Turkey with chances to strengthen Middle Corridor’s multimodality
Turkey has a master plan to “breathe fresh air in Black Sea connections and become a Middle Corridor superpower”. Investing in and developing rail freight is a step toward growing the Middle Corridor. However, “focusing...Read more
DFDS to launch Sète-Calais rail link to support Turkey-UK freight flows
Danish ro-ro shipping and logistics group DFDS will launch a rail freight connection between Sète and Calais later this month. With this service, it aims to offer customers transit times of seven days for freight...Read more
Turkey invests billions in transport, rail freight going for sevenfold increase
Turkey is pouring 198 billion US dollars into its transport sector, and rail is the big winner. “Turkey will become a logistics superpower by 2053”, claimed Turkish president Erdogan. “The Turkish railway network will more...Read more
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
Oldest logistics company in the world thinks Turkey is the place to be
Gebrüder Weiss, the oldest logistics company in the world, established in 1823, will expand its presence in Turkey with a new location at Mersin while laying its eyes on the Middle Corridor. Turkey, says the...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 moreWebinar replay: keeping cargo on rail between Europe-Asia
With the Eurasian supply chain disturbed and many companies pulling out the Russian route, what alternatives exist to keep cargo running on rail across the New Silk Road? Is the Middle Corridor a viable solution?...Read more
Another multimodal link from Turkey to Germany, this time via France
A new rail-sea connection from Turkey to Germany is in the pipeline. DFDS/PrimeRail is about to launch a rail freight service from Sète in France to Cologne in Germany. DFDS already operates a regular ferry...Read more
Kombiverkehr adds trips between Cologne-Trieste with eyes on Mediterranean ports
Kombiverkehr’s rail freight service between Cologne in Germany and the port of Trieste in Italy offers one more weekly departure. The intermodal company announced that it increased its weekly roundtrips in this route from three...Read more
Free webinar: keeping cargo on rail between Europe and China
If you choose not to ship your cargo through Russia, but you still want to use rail between Europe and China, what are your options? This is a question not only we, but probably a...Read more
Ekol Logistics Ukraine gets hit in bombardment
One of the facilities of Ekol Logistics Ukraine has been destroyed during a bombardment in Kyiv. There were no casualties, but the building has been devastated. It concerns the office in Stoyanka. This was reported...Read more
CEVA Logistics rail agenda expands with strategic Eurasian links
CEVA Logistics started 2022 by expanding its products between Asia and Europe. It launched some new services and updated existing ones. Turkey is now in the company’s network as it offers daily connections between the...Read more
Persian Gulf-Black Sea corridor: why does Iran need a new gateway?
Iran is negotiating with Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, and Greece to launch a new multimodal corridor. The Persian Gulf-Black Sea project will connect the two regions using rail and sea links. It is an ambitious...Read more
Middle Corridor vessel transport to improve, but main player missing
Two vessels will now operate frequently across the Caspian Sea, connecting Turkmenbashi in Turkmenistan with Baku in Azerbaijan. The deal between the Caspian Shipping Company CJSC (ASCO), Baku International Sea Trade Port CJSC and Turkmenbashi...Read more
New entry: Istanbul-Munich intermodal train for rookie customer
Cobantur Boltas, a Turkish-German logistics company, launched its first intermodal train connecting the Halkali terminal in Istanbul with the DUSS terminal in Munich. The service commenced on 21 January with the first train departing from...Read more
The Istanbul-Tehran-Islamabad train will keep running reassures Turkey
During the welcoming ceremony of the first Istanbul-Tehran-Islamabad train in Ankara, the Turkish transport minister Adil Karaismailoğlu reassured the attendees that the corridor would remain active with the possibility to extend towards Europe.Read more
Second Istanbul-Tehran-Islamabad train on its way: the service might have a future
After commencing on 21 December, the Istanbul-Tehran-Islamabad corridor dispatched a second train on 29 December. The train is currently transiting via Iran, carrying 24 covered wagons from Pakistan with 524 tons of Talc powder.Read more
Istanbul-Tehran-Islamabad train departed. Is it real this time?
The Islamabad-Tehran-Istanbul (ITI) railway train finally departed in western direction on Tuesday 21 December. After many failed attempts to resume this rail freight service connecting Pakistan, Iran and Turkey, it now seems that the train...Read more
Black Sea-Baltic corridor: Lithuania and Turkey one step from realising it
The Lithuanian and Turkish railways are very close to sealing a collaboration to transport semi-trailers between the two countries. The aim is to utilise existing services and link Istanbul to Chernomorsk in Ukraine and further...Read more