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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.

Caspian Sea water level is below the safe line

Makhachkala, Russia (Ports Europe) April 14, 2023 – The Caspian Sea water level around the Russian port of Makhachkala is below safety levels, which can...

North-South corridor needs 45 new container ships for the Caspian Sea

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) April 14, 2023 – For the normal operation of the International North-South Corridor (INSTC), passing through the Caspian Sea,...

EU: Trans-European transport projects: first go-ahead to new rules

Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) April 14, 2023 – Yesterday, the European Commission Transport and Tourism Committee adopted its position on the review...

Batumi Oil Terminal increases traffic in 2022

Batumi, Georgia (Ports Europe) April 13, 2023 – Total volume of cargo transshipment in 2022 by Batumi Oil Terminal LLC and Batumi Seaport LLC was 7.6...

Shanghai ACE Investment & Development looks at Batumi port trade

Batumi, Georgia (Ports Europe) April 13, 2023 – Director General Batumi Seaport LLC, Ulan Tleugali, and Chairman of the Board of Shanghai ACE Investment...

TEN-T revision: European Parliament must recognise role of ports in new energy supply chains

Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) April 13, 2023 – The European Parliament’s Transport Committee will vote on April 13 on the compromise agreements...

AIIA: China’s overseas ports acquisition program

Canberra, Australia (PortSEurope) April 11, 2023 – In recent years, increasing Chinese investments in foreign ports have attracted media attention....

China is still on the fence about the Middle Corridor bypassing Russia

Prague, Czech Republic (PortSEurope) April 11, 2023 – Despite the oft-touted momentum behind the Eurasian Middle Corridor circumventing Russia, China...

Russia’s North-South corridor is struggling and is overrated

Astrakhan, Russia (PortSEurope) April 11, 2023 – The International North-South Corridor (INSTC) is sold by Moscow’s propaganda to the local audience...

Update: Kazakhstan looks to develop Middle Corridor

(previous version published on March 3, 2023) Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) April 11, 2023 – Kazakhstan’s government considers measures for the...

New ambassador of Georgia in Romania, visit to Port of Constanța

Constanța, Romania (PortSEurope) April 7, 2023 – Tamar Beruchashvili, the ambassador of Georgia in Romania, met, April 6, at the company headquarters of...

Caspian Sea-Black Sea Forum discusses transport corridors

Constanța, Romania (PortSEurope) April 7, 2023 – The recent Caspian Sea-Black Sea Forum discussed the growing importance in the region of new transport...

Event: “Transport Logistics of the Caspian Region 2023”, Astrakhan

Astrakhan, Russia (PortSEurope) April 7, 2023 – An international forum “Transport Logistics of the Caspian Region 2023”, which will be held...

Russian grain hub in Iran’s ports of Bandar Abbas or Bandar Khomeini

Bandar Abbas, Iran (PortSEurope) April 4, 2023 – A Russian grain transport hub will be created in the Iranian ports of Bandar Abbas or Bandar Khomeini,...

DeloPorts terminals in Novorossiysk set traffic records

Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) April 4, 2023 – DeloPorts‘ KSK and NUTEP terminals have established new monthly cargo handling records in March...

Is sanctions busting North-South Corridor viable?

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) March 27, 2023 – The two most sanctioned countries in the world, Russia and Iran, are the driving force behind the creation...

Iran’s Bandar Abbas port to host Russian production facilities

Bandar Abbas, Iran (PortSEurope) March 27, 2023 – Russia, under western sanctions pressure, is accelerating its pivot to the East. The next step in this...

New universal transshipment complex in Novorossiysk

Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) March 27, 2023 – A universal transshipment complex will be built in Russia’s Black Sea port of Novorossiysk, the...

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