AD Ports Group, owner and operator of a dozen of ports and terminals in the UAE, will participate in the implementation of a major infrastructure project in one of the Caspian ports of Kazakhstan, which means further consolidation of the Emirati business in Central Asia. The Kazakhstani company Semurg Invest and AD Ports Group inked […]
Middle corridor under the spotlight of the expert meeting in Samarkand
At the end of June, the State Customs Committee of Uzbekistan hosted a meeting TIR Executive Board (TIRExB) Friends of the Chair meeting in Samarkand aimed at promoting digitalization of the rapidly developing Middle Corridor using eTIR tools. The Middle or Middle Corridor connects China, Central Asia through the Caspian Sea with the Caucasus, Turkey […]
Simplification of customs procedures along the Trans-Caspian Transport Route discussed in Baku
On 15 March 2023, a multilateral meeting on the project of simplifying the transit customs procedure on the principle of “one window” within the framework of the Trans-Caspian International Corridor East-West (Middle Corridor) was held in Baku, the State Customs Committee of Azerbaijan reports. Heads and officials of the customs services of Azerbaijan, Turkey, Kazakhstan, […]
Delivery time of goods from China to the Black Sea ports via the Caspian Sea has been halved
The delivery time of goods from China to ports on the Black Sea through the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route has been reduced from 38-53 to 19-23 days, and by the end of this year it should reach 14-18 days. This was reported at a recent meeting in the Government of Kazakhstan, dedicated to measures […]
Azerbaijan – Existing gas export routes are able integrate all Caspian countries
Elvira Kadyrova Azerbaijan is looking at very broad prospects for cooperation with Turkmenistan within the framework of the East-West or Middle Corridor project, told President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan during a press conference on Friday, 25 November. Answering the question of the former US Ambassador, Board member of Jamestown Foundation Matthew Bryza, about how things […]
Cargo turnover along the Middle Corridor may grow to 10 million tons per year in three years
The capacity of the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TMTM) or the Middle Corridor may increase to 10 million tons per year by 2025. The agreement on this was reached during the Ministerial Meeting on Trans-Caspian Connectivity, which was attended by the foreign and transport ministers of Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Türkiye. The meeting took place […]