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)
St. Petersburg port and drugs
St. Petersburg, Russia (Ports Europe) February 20, 2024 – More than 1,200 kg of cocaine was seized in the Big Port of St. Petersburg in January in a...
Sanctions? Georgia as Russia’s “Auto Heaven”
Tbilisi, Georgia (Ports Europe) February 18, 2024 – Hundreds of cars are supplied to Russia from Georgia every day, directly or through intermediary...
Update: Russian ports handled 71 mln tonnes of cargo in Jan 24
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) February 15, 2024 – Cargo turnover of Russian seaports in January 2024 decreased by 6.2% compared to the same month of last...
Will Russia pay for the $350 mln dry port in Armenia’s Gyumri?
Gyumri, Armenia (Ports Europe) February 14, 2024 – The project for the construction of a dry port in Armenia’s Gyumri was discussed again at a meeting...
Russian ports handled 71 mln tonnes of cargo in Jan 24
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) February 13, 2024 – Cargo turnover of Russian seaports in January 2024 decreased by 6.2% compared to the same month of last...
Russia-North Korea ferry service to reopen
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) February 13, 2024 – Desperate for North Korean munitions and missiles for its ongoing war in Ukraine, Russia might reopen...
Chinese cranes also for VSC in Russia’s Vostochny Port
Kozmino, Russia (Ports Europe) February 13, 2024 – Deprived of access to Western equipment and technology due to sanctions, Russian ports are turning en...
Renewed Russian drone attacks against Ukraine’s Danube ports
Izmail, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 12, 2024 – Russia again attacked with Iranian-made drones during the night of February 10 Ukrainian Danube River...
Delo secures full control over Novorossiysk KSK grain terminal
Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) February 10, 2024 – Russia’s Delo Group has closed the deal agreed in September 2023 to buy the last remaining stake of...
Shipping companies delivering ammunition to Russia to be sanctioned
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) February 9, 2024 – The European Union has proposed sanctioning about 55 companies and more than 60 individuals as part...
China’s Sany again sells reach stackers to Russia
Kronstadt, Russia (Ports Europe) February 9, 2024 – Sany, the major Chinese manufacturer of handling and construction equipment, continues its Western...
Russia-occupied Ukrainian Azov Sea ports increase capacity
Mariupol, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 9, 2024 – In 2024, the total capacity of Ukraine’s Azov Sea ports of Mariupol and Berdyansk, currently occupied...
25.5% of Astrakhan port given to Russia’s military behemoth Rostec
Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) February 9, 2024 – Russia continues to reorient its economy towards a war footing. The latest move is to transfer a...
Update: OTEKO modernises its Taman terminals
Taman, Russia (Ports Europe) February 9, 2024 – Russia’s OTEKO company, operator of two marine terminals in the port of Taman (bulk and liquid),...
Double increase in icebreaker-assisted ships in Russia‘s Caspian ports
Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) February 7, 2024 – There is an unexplained almost double increase in the number of ships assisted by ice breakers in and out...
Georgian President criticizes Russia’s naval base in Abkhazia
Tbilisi, Georgia (Ports Europe) February 6, 2024 – Pro-Western Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili again denounced Russian plan, first announced in...
A new grain silo in Russia’s Tuapse port
Tuapse, Russia (PortSEurope) February 6, 2024 – Russia’s Black Sea port of Tuapse announced a tender for the construction of a granary with rail grain...
Update: Belarus cargo to test North-South corridor in spring
Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) February 6, 2024 – Sanctions-hit Belarus is aggressively pursuing alternative cargo transportation options via Russia, a...
New FESCO container terminal on Volga River
Sviyazhsk, Russia (Ports Europe) February 5, 2024 – FESCO, one of the largest transport and logistics companies in Russia, the Ministry of Transport of...
Update: Can Russia add Libya’s Tobruk port to Tartus in Syria?
Tobruk, Libya (Ports Europe) February 4, 2024 – Fears are growing in Italy that Russia will base nuclear submarines at a planned naval port in eastern...