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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.

Bordeaux increases contact with China in 2017

Bordeaux, France (PortSEurope) December 16, 2017 – Firstly, in Canton (port twinned with Bordeaux Port Atlantique), the ports of Bordeaux and Nantes...

Valencia port ready to participate in China’s OBOR initiative

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 12, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) president Francesc Sánchez has participated in...

China, Switzerland eye investments in Italian ports on the Tyrrhenian Sea 

Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) December 12, 2017 – China has a strong interest in investing in Italian ports and especially in the Tyrrhenian Sea, the president...

Genoa port looks to increase business as part of the new Silk Road

Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) December 12, 2017 – Following a trade mission to Hong Kong and Shenzen in November and organized by the Propeller club, the...

Valenciaport confirms its commitment to the new Silk Road in Tianjin (China)

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 11, 2017 – The general director of Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV – Port Authority of Valencia),...

Greece and China to develop cooperation under Belt and Road initiative

Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) December 8, 2017 – Chinese Vice Premier Ma Kai has visited Athens and held talks with Greek Deputy Prime Minister Yiannis...

Third Forum of Mediterranean Dialogues discusses China role in the Mediterranean

Rome, Italy, December 6, 2017 – The Third Forum of Mediterranean Dialogues, which took place in Rome a few days ago, gave politicians, bankers and...

Noatum Container Terminal Valencia joins EU Sauron project

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 5, 2017 – Noatum Ports, one of the leading terminal operators in Spain, will be part of the Sauron project with...

Ukrainian prime minister attends Tbilisi Belt & Road Forum

Tbilisi, Georgia (PortSEurope) December 4, 2017 – Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman has attended the Tbilisi Belt & Road Forum and...

APM Terminals manager questions need for new Anaklia port

Tbilisi, Georgia (PortS Europe) December 2, 2017 – A director of APM Terminals Poti Port, has been quoted as saying that the new Anaklia port is not...

First Baku-Tbilisi-Kars train departs from Turkey’s Mersin port

Mersin, Turkey (PortSEurope) November 30, 2017 – The first train to run from Turkey to Azerbaijan on the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway departed from...

Better rail connections in Sicily thanks to Cohesion policy investments

Palermo, Italy (PortSEurope) November 29, 2017 – Over €105 million ($124.51 million) from the European Regional Development Fund is invested in the...

European Commission publishes “Delivering Ten-T, Facts & Figures September 2017”

Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) November 28, 2017 – The document “Delivering TEN-T – Facts and Figures September 2017” summarises key data...

Tanger Med port hopes to join One Belt, One Road initiative

Tanger Med, Morocco (PortSEurope) November 28, 2017 – Morocco’s Tanger Med port hopes to strengthen its cooperation with Chinese companies and join One...

Tyrrhenian, Adriatic ports join forces to boost development of transport corridor 

Civitavecchia, Italy (PortSEurope) November 28, 2017 – The port authorities of the Northern Tyrrhenian Sea and of the Central Adriatic Sea signed a...

Turkmen parliament ratifies the agreement on “Lapis Lazuli” transport corridor

Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan (PortSEurope) November 28, 2017 – The Turkmen parliament has ratified the agreement on “Lapis Lazuli” transport corridor...

16+1 summit in Budapest presents Silk Road opportunities

Zagreb, Croatia (PortSEurope) November 27, 2017 – The sixth meeting of heads of government of China and 16 Central and Eastern European countries is...

Ukraine is part of the Trans-European Transport Network – Vladimir Omelyan

Kiev, Ukraine (PortSEurope) November 27,2017 – Among the practical results of the Eastern Partnership Summit in Brussels was the signing by Ukrainian...

Event: Belt and Road: Seize the Next Wave of Growth in Eurasia – Venice, November 23-24

Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) November 26, 2017 –  The first edition of the “Belt and Road: Seize the Next Wave of Growth in Eurasia” Forum...

Bulgarian-Macedonian talks include the importance of Transport Corridor Number 8

Sofia, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) November 24, 2017 – On November 23, the governments of Bulgaria and Macedonia signed nine co-operation agreements...

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