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.
KSK, NUTEP terminals increase cargo handling in first half
Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) July 21, 2023 – KSK and NUTEP terminals, both DeloPorts subsidiaries) reported improved cargo handling numbers in the...
Georgia hosts Uzbek delegation
Tbilisi, Georgia (PortSEurope) July 19, 2023 – The Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili has welcomed a visit of Uzbek Prime Minister Abdulla...
Kazakhstan’s ports cargo in H1 23: Aktau – 2.3 mln, Kuryk 1 mln tonnes
Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) July 18, 2023 – Over 2.3 million tonnes of cargo were transshipped through Kazakhstan’s Caspian Sea port of Aktau in the...
Azerbaijan’s ports handled 6.3 million tonnes of cargo in H1’23
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) July 18, 2023 – Azerbaijan’s Caspian Sea ports increased the transshipment of goods in the first half of the year by 9.6% to...
Update: First Iranian ship in 10 years docks Libya’s Misrata
Misrata, Libya (PortSEurope) July 17, 2023 – For the first time in 10 years, an Iranian ship docked at Libya’s Mediterranean Sea port of Misrata, the...
Update: Russia’s Caspian ports with 38% growth in H1 23 and problems
Astrakhan, Russia (PortSEurope) July 17, 2023 – In the first half of 2023, cargo turnover of Russia’s Caspian Sea ports, on the International...
Solyanka Caspian terminal, controlled by Iran, helps Iran-Russia trade
Solyanka, Russia (PortSEurope) July 17, 2023 – Iranian company Nasim Bahr Kish owns a controlling 53.1% stake in Solyanka terminal of Russia’s Caspian...
Russian ports handled 453.3 million tonnes of cargo in H1’23
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) July 14, 2023 – Cargo turnover of Russian seaports in the first six months of 2023 increased by 10.5% compared to the first half...
Russia approves Turkmenistan joining INSTC
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) July 13, 2023 – Russia has approved Turkmenistan joining the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC). A Russian...
DP World and ADUI to build logistics infrastructure in Uzbekistan
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (PortSEurope) July 11, 2023 – DP World, a global port operator and logistics company, and Abu Dhabi Uzbek Investment Company (ADUI)...
Aktau grain terminal stake to be sold
Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) July 9, 2023 – A stake in the grain terminal in Kazakhstan’s Caspian Sea ports port of Aktau, the Aktau Marine Northern...
Russia tries to bypass Kazakhstan for a new cargo corridor from Kyrgyzstan
Bishkek, Kyrgistan (PortSEurope) July 5, 2023 – Russia and Kyrgyzstan will soon open a new transport corridor bypassing Kazakhstan, across Uzbekistan and...
Kazakhstan pushing Kuryk and Aktau ports projects
Kuryk, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) July 4, 2023 – Kazakhstan pushing through projects to develop te ports of Kuryk and Aktau. A pre-ferry sorting facility to...
Anaklia port saga (3): International consultants and ongoing arbitration
Anaklia, Georgia (PortSEurope) July 4, 2023 – The saga with the construction of Georgia’s first deep sea port near the Black Sea town of Anaklia...
Making the Middle Corridor an eTIR Corridor
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (PortSEurope) July 4, 2023 – Countries along the Middle Corridor, that connects Central Asia with Europe have agreed to accelerate...
Russia and China build sanctions-busting rail bridge in the Far East
Mohe, China (PortSEurope) July 3, 2023 – As a result of Western sanctions, Russia is fast becoming dependent on China for everything it was previously...
Sanctions-busting port of Makhachkala to be privatised by September
Makhachkala, Russia (PortSEurope) July 3, 2023 – The long delayed privatisation of Russia’s Caspian Sea port of Makhachkala is to be completed by the end...