Along the Middle Corridor, also known as the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR), German logistics behemoth Rhenus Group plans to establish a network of up to 14 terminals, including a new trimodal container terminal in Aktau.
The development may give European companies access to increased capacity and dependable transportation connections with Asian markets and suppliers. In order to triple trade flows and reduce freight transit times by 2030, the European Commission announced in September that it intended to raise up to €12 billion in public and private investment in the Middle Corridor.
Rhenus is developing a new multimodal logistics center on the Caspian Sea in collaboration with the Port of Aktau and Kazakhstan’s national railway operator (KTZ).Our overall goal is to construct 14 terminals along the Middle Corridor, which runs from Uzbekistan to Turkey via Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan. The CEO and chairman of the Rhenus Group’s management board, Tobias Bartz, stated, “We then want to connect them to our network in Europe, where we already have 23 container ports and about 70 port facilities.”
The Trans-Caspian trade route saw a 62% rise in freight traffic and a 2.7-fold increase in container traffic, totalling 56,500 TEU between 2025 and 2025, according to the Kazakh Ministry of Trade and Integration. According to the international association for the route, container traffic along the Middle Corridor increased by 36% from 2024 to 76,900 TEU in 2025.
The proposed terminal will span at least 30 hectares, link road, rail, and marine transportation, and add an annual handling capacity of at least 150,000 TEU—nearly triple the corridor’s reported container traffic in 2025. Partners will conduct a feasibility assessment and a traffic-flow analysis as the project moves into its next phase.
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