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)
New 12 mln tonnes transshipment complex in Novorossiysk
Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) December 11, 2023 – Russia’s largest port, Novorossiysk on the Black Sea, will have one more transshipment complex...
Azov Sea as a Russian lake
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) December 11, 2023 – A bill has been submitted to the lower house of Russia’s State Duma (parliament) to consolidate the...
Russian port on Volga River on sale for €3 million
Nizhny Novgorod, Russia (Ports Europe) December 11, 2023 – A Volga River port west of Nizhny Novgorod is for sale for the symbolic 300 million rubles (3...
STS transfer of Russian LNG in European ports
Zeebrugge, Belgium (Ports Europe) December 8, 2023 – Belgium’s North Sea Zeebrugge LNG terminal is the main European facility used by Russia to reexport...
Russia’s Volga-Caspian Canal dredged to 4.5 m depth, but…
Rostov-on-Don, Russia (Ports Europe) December 8, 2023 – After heavy dredging, involving 17 dredgers and a fleet of 40 support vessels, the draft on the...
Belarus, Russia free economic zones plan cooperation
Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) December 7, 2023 – The management of the free economic zone (SEZ) “Brest” in Bealrus and the special...
TransContainer buys five new reach-stackers in 2023
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) December 5, 2023 – PJSC TransContainer purchased five new reach stackers in 2023, replacing outdated equipment. They...
Russia also ousted from IMO Council
London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) December 4, 2023 – On December 1, Russia was excluded from the United Nations (UN) International Maritime Organization...
More announcements, no construction work for Russia’s third PSEZ
Nizhny Novgorod, Russia (Ports Europe) December 4, 2023 – A 28-hectare plot in the area of the Volga cargo port in the city of Bor will be rented without...
Russia’s sanctions-busting trade routes stumble
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) December 4, 2023 – The two “secret weapons” against Western sanctions affecting Russian cargo transportation – the...
Update: Russia’s Northern Sea Route only for Russia
(Adds comments from Konstantin Grinevich after paragraph 3) St. Petersburg, Russia (Ports Europe), December 1, 2023 – The Northern Sea Route (NSR,...
Russia’s Northern Sea Route – only for Russia
St. Petersburg, Russia (Ports Europe), December 1, 2023 – The Northern Sea Route (NSR, SevMorPut) is unlikely to compete with the southern route through...
TransContainer, Global Ports launch East-West container service
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) November 30, 2023 – PJSC TransContainer and container terminal operator Global Ports have launched a new scheduled...
Shanghai Cooperation Organisation plans network of strategic ports
Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) November 30, 2023 – The draft concept for the creation and operation of a “Partnership Network” of major...
FESCO plans container feeder line in Africa
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) November 29, 2023 – Deprived of opportunities to operate in Europe due to Western sanctions, FESCO, one of the largest...
Russia to containerise non-ferrous metals handling
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) November 28, 2023 – In 2023, non-ferrous metals, one of the most profitable and in-demand cargoes in world trade, was one...
River ports in Russia for sale – 1 euro cent
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) November 27, 2023 – A law simplifying the privatisation of dilapidated and abandoned Russian river ports has been signed by...
North-South corridor is sanctioned Russia’s distant dream
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) November 26, 2023 – The development of the International North-South Transport Corridor – INSTC will significantly...
The North-South is the poor relative of Russia’s international cargo corridors
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) November 24, 2023 – The cargo transportation along the three main international transport corridors (ITC) that pass via...
TransContainer signs contract to modernise Rostov terminal
Rostov, Russia (Ports Europe) November 23, 2023 – PJSC TransContainer has signed a contract to modernise container yards at Rostov-Tovarniy terminal with...