2023 – The Caspian Sea water level around the Russian port of Makhachkala is below safety levels, which can...

North-South corridor needs 45 new container ships for the Caspian Sea

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) April 14, 2023 – For the normal operation of the International North-South Corridor (INSTC), passing through the Caspian Sea,...

EU: Trans-European transport projects: first go-ahead to new rules

Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) April 14, 2023 – Yesterday, the European Commission Transport and Tourism Committee adopted its position on the review...

Batumi Oil Terminal increases traffic in 2022

Batumi, Georgia (Ports Europe) April 13, 2023 – Total volume of cargo transshipment in 2022 by Batumi Oil Terminal LLC and Batumi Seaport LLC was 7.6...

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