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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.

Kyrgyzstan and EU discuss cooperation

Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) June 14, 2020 – The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President...

Speech by Commissioner Vălean on TEN-T revision

Speech of Commissioner Vălean: TEN-T revision: first results of the stakeholder consultation – European Parliament – June 23, 2020 Dear Ms Chair,...

Azerbaijan and Iran to set up a joint logistics centre in Iran’s Ardabil province

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) June 10, 2020 – Azerbaijan and Iran are planning to set up a joint logistics centre together with an industrial area in...

European Commission welcomes provisional agreement simplifying TEN-T administrative procedures

09/06/2020 The European Commission welcomes the provisional agreement reached by Parliament and Council yesterday on measures speeding up the completion of...

First container train sets off along China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan multimodal corridor

On June 5, 2020, in the city of Lanzhou, Gansu Province of the People’s Republic of China, the official ceremony of sending the first consignment of 25...

Ukraine meets with GUAM to discuss transport issues

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) June 3, 2020 – Officials from the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine have met with experts from member countries of the...

Azerbaijan and Afghanistan discuss Lapis-Lazuli transit corridor

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) June 2, 2020 – Azerbaijan Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov and Afghan Foreign Minister Mohammad Hanif Atmar have held a...

Analysis – China lends money to forward interest in Belgrade-Budapest railway, a key New Silk Road link

Budapest, Hungary (Ports Europe) May 25, 2020 – In 2013, Hungary, Serbia and China signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to build a railway that...

Baku, Turkmenbashi, Aktau and Kuryk ports discuss measures to combat COVID-19

Baku, Turkmenbashi, Aktau and Kuryk ports discuss joint measures to combat COVID-19 pandemic – May 20, 2020 On May 20, at the initiative of the...

Cargo traffic through North-South Transport Corridor to be boosted

May 19, 2020 Governor of Russia’s Astrakhan Region Igor Babushkin tasked the participants of the regional working group for development of the International...

Azerbaijan’s АDY Container LLC reveals data on cargo traffic via Central Asia

May 19, 2020 Transit container traffic of ADY Container LLC through Central Asia to Azerbaijan and in the opposite direction increased by 10% from February...

Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway increases capacity

Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 18, 2020 – The Covid-19 coronavirus crisis has forced transport companies to explore alternative methods of freight...

Study to be tendered for Zagreb GK – Rijeka railway corridor

Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) May 17, 2020 – HŽ Infrastruktura (Croatian railways) has signed a contract with bidders for the preparation of...

Turkmenistan leads Caspian Sea-Black Sea transport corridor discussion

On May 7, 2020, a quadrilateral, virtual working meeting was held in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan on the project of intergovernmental...

Ukraine and Kazakhstan officials discuss devloping transport links

Vladislav Krikliy met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Kazakhstan to Ukraine Darhan Kaletaev – May 6, 2020 Minister of Infrastructure...

Three Turkish and a Chinese company bid to build South-North road corridor with five tunnels in Bulgaria

Sofia, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) May 1, 2020 – Three Turkish and a Chinese firm, and five Bulgarian consortia have submitted offers for the construction of...

Santander port to host LNG bunker

Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) April 20, 2020 – Santander is undertaking the necessary measures to supply a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) bunker in...

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