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Topic: roads
Road building programmes in Russia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Central Asia
Deutsche Bahn agrees to test drive new South West transport corridor to Iran
Deutsche Bahn, one of the world’s largest transport companies, has agreed to test drive the new…
Dhaka hoping for $40bn infrastructure boost from Xi visit to Bangladesh
Xi visit to Bangladesh: As President Xi Jinping prepares to become the first Chinese head of state…
Ukraine proposes Baltic-Black Sea transport corridor with Azerbaijan
Baltic-Black Sea transport corridor: Ukraine has presented Azerbaijan with a draft agreement for the development of an…
Chinese Silk Road investment up 20% to $15bn, claims President Xi
Silk Road investment: Chinese companies invested nearly US$15bn in countries along the new Silk Road last year,…
$100m CAREC motorway becomes first ADB-AIIB co-financed project
CAREC motorway: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) yesterday agreed to lend Pakistan $100m to complete the remaining 64km…
New Silk Road transport route opens between Harbin and Ekaterinburg
Silk Road transport route: A train with 47 containers loaded with $1.46m of Chinese-made bicycle parts and light…
Almaty looking to borrow $8bn to fund Kazakh road construction programme
Kazakh road construction: Kazakhstan is looking to raise $8bn in loans to fund its 4,700km road construction…
Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR) tariff protocol signed
TITR tariffs: At a meeting in Baku yesterday, representatives from the the state-run railway operators from…
$5bn Jakarta-Bandung rail link helps spark Indonesian construction boom
Jakarta-Bandung rail link: The Indonesian government’s decision to award a consortium led by China International Railway to build…
Uzbek economy to grow by 7.8%, predicts President
Uzbek economy: Uzbekistan is expecting to receive an equivalent of $17.3bn in capital investment in the coming year, 23.5% of which…
Rouhani puts Iran-Iraq transport projects at top of agenda
Iran-Iraq transport: Iran’s President Rouhani has told a cabinet meeting to give top priority to the…
Ankara to expropriate 30 villages to build Istanbul-Izmir highway
Istanbul-Izmir highway: The Turkish government has decided to expropriate properties in some 30 villages and neighbourhoods in…
Trans Caspian transport consortium to operate TITR from China to Europe
At a meeting in Istanbul last week, major transport and logistics operators from Turkey, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and…
Gwadar looking forward to the light at the end of the China Pakistan Corridor
Gwadar: When it comes down to tales to tell your grandchildren, being one of the first…
Beijing authorises $15bn investment in Chinese transport infrastructure
Chinese transport infrastructure: China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) yesterday gave the green light to eight…
Turkey offered stakes in $10bn Iranian transport infrastructure program
Iranian transport infrastructure program: Iran is looking to Turkey’s construction industry to help it with its $10bn initiative…
SCO member states agree to cooperate on transport infrastructure
Transport ministers from across the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) last week agreed to increase the level of…
Eurasian Economic Union signs up to China’s $7tr Silk Road Economic Belt project
The Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) has signed an MoU with China paving the way for joint…
Kazakhstan to invest $20bn on new Silk Road land route
Silk Road: Kazakhstan is planning to invest more than $20bn on its transport sector over the next…
President Jinping set to put China-Pakistan superhighway in motion
China-Pakistan superhighway China’s President Xi Jinping has arrived in Pakistan, where he is expected to announce…
Trans-Eurasian transport link backed by Russian Railways boss
Trans-Eurasian transport link: Russian Railways President Vladimir Yakunin has put his weight behind plans to build a…
Kazakhstan joins Ashgabat Agreement transport corridor intiative
Kazakhstan joins Ashgabat Agreement: Kazakhstan’s national railways company Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ) has joined with its counterparts…
Uzbekistan lobbies for transport corridor to Gulf via Iran
Uzbekistan lobbies for transport corridor to Gulf via Iran: Representatives from Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Iran and Oman…