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Rosatom is Russia’s state-owned nuclear energy corporation, overseeing nuclear power generation, fuel supply, and related technologies. Established in 2007, it manages the country’s nuclear assets and exports reactors through its subsidiary, Atomstroyexport. Rosatom is a global leader in nuclear technology, involved in uranium mining, nuclear fuel production, and nuclear waste management. It also plays a major role in non-energy applications like nuclear medicine. As of recent years, Rosatom is actively expanding its international presence, with nuclear projects in countries such as India, Turkey, and Egypt.

Reality check for cargo results on Russia’s Arctic NSR

Moscow, Russia (Ports Russia) October 21, 2024 – Despite the overly optimistic forecasts for the huge cargo transportation via Russian President Vladimir...

Rosatom visits India to discuss Northern Sea Route cooperation

New Delhi, India (Ports Europe) October 17, 2024 – Rosatom’s Special Representative for Arctic Development, Vladimir Panov, has led a delegation to...

Russia wants submarine LNG carrier for the Arctic

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) October 12, 2024 – A model of a nuclear-powered underwater liquified natural gas (LNG) gas carrier has been demonstrated by...

FESCO retains Akkuyu NPP terminal contract

Mersin, Turkey (Ports Europe) October 11, 2024 – The FESCO Transport Group has retained its contract as the sole logistics operator at the Eastern Cargo...

FESCO forced to work with China’s Tank Container Alliance

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) September 26, 2024 – FESCO, the largest transport group in Russia, owned by the Kremlin-controlled giant RosAtom...

Pyotr Ivanov appointed president of FESCO

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) September 25, 2024 – Pyotr Ivanov has been appointed President of FESCO transport group. He replaces Arkady Korostelev....

Russia’s total containers’ market in Jan-Aug’24 was 4.39 mln TEUs

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) September 22, 2024 – Russia’s container market grew 8.1% in January-August 2024, compared to the first eight months of 2023...

Russia’s Quark fund invests in Arctic Vitino port along NSR

Beloye More, Russia (Ports Europe) September 17, 2024 – Russia’s closed-end mutual investment fund Quark became a 50% co-owner of Nord Star, the...

GIS: All eyes on Russia’s Northern Sea Route

Schaan, Liechtenstein (Ports Europe) September 17, 2024 – The missile attacks in the Red Sea are a reminder of the vulnerability of commercial...

Safetrans sends largest-ever container ship along Northern Sea Route

St. Petersburg, Russia (Ports Europe) September 12, 2024 – The Safetrans Line Panamax container ship “Flying Fish 1” left Bronka, St....

Rosatom on Russia’s Arctic Northern Sea Route

Arkhangelsk, Russia (Ports Europe) August 30, 2024 – Under the headline Arctic Motion, Russia’s giant state-owned corporation Rosatom has published...

Russia’s container market in Jan-Jul’24 was 3.85 mln TEUs

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) August 27, 2024 – Russia’s container market grew 9.3% in January-July 2024, compared to the first seven months of 2023 to...

FESCO Novorossiysk Shuttle doubles capacity

Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) August 23, 2024 – The FESCO Transport Group has doubled the frequency of regular FESCO Novorossiysk Shuttle (FNS)...

FESCO starts LCL container service, Shanghai & St.Petersburg

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) August 17, 2024 – The FESCO transport group has launched a regular service for sending LCL containers (Less than Container...

Russia’s Northern Sea Route to become “Great”

Arkhangelsk, Russia (Ports Europe) August 11, 2024 – In line with the practices of the Soviet Union, which economically collapsed in 1991, Russian...

China and Russia create “Ice Silk Road” in the Arctic

Arkhangelsk, Russia (Ports Europe) – On August 5, 2024, China and Russia launched a rail-sea service, Arctic Express No 1, which will transport...

China could build Russia’s Arctic tanker fleet

Moscow, Rusia (Ports Europe) July 29, 2024 – The only way for Western sanctions-hit Russia to transport oil, oil products and natural gas via its Arctic...

Russia’s container market in H1’24 was 3.3 mln TEUs

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) July 29, 2024 – Russia’s container market grew 9.8% in January-June 2024, compared to the first six months of 2023 to 3.3...

Russia’s FESCO imports more cars from China

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) July 25, 2024 – In the first half of 2024, FESCO transported over 22,000 TEUs from China to Russia. The cargo included more...

Russian TEU turnover in H1’24 increase 14.6% to 2.6 mln

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) July 18, 2024 – Container turnover of Russian sea ports in the second quarter of 2024 increased by 11.8% compared to...

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