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.
Moscow fixated on Astrakhan port as it looks to use INSTC to bypass sanctions
Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) June 20, 2022 – The Astrakhan region of Russia has presented its ambitious port special economic zone (SEZ) project...
Iran and Russia to set up mutual trade centres
Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) June 20, 2022 – Last week, Iran and Russia signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the establishment of mutual...
Green corridor between ports in the Caspian Sea
Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) June 16, 2022 – Baku International Sea Port, Azerbaijan’s largest port in the Caspian Sea, continues development of its...
Middle Corridor development prospects discussed in Brussels
Trans-Caspian International Transport Route/Middle Corridor – June 15, 2022 On June 15, 2022, in the city of Brussels, Belgium, a round table was held on...
Iran looks to expand TRACECA cooperation
Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) June 14, 2022 – Iran has held talks with the TRACECA organisation to discuss the expansion of international road...
IRISL with first cargo shipment from Russia to India through the North-South International Transport Corridor
Solyanka, Russia (Ports Europe) June 13, 2022 – The Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Line (IRISL) has realised the first multimodal cargo shipment from...
Russia’s President Putin calls for Caspian Sea port development
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) June 12, 2022 – Hard pressed by western sanctions for his invasion in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin urged in...
Metrans: new service linking Constanța port with inland Europe
Middle Corridor and the Romanian port of Constanta as a New Alternative for the New Silk Road – May 31, 2022 In connection with the conflict in Ukraine,...
Grampet Group announces its first train on the Middle Corridor
Constanța, Romania (Ports Europe) June 6, 2022 – GRAMPET Group has announced the first train organized on the the Trans-Caspian International Transport...
Kazakhstan ports double cargo traffic so far in 2022
Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) June 6, 2022 – So far this year, the Caspian Sea ports of have nearly doubled cargo traffic. This is the result of the...
The two most sanctioned countries try to cheat the West via a logistics bridge across Caspian Sea
Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) June 3, 2022 – The two most sanctioned countries in the world – Russia and Iran – are trying to improve transport links...
Trans-Caspian International Transport Route meets in Istanbul
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 3, 2022 – The Trans-Caspian International Transport Route members have met for meetings in Ankara last month. The...
How Russia will try to mitigate the impact of the western transport sanctions
Ekaterinburg, Russia (Ports Europe) June 3, 2022 – Understanding Russian strategy about how to circumvent western sanctions in the transport sector and...
EU transport and tourism officials visit to the Port of Constanta
Commission for Transport and Tourism of the European Parliament, official visit to the Port of Constanta – May 24, 2022 A delegation from the European...
Desperate Russia looking to Iran’s ports as a way to bypass western sanctions
Tehran, Iran (Ports Europe) May 30 – Desperately trying to find a way to avoid harsh international sanctions affecting Russian transport and logistics,...
Companies launch new feeder service between Poti and Constanta
Poti, Georgia (Ports Europe) May 26, 2022 – GR Logistics and Terminals, ADY Container (Azerbaijan), KTZ Express (Kazakhstan) and the Caspian Shipping...
Kazakhstan Railways and Nurminen Logistics start new trans-Caspian Sea service
Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) May 24, 2022 – KTZ Express JSC and the Finnish operator Nurminen Logistics Services OY have started a new trans-Caspian...