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.
TRACECA and Turkmenistan discuss strengthening cooperation in Eurasia
On June 10, 2021, a meeting of Asset Assavbaev, Secretary General of the PS IGC TRACECA and Rashid Meredov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, took...
New Kars logistics centre to start operations
Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 15, 2021 – A new logistics centre in the Turkish city of Kars will soon become operational and will have key transport...
The Baltic-Adriatic land bridge commences operations
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) June 14, 2021 – Following the cooperation of international rail companies, the Baltic-Adriatic land bridge has commences...
Will European Corridor VIII ever connect Bari and Brindisi to Durres and Vlora, and to Burgas and Varna?
Varna, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) June 11,2021 – The reconstruction works in Bulgaria for the key railway element of Pan-European corridor VIII that started...
Analysis – A new Caspian Sea-Black Sea transport corridor to link port of Baku with Turkey’s Samsun and Trabzon, could diminish Poti port
Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) June 9, 2021 – Construction of the Azerbaijani section of the railway to Azerbaijan’s landlocked exclave of...
Minister Vrtovec meets European transport ministers on the priorities of Slovenia’s presidency of the EU Council
Minister of Infrastructure Jernej Vrtovec attended a meeting of European transport ministers in Luxembourg, where he presented the priorities of the Slovenian...
ÖBB Rail Cargo Group and Pacific Eurasia establish Köseköy Terminal as new hub
Through a new partnership, ÖBB Rail Cargo Group and Pacific Eurasia are connecting Europe and Asia and further enhancing the potential of the New Silk Road....
València will bring together European ports in 2022 at the ESPO REGATTA conference
València, May 28, 2021 – Valencia will hold in 2022 the annual conference of the European Organization of Maritime Ports (ESPO). This was announced by...
Austria and Slovenia discuss transport and infrastructure
Minister of Infrastructure Jernej Vrtovec has met in Vienna with Austrian Minister of Transport Leonore Gewessler. The ministers reviewed bilateral...
Georgia’s Partnership Fund signs agreement with Chinese logistics centre
Tbilisi, Georgia (Ports Europe) May 13, 2021 – A strategic cooperation agreement has been signed between the Georgian Partnership Fund and the logistics...
Azeri cargo using the TRACECA transport corridor declines in 2020
Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) May 10, 2021 – In the first quarter of 2021, Azerbaijan transported 10.1 million tons of cargo along the transport...
Privatisation process for Makhachkala port started, part of Russia’s development drive in the Caspian region
Makhachkala, Russia (Ports Europe) May 6, 2021 – Makhachkala Sea Commercial Port JSC, located on Russia’s west Caspian Sea coast, has been included in the...
New Silk Road: Services between Hamburg and Xuzhou successfully established
The Port of Hamburg is a top destination for rail services between China and Germany. Since November last year, a new link has become established between...
Ukrainian minister visits Batumi Sea Port
Batumi, Georgia (Ports Europe) April 23, 2021 – First Deputy Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine, Dmitry Abramovich, has visited the Georgian Black Sea...
Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) Railway Line sees increased cargo traffic in 2021
Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) April 12, 2021 – In the first quarter of 2021, the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) Railway Line transported 154,000 tons (2,468...
104% growth in rail transit in Amirabad port
Amirabad, Iran (Ports Europe) April 9, 2021 – Director General of Amirabad Ports and Maritime Affairs, Mohammad Ali Asl Saeedipoor, said that in the last...
Turkic Council holds meetings on Trans-Caspian Corridor
Consultations on facilitating transportation through Trans-Caspian Transport Corridor (Middle Corridor) were held on 5-7 April 2021 in Baku with the...
Grimaldi Group comments on Tirrenia-CIN request for government help
Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) March 31, 2021 – The Grimaldi Group has been critical of a move by rival shipper Tirrenia-CIN to request the intervention of...
Trans-Caspian International Transport Route working group meets in Istanbul
The first field meetings of the Working Group of the International Association “Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR)” took place in...
Barys container ship makes first voyage on Aktau-Baku route within Trans-Caspian International Transport Route
News Release – Port of Baku – March 10, 2021 The container ship Barys, owned by Kazakhstan’s National Shipping Company Kazmortransflot, made...