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How the Middle Corridor is being optimised to facilitate more trains
The Middle Corridor is growing and developing. In the first half year of 2024, 9,3 million tonnes of freight travelled along it, an increase of…
World Bank: “Azerbaijan and Georgia can transform the Middle Corridor, here’s what they should do”
The Trans-Caucasus Transport Corridor (CTC) can reach a high-efficiency level if Georgia and Azerbaijan coordinate and follow specific actions. The World Bank has come up…
Middle Corridor room for 60-80 weekly trains this fall, is this enough?
From September this year, the number of vessels sailing between the ports of Aktau in Kazakhstan and Baku in Azerbaijan will increase to six, which…
Middle Corridor unable to absorb northern volumes, opportunities still there
The Middle Corridor cannot meet all the volume and capacity demands resulting from the disruption of New Silk Road routes passing through Russia. “The corridor…
PKP LHS to launch regular container train from Chengdu to Slawkow
Polish rail freight company PKP Linia Hutnicza Szerokotorowa (PKP LHS) has signed an agreement with China Railway Tielong Specialised Container Logistics B.U. and China Communications…
Container service on Caspian Sea to lift traffic on Middle Corridor
On 5 April, the first-ever feeder vessel carrying containerised cargo departed from the Port of Aktau in Kazachstan, on its way to Baku in Azerbaijan.…
Silk Road Middle Corridor welcomes aboard Turkish Rail
The growing potential of the Trans-Caspian Silk Road rail route – dubbed the ‘Middle Corridor’ – has taken another stride with the addition of Turkish…
Deal signed to expand Trans-Caspian freight corridor
Multimodal operators on the ‘Middle Corridor’ Trans-Caspian international freight route (TITR) have signed a new agreement on expansion of the network. Representatives of the ports…
Trans-Caspian route could see regular container train
A regular container train along the Trans-Caspian rail freight corridor towards Europe could be launched next year. The Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR) starts from south…