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.
The First Direct Blocktrain arrives from China to Georgia
On 20 February 2021, the first direct blocktrain will arrive at Tbilisi Station, arriving direct from Xi’an in China. The train, which was arranged by Maersk...
Aktau port supports first test shipment of “cathode copper” along the Trans-Caspian international transport route
Aktau, Kazahkstan (Ports Europe) February 23, 2021 – The Port of Aktau and Azurite Logistics have organised the first test shipment of cathode copper...
Six projects bid for Tarragona’s Ports 4.0 fund
All the innovative projects of the Port of Tarragona have been admitted in the first call for Ports 4.0 – six technological solutions presented in this...
ECO train to link Islamabad, Tehran and Istanbul
Tehran, Iran (PortSEurope) February 16, 2021 – The long dormant project for a container-carrying Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) train, which made...
Design capacity of the new Olya port’s SEZ to be reached in 2026
Olya, Russia (PortSEurope) February 11, 2021 – The port special economic zone (SEZ), which is being created in the Astrakhan region on the territory adjacent...
Aktau port develops multimodal service
Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) February 10, 2021 – On January 29, 2021, the first trial batch of copper cathodes in containers arrived in Turkey using a...
Armenia and Georgia discuss Persian Gulf-Black Sea transport corridor issues
On February 8, 2021, Armenia’s Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan received Georgian Ambassador to Armenia Giorgi Saganelidze – February 8, 2021...
Cádiz port welcomes rail link to European network
Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) February 9, 2021 -The Bay of Cádiz Port Authority has announced the award by ADIF of the construction works for the railway...
Trilateral working group of Azerbaijan, Armenia and Russia discusses transport
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) February 1, 2021 – Deputy prime ministers of Azerbaijan, Armenia and Russia have met to discuss the aims of the trilateral...
Huelva port joins Atlantic Corridor and seeks benefits
The inclusion of the Port of Huelva in the Atlantic Corridor, from January 1 of this year, positions the port of Huelva as a global node, since it places it at...
Volumes of freight traffic on the Dnieper for 1-15 January 2021
The volume of freight traffic on the Dnieper for the period 01-15 January 2021 amounted to 257,483 tons of cargo – January 26, 2021 As a result of the...
Valenciaport is at the forefront of Spain in natural gas supply operations
Last year Baleà ria made 291 LNG supplies in the Port of València with the multitruck-to-ship method, which facilitates faster and more efficient operations...
La Spezia port to invest in rail link to Parma
La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) January 25, 2021 – After years of requests for attention to the strategic works necessary for the development of La Spezia...
Port of Baku increases cargo traffic by 20% in 2020
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) January 19, 2021 – Baku International Sea Trade Port (Baku Port) registered total cargo of 4.8 million tons in 2020, up...
Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan and Afghanistan discuss developing Lapis Lazuli transport corridor
On January 16, 2021, a trilateral online meeting of the heads of the interdepartmental group of Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan and Afghanistan established to expand...
Russia predicts high cargo volumes for Northern Sea Route
The transformation of the Northern Sea Route (NSR) into a year-round route will increase the volume of cargo transportation to 700 million tons per...
Results of transportation across the Dnieper in 2020
Despite the spring quarantine measures and restrictions related to COVID-19, the inland waterway transport market was quite positive – January 12, 2021...
Iran’s Anzali and Astara ports report increased cargo traffic
Tehran, Iran (PortSEurope) December 30, 2020 – Gilan Province’s Ports and Maritime Department has reported that 1.033 million TEUs of goods have been...
Analysis – Will Caspian ports become stranded assets if the sea shrinks?
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) December 29, 2020 – The Caspian Sea started shrinking in mid-1990s and its level is projected to fall by nine to 18 metres...
Istanbul-Tehran-Islamabad container rail service set to resume
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) December 18, 2020 – Following a meeting at the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO), the national railways of Turkey,...