Azov Sea
The Azov Sea is a sea in Eastern Europe connected to the Black Sea by the narrow (about 4 km) Strait of Kerch. The sea is bounded by Russia on the southeast and by Ukraine on the northwest. Ports on the Azov Sea include Berdyansk and Mariupol (both Ukraine) and Taganrog (Russia). Following the February 24, 2022, invasion of Ukraine by Russia, Moscow has blockaded all Ukrainian seaports and occupied Berdyansk and Mariupol.
Azov Sea Terminal resumes construction of a grain terminal
Azov, Russia (Ports Europe) January 21, 2025 – The Azov Sea Terminal LLC (AMT) has resumed construction of a terminal for exporting grain and bulk cargo...
Occupied Mariupol port handled 350,000 tonnes of cargo in 2024
Mariupol, Ukraine (Ports Europe) January 10, 2025 – Cargo transshipment at the Russia-occupied Ukrainian Azov Sea port of Mariupol doubled in 2024 compared...
Emergency in Krasnodar as more oil from sunken tankers washing up on coastline
Anapa, Russia (Ports Europe) December 25, 2024 – Russia’s southern Krasnodar region declared a state of emergency after oil from two over...
Oil keeps leaking from sunken Russian tankers near occupied Crimea
Kerch, Ukraine (Ports Europe) December 21, 2024 – The two Russian oil tankers that crashed on December 15 in the Kerch Strait continue to spill fuel oil...
Update: Kerch Strait – a deadly trap for ships
Taman, Russia (Ports Europe) December 16, 2024 – The disaster of December 15 with the two very old Russian tankers in the Kerch Strait that connects the...
Russian oil tanker split in two, another sinks in Kerch Strait
Taman, Russia (Ports Europe) December 15, 2024 – A Russian oil tanker carrying over 4,000 tonnes of oil products split in two during a heavy storm on...
Ukraine’s missiles attack Azov Sea port of Taganrog
Taganrog, Russia (Ports Europe) December 12, 2024 – Ukrainian missiles have hit Russia’s Azov Sea town of Taganrog, home to the port of the same name....
Ukrainian drones hit the occupied port of Berdyansk
Berdyansk, Ukraine (Ports Europe) November 1, 2024 – Ukraine attacked with drones on October 31 occupied by Russia Azov Sea port of Berdyansk, which Moscow...
Azov Sea ports on Moscow’s agenda
Mariupol, Ukraine (Ports Europe) October 28, 2024 – Russia’s Deputy Transport Minister Alexander Poshivai has met with the management of the occupied...
Table: Russian ports monthly cargo results Oct 23-Sep 24
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) October 15, 2024 – The table below, prepared by Ports Europe, shows monthly cargo handling figures for Russian ports in...
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...
Russian ports: 446,600 TEUs in August, 3.65 mln TEUs in Jan-Aug’24
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) September 19, 2024 – Russian ports handled 446,600 TEUs in August 2024, an increase of 5.7% or 24,000 TEUs compared to...
Russian ports handled 596.2 mln tonnes of cargo Jan-Aug 2024
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) September 15, 2024 – Cargo turnover of Russian seaports in January-August 2024 decreased by 3.1% compared to the first eight...
Equipment worth €30 mln stolen from Russia’s Kamysh-Burun port
Kerch, Ukraine (Ports Europe) September 4, 2024 – Equipment worth about 3 billion rubles (30.35 million euro) was stolen from Russia’s port...
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...
Ports in the Azov region increased grain exports in H1 2024
Azov, Russia (Ports Europe) July 17, 2024 – In the first six months of 2024, ports in the Azov region of Southern Russia exported 2.6 million tons of...
Table: Russian ports monthly cargo results, Oct 23-May 24
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) June 18, 2024 – The table below, prepared by Ports Europe, shows monthly cargo handling figures for Russian ports in millions...
Transport links to Russia-occupied Crimea under siege
Kavkaz, Russia (Ports Europe) June 1, 2024 – A ferry crossing and an oil terminal at the port of Kavkaz (Caucasus), on the Russian side of the Kerch...
Occupied Berdyansk port grain terminal restored
Berdyansk, Ukraine (Ports Europe) May 11, 2024 – The Novaya Khortytsia grain terminal in Ukraine’s Azov Sea port of Berdyansk (occupied by Russia four days...
Russia dredges occupied Mariupol port
Mariupol, Ukraine (Ports Europe) March 25, 2024 – Dredging work is underway in the Russia-occupied Ukrainian Azov Sea port of Mariupol in the...