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Hormuz Disruptions Drive $3.3 B Middle Corridor Upgrade

4/24/2026

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Strait of Hormuz disruptions are prompting a surge in use of the overland Middle Corridor.
The World Bank and partners pledged $3.3 billion to upgrade Middle Corridor links in Turkey and Kazakhstan.
Waqar Ahmad, president of Kazakhstan’s Nazarbayev University, said the corridor has massive operational momentum because of the Hormuz disruptions.
Temur Umarov of the Carnegie Endowment warned infrastructure gaps keep the corridor from fully replacing the northern Russian route.

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Story summary

Strait of Hormuz disruptions are prompting a surge in use of the overland Middle Corridor.
The World Bank and partners pledged $3.3 billion to upgrade Middle Corridor links in Turkey and Kazakhstan.
Waqar Ahmad, president of Kazakhstan’s Nazarbayev University, said the corridor has massive operational momentum because of the Hormuz disruptions.
Temur Umarov of the Carnegie Endowment warned infrastructure gaps keep the corridor from fully replacing the northern Russian route.