Austrian rail freight operator Rail Cargo Group recently launched two new connections from Munich, in southern Germany, and from Tekirdag, in northwestern Turkey. The centre of this initiative is Curtici, in western Romania, as the...Read more
AD Ports Group has acquired a majority share in the Tbilisi Dry Port. The logistics company, headquartered in Abu Dhabi, purchased sixty per cent of shares. Construction on the dry port is still ongoing, but...Read more
The Metrans’ service connecting Halkali, west of Istanbul, to Dunajska Streda, in Slovakia, is getting to extra stops: Belgrade and Budapest. The new initiative, the company said, comes as a response to the increased demand...Read more
The Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway line (BTK), spanning the territories of Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey, has been undergoing a major ‘facelift’ since last year. The goal is for the line to regain its past prestige and become...Read more
Azerbaijan is actively constructing a railway in the direction of the ‘Zangezur Corridor’. The railway is reportedly about halfway to completion. With the railway, Azerbaijan is looking to open up a free movement corridor through...Read more
The beginning of 2024 brings more frequent connections between Germany, Greece and Turkey via the Italian port of Trieste. Kombiverkehr increases its rail services between the DUSS terminal in Munich-Riem and Trieste to five weekly...Read more
The European Parliament’s Transport and Tourism Committee (TRAN) commissioned a study on Chinese investments in non-maritime infrastructure in Europe and the possible risks they might entail. The biggest risks identified concern Chinese influence on EU...Read more
French railway operator VIIA and Danish international shipping and logistics company DFDS will collaborate to create a sea-rail corridor connecting Turkey with the United Kingdom. Parts of these services were already active, but the new...Read more
ANALYSISThe recent confirmation of the US and EU-led plan to establish an India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor, which will also be of great rail transport and logistics significance, has received the first backlash. Turkey’s President Recep...Read more
Duisport has started the construction of its new terminal, “Railport”, in Kartepe, Turkey. The terminal is around 100 kilometres from Istanbul and is considered Duisport’s most significant foreign investment, with 1.37 billion US dollars involved....Read more
The Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway, connecting Turkey to Azerbaijan via Georgia, has been experiencing disruptions due to maintenance work. While there seem to be disagreements on who is keeping the infrastructure to reopen, companies still have...Read more
UK Export Finance (UKEF), the UK government’s export credit agency, will unlock 781 million euros in financing for a new high-speed railway in Southern Turkey. The money comes with the condition that UK firms will...Read more
Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan have reached an agreement to establish a single company operating in the Middle Corridor. The two parties expect Georgia to join them as well soon. The result will be a new tripartite...Read more
The new railway service has been opened in the north of Italy, connecting two important rail freight hubs: the HHLA PLT terminal in Trieste and Rail Hub Milano Melzo, a terminal of Contship Italia Group....Read more
Iraq and Iran will jointly finish a rail link at their border in the south. The rail link will connect the Iranian border city Shalamcheh and Iraqi southeastern city Basra. The new cross border rail...Read more
The railway line that will connect Iraq to Turkey is starting to get shaped. The design of the route has been completed, according to the Iraqi ministry of Transport. The 1,175-km railway line will run...Read more
China dispatched the first train carrying humanitarian aid products for Turkey on 29 March. This train carried fifty 40-foot containers; however, according to KTZ Express, 150 more containers remain to be dispatched to Turkey from...Read more
A China Railway Express train loaded in Tianjin, northeastern China, with earthquake-resistant tents departed for Turkey on 29 March. It is the first Chinese train to deliver humanitarian help to Turkey after the devastating earthquake...Read more
METRANS has finalised the acquisition of a 51 per cent stake in Croatian railway company Adria Rail. Moreover, the German company is building two new terminals in southern Hungary, exploring more opportunities in fast-growing Southeastern...Read more
Iraq approved the project for the so-called Development Road (also known as the Dry Canal), a rail and road network that will link Basrah, in the south of Iraq, with the Turkish border. Turkish president...Read more
Turkish customs authorities are reported to have put a sudden stop to the transit transport of sanctioned goods to Russia and Belarus. Cargo that is sanctioned by the EU can no longer be shipped through...Read more