Maritime shipping, while being dominant in global transportation, is complemented significantly by land-based transport corridors. These corridors link production centres, ports, and markets, as well as facilitate seamless trade, especially benefiting land-locked and transit countries. Land-based transport corridors enhance regional integration, economic cooperation, cross-border trade, and direct investments. This paper focuses on the Middle Corridor, or the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route, which represents nowadays a crucial land-based multimodal corridor linking China and Europe. Due to current geo-political developments, the route’s role has increased significantly. The Middle Corridor offers a vital alternative by reducing transit times and costs and promoting regional stability and cooperation, especially in transit countries, such as Georgia, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan. Still despite its potential, the Middle Corridor faces significant challenges due to its multilateral nature and infrastructural bottlenecks. The study specifically examines these challenges from the perspective of logistics stakeholders based in Georgia, highlighting infrastructure deficiencies and regulatory issues. Based on qualitative and quantitative data, which was collected by authors from May to June 2024, this study conducts an analysis of the corridor’s challenges and proposes structural solutions to enhance its role in global trade and regional economic resilience.