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 means a doubling of the capacity on the Middle Corridor,...Read more
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 accounts for about 3-5 per cent of the total capacity...Read more
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 and Transport Association on promoting and launching a regular container...Read more
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. Until now, container traffic on this part of the Middle...Read more
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 State Railways to its membership. Until now a relatively underused strand...Read more
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 of Kazakhstan, including the Khorgos Gateway dry port on the Chinese...Read more
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 east Asia and China, and runs through Kazakhstan, by the...Read more