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Middle Corridor news

Middle corridor news: reporting and analysis on the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route linking China, Central Asia, the Caucasus, Türkiye and Europe.

The Middle Corridor — formally the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route — carries freight from China and Central Asia across the Caspian Sea, through the Caucasus and Türkiye, and on into Europe. It is a combined rail, port and ferry route rather than a single line.

We follow it as working infrastructure: volumes and transit times, ferry and terminal capacity, tariffs and customs practice, and the intergovernmental agreements that keep containers moving.

Part of our New Silk Roads corridor coverage.

The deep-sea port will be constructed based on Chinese cargo needs and looks to become a critical node in Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative.

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China Becomes Georgia’s Largest Foreign Investor as Eurasian Capital Flows Shift

China has become Georgia’s largest source of foreign direct investment for the first time in the latest quarterly data, accounting for almost half of all FDI entering the country during the second quarter of 2026 and highlighting the growing economic relationship between Beijing and the strategically located South Caucasus state.

By EuroAsia.News · 17 September 2026 · 6 min read

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SCO Summit Bishkek/Tajikistan September 1, 2026

EuroAsia

SCO at 25 - From Border-Security Group to a Eurasian Powerhouse

The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation marks its 25th anniversary at its summit in Bishkek with China, Russia, India and the major powers of Central Asia around the same table. What began in 2001 as a security organisation of six states has developed into a Eurasian grouping representing more than 3.4 billion people, around a quarter of the global economy and some of the world's largest reserves of energy and strategic minerals. The central question for its next 25 years is whether that enormous potential can be converted into deeper economic integration.

By EuroAsia.News · 1 September 2026 · 08:42 · 4 min read

Eurasia
Middle Corridor
Nordic Route
Trans Caspian
Energy

The digital silk way, a high-capacity transit fiber-optic network linking Europe with Central and South Asian markets.

EuroAsia

The Digital Silk Way - Eurasia's New Digital Corridor

How a 380-kilometre submarine cable beneath the Caspian Sea is creating the first direct high-speed data bridge between Asia and Europe—bypassing traditional routes through Russia and the Red Sea, reshaping regional geopolitics, and laying the foundation for a new era of digital connectivity in Eurasia.

By EuroAsia.News · 22 August 2026 · 09:23 · 4 min read

Eurasia
Digital

Kazakhstan to upgrade Middle Corridor rail line.

EuroAsia

Kazakhstan and Europe Put $462 Million Behind the Middle Corridor

Four agreements spanning roads, Black Sea logistics, container shipping and airport digitalisation show how the Trans-Caspian route is evolving into a broader Eurasian transport system.

By EuroAsia.News · 20 August 2026 · 13:39 · 2 min read

Middle Corridor
Eurasia
Transport

The Middle Corridor, officially known as the Trans-Caspian International Trade Route.

EuroAsia

The Middle Corridor Moves From Geopolitical Backup To Eurasian Logistics Business

The Trans-Caspian route linking China with Europe through Kazakhstan, the Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Türkiye is rapidly gaining capacity. Its next challenge is not political support, but whether multiple railways, ports, ferries and customs systems can operate like one predictable logistics product.

By EuroAsia.News · 19 August 2026 · 17:33 · 3 min read

China Becomes Georgia’s Largest Foreign Investor as Eurasian Capital Flows Shift

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SCO at 25 - From Border-Security Group to a Eurasian Powerhouse

The Digital Silk Way - Eurasia's New Digital Corridor

Kazakhstan and Europe Put $462 Million Behind the Middle Corridor

The Middle Corridor Moves From Geopolitical Backup To Eurasian Logistics Business

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