Russia
Russia, or the Russian Federation, as a country located in both Eastern Europe and Northwest Asia. It has seaports on the Azov and Black Sea. The largest is the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk. On February 24, 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian conflict that began in 2014. Russia now controls the Azov Sea and occupies the ports of Berdyansk and Mariupol. It has also blockaded all Ukrainian Black Sea ports which are currently closed to all shipping. (Updated 24.06.2022)
Second 60 kg cocaine seizure in St. Petersburg port in 40 days
St. Petersburg, Russia (Ports Europe) June 1, 2024 – Over 60 kg of cocaine were seized by police in Russia’s Big Port of St. Petersburg on the Baltic Sea...
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...
Olya and Astrakhan to handle 6 mln cargo tonnes in 2024
Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) June 1, 2024 – The combined cargo turnover of Russia’s Caspian Sea ports of Olya and Astrakhan in 2024 can reach 6...
Sanctioned Russian gas exported via ports as fertilisers
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) May 31, 2024 – Without buyers for its sanctioned and with declining value gas, Russia is trying to export it converted into...
Russian tanker runs into trouble in Istanbul with faulty rudder
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 29, 2024 – The Russian oil tanker, Osaka, got into trouble near Haydarpaşa, Istanbul. The stricken vessel was...
New accident with Russia’s shadow tanker fleet
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 27, 2024 – A Russian oil tanker Hera 1, part of the country’s shadow fleet of some 600 vessels, got stuck on May 23...
Russia claims start of commissioning at Taman ammonia terminal
Taman, Russia (Ports Europe) May 27, 2024 – Commissioning work has begun at the long-delayed TogliattiAzot terminal under construction for transshipment...
Russia plans a new Arctic deep-water port
Belomorsk, Russia (Ports Europe) May 24, 2024 – Forced by Western sanctions, transport connection issues with its Black and Caspian seas ports and...
Bad news for jammed railway links to Russian ports
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) May 23, 2024 – A breakthrough in traffic volumes towards Russia’s Far East and in the southern direction (Black Sea)...
Russia’s container market in Jan-Apr’24 was 2.2 mln TEUs
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) May 21, 2024 – Russia’s container market grew by +11.4% in the January-April 2024 period compared to the first four months of...
The road to the Caspian Sea – Makhachkala port
Makhachkala, Russia (Ports Europe) May 21, 2024 – After years of delays, the project for the construction of an access road to Russia’s Caspian Sea port of...
Russian oil refinery in Libyan port
Tobruk, Libya (Ports Europe) May 15, 2024 – The eastern Libya government, controlled by General Khalifa Belqasim Haftar, who is fighting against...
Table: Russian ports monthly cargo results, Oct 23-Apr 24
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) May 20, 2024 – The table below prepared by Ports Europe, shows monthly cargo handling figures for Russian ports in millions...
Russian ports handled 288.4 mln tonnes of cargo in Jan-Apr’24
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) May 20, 2024 – The cargo turnover of Russian seaports in the January-April period decreased by 4.3% compared to the first four...
Russia plans logistic infrastructure in Asia, Africa, South America
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) May 19, 2024 – To bypass Western sanctions, the Russian government will finance the creation of port infrastructure, industrial...
Is Russia’s Ust-Luga Baltic port a Chinese terminal?
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) May 18, 2024 – The giant Chinese supply chain operations and real estate development corporation Xiamen C&D Group is...
Russia as China’s vassal state
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) May 18, 2024 – Western sanctions are turning Russia into China’s vassal state and a raw-materials appendage of Beijing. The...
Novorossiysk port hit by Ukrainian drones again
Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) May 17, 2024 – Ukraine’s sea and air drones attacked Russia’s largest port of Novorossiysk on the Black Sea in...
Russia, Iran discuss the new Astraport Shipping company
Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) May 17, 2024 – Representatives of Russia’s Astrakhan Region and the Iranian Consul General in Astrakhan, Mahdi...
Russia beefs up military presence in Libya, Africa
Tobruk, Libya (Ports Europe) May 15, 2024 – An investigation by the independent Russian website Verstka, the U.S. government funded Radio Free Europe/Radio...