Growth was registered across all major cargo categories and transport directions, including import, export, transit and domestic rail shipments. "The development of the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route, or Middle Corridor, offers a major opportunity to strengthen trade links between Europe and Asia. "The Middle Corridor would nevertheless retain strategic value as a diversified Asia–Europe route that avoids both Russia and Iran. The increase in containerized rail transportation is another important indicator for the Middle Corridor. The June record of 12,049 TEU reflects growing use of intermodal solutions connecting maritime arrivals at Georgian ports with onward rail transportation toward Türkiye and European destinations.