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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.

China could build Russia’s Arctic tanker fleet

Moscow, Rusia (Ports Europe) July 29, 2024 – The only way for Western sanctions-hit Russia to transport oil, oil products and natural gas via its Arctic...

Ice-class tugs badly needed for Russia’s Northern Sea Route

Murmansk, Russia (Ports Europe) July 29, 2024 – To operate efficiently, the ports along the Northern Sea Route (NSR) – the new Western...

Kazakhstan’s ports handled 1.37 mln tonnes of cargo in H1’24 – really?

Kuryk, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) July 27, 2024 – Kazakhstan’s Caspian Sea ports handled 1.37 million tonnes of cargo in the first six months of the...

EBRD provides finance to Kazakhstan Temir Zholy

London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe), July 23, 2024 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will provide a senior corporate loan...

Dredging of the Port of Kuryk will be completed this year

Kuryk, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) July 22, 2024 – The Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping Company (ASCO) has said that dredging of the Port of Kuryk will be...

Update: EU funding for transport projects in Bulgaria

Sofia, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) July 22, 2024 – The European Commission (EC) has approved funding of 95 million euros for the joint Bulgarian-Romanian project...

Kazakhstan’s Kuryk port handled over 1 mln tonnes of cargo in H1’24

Kuryk, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) July 20, 2024 – Kazakhstan’s second largest Caspian Sea port of Kuryk handled 1.053 million tonnes of cargo in the first...

EU to invest in three transport projects in Croatia

Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) July 18, 2024 – The European Commission has selected 134 transport projects to receive over 7 billion euros through the...

European Commission announces seaport investments, CEF

Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) July 18, 2024 – The European Commission has selected 134 transport projects to receive over €7 billion through the...

China Railway and port of Baku discuss Middle Corridor

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) July 17, 2024 – The management of the Baku International Sea Trade Port (BISTP) and a delegation of Chinese railway...

Canada, Finland, US create the Icebreaker Collaboration Effort

Vancouver, Canada (Ports Europe) July 17, 2024 – Canada, Finland and the United States have set up the Icebreaker Collaboration Effort (ICE Pact). The...

Bulgaria and Georgia to resume railway ferry line across Black Sea

Tbilisi, Georgia (Ports Europe) July 15, 2024 – Bulgaria and Georgia will resume the railway ferry line between the two countries that was stopped two years...

Organization of Turkic States supports regaional trade corridors

Karabakh, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) July 10, 2024 – The Organization of Turkic States held a summit last weekend in Karabakh, Azerbaijan. The presidents...

Qatar considers joining North-South International Transport Corridor

Doha, Qatar (Ports Europe) July 8, 2024 – The Qatar government is considering joining the North-South International Transport Corridor, according to...

China started regular truck service to Europe via Middle Corridor

Kurik, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) July 6, 2024 – China has begun the regular lorries cargo service via the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route...

Beijing not interested in China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway

Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (Ports Europe) July 1, 2024 – It looks like Beijing doesn’t see the 523 km long China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan (CKU) railway as a...

Russia’s Sviyazhsk Logistics Center still a distant dream

Sviyazhsk, Russia (Ports Europe) June 29, 2024 – After numerous grand announcements about related projects and huge delays, Russia’s Tatarstan region...

Romanian, Kazak rail companies sign Middle Corridor MoU

Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) June 28, 2024 – KTZ Express and Romania’s state-owned rail freight operator CFR Marfa have signed a Memorandum of...

Valenciaport joins Maritime Silk Road Port International Cooperation Forum

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) June 27, 2024 – The Port Authority of Valencia is in China to participate in the 8th edition of the Maritime Silk Road...

Central Asia-South Caucasus-Anatolia corridor – CASCA+

Tashkent, Uzbekistan (Ports Europe) June 24, 2024 – Uzbekistan’s Railways has proposed the creation of a consortium to coordinate cargo transportation...

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