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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.

New container terminal planned for Olya port and deepening of Volga-Caspian Sea Canal

Olya, Russia (Ports Europe) January 18, 2022 – By the end of 2023, the first stage of construction of a new container terminal in Caspian Sea port of...

Cargo volume via Northern Sea Route was 35 mln tons in 2021

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) January 12, 2022 – The cargo volume on the Northern Sea Route (NSR) in 2021 was 34.85 million tons. This is nearly 2...

First cargo train between Istanbul and Islamabad via Tehran reaches Ankara

Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) January 4, 2022 – Yesterday, the first cargo train between Istanbul and Islamabad via Tehran (ITI) reached Ankara via...

2021 on the New Silk Road: integration of infrastructures, technologies and expertise

By the end of 2021 the volume of railway container transportation between Europe and China will make one million standard containers (TEU). Integration...

La Spezia inland port of Santo Stefano Magra to be included in core TEN-T network

La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) December 30, 2021 – The La Spezia inland port of Santo Stefano Magra is to be included as a rail-road terminal of the...

Turkish Party backs up the TRACECA initiatives aimed at increasing the competitiveness of the Europe-the Caucasus-Asia corridor

This was announced by the National Secretary of TRACECA in Turkey, Burak Aykan, during the exchange of views on the current plans and activities of the...

ESPO welcomes the EC proposal for new guidelines for TEN-T

Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) December 22, 2021 – The European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) has welcomed the European Commission (EC) proposal setting...

Are Chinese companies interested in Italy’s Port of Palermo?

Palermo, Sicily, Italy (PortSEurope) December 22, 2021 – In the last month, various reports have suggested that China may be looking at the Sicilian port...

Interporto di Trieste, Fernetti, to join Ten-T core network

Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) December 20, 2021 – The Trieste interport, Fernetti, is one of the infrastructures included in the legislative proposal for...

Port of Civitavecchia and Adriatic backbone included in the legislative proposal of the EU Commission on the trans-European transport network

The Minister of Sustainable Infrastructures and Mobility, Enrico Giovannini, expresses great satisfaction for the inclusion of the port of Civitavecchia and...

Port of Ortona to become core port in the European Ten-T network

Ancona, Italy (PortSEurope) December 16, 2021 – The port of Ortona will become a core port of the European Ten-T transport network, according to a...

Port of Civitavecchia to be join core port in the EU Ten-T transport network

Civitavecchia, Italy (PortSEurope) December 15, 2021 – The Lazio port of Civitavecchia will become one of the core ports of the trans-European transport...

Iran, Azerbaijan and Georgia agree on a transit route connecting Persian Gulf with Black Sea

Amirabad, Iran (PortSEurope) December 15, 2021 – In a desperate need of trade links severely curtailed under Western sanctions, Iran has agreed with...

Bulgaria and Serbia plan a new intermodal hub on their common border

Sofia, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) December 10, 2021 – A new intermodal hub is to be build on the border between Bulgaria and Serbia, following an agreement...

EDB to finance the new multifunctional port and logistics complex in Caspian Sea port of Olya

Olya, Russia (PortSEurope) December 3, 2021 – The Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) is considering financing for the Caspian Port and Logistics Company...

Eurasian Development Bank issues new report on potential of the International North–South Transport Corridor

Vienna, Austria (PortSEurope) December 1, 2021 – The Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) has published new research on the cargo transport potential along...

Iran’s Anzali Caspian Sea port sees cargo traffic up over 12%

Tehran, Iran (PortSEurope) December 1, 2021 – In the first eight months of the Iranian year, March 21-Nov. 21, the Iranian port of Anzali handled 1.28...

CrimsonLogic signs MOU to promote the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route

CrimsonLogic, a member of Singapore-based PSA Group, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with KTZ Express (part of Kazakhstan Railways) and local IT...

Xunta de Galicia aims to double the transport of goods by rail by 2030

Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) November 17, 2021 – The Xunta de Galicia plans to double the transport of goods by rail before 2030 with the incorporation of...

EBRD lends €150 million for key railway line from Istanbul to Bulgarian border

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is extending a €150 million loan to the Turkish government for the construction of a 67 km...

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