Kazakhstan to increase Silk Road container capacity tenfold by 2020

Kazakhstan has signed up to increase the volume of container shipments that it processes  on the…

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…