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)
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...
TransContainer starts new export routes for timber
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) November 23, 2023 – PJSC TransContainer has started exporting timber using new export routes. This includes to China via...
Russia as a black hole for containers from China
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) November 20, 2023 – The huge trade imbalance between Russia and China has led to the next unique Russian phenomenon –...
China’s increasing influence on the Northern Sea Route
Hellerup, Denmark (Ports Europe) November 17, 2023 – As Russia attempts to find ways to alleviate the impact of Western sanctions, and find alternative...
New sanctions-busting corridor to Russia bypasses Kazakhstan
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (Ports Europe) July 5, 2023 – Russia and Kyrgyzstan will soon open a new Southern Transport Corridor across Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and...
€50 mln for the project for Russia’s North-South corridor
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) November 16, 2023 – Russia’s giant state-owned VTB Bank will pay 4-5 billion rubles (41.2-51.5 million euro) for the...
Russia plans port development in occupied Crimea
Feodosia, Russia (Ports Europe) November 16, 2023 – A second berth should be constructed in the Black Sea port of Feodosia on the illegally Russia-occupied...
Russia with 1.4 billion tonnes port capacity – a third of its surplus
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) November 16, 2023 – The surplus of port capacity in Russia will reach 483 million tonnes per year by the end of 2023, the...
Russia restored cargo handling in occupied Mariupol and Berdyansk ports
Mariupol, Ukraine (Ports Europe) November 16, 2023 – In the seized Ukraine’s Azov Sea ports of Mariupol and Berdyansk shipping and cargo...
Update: Russian seaports cargo by category and port in Jan-Oct’23
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) November 14, 2023 – Cargo turnover of Russian seaports in the January-October 2023 period increased by 7.8% compared to the...
Rosatom takes over FESCO to create a shipping corridor along Northern Sea Route
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) November 14, 2023 – Desperate times for Russia lead to desperate measures. Under pressure from Western sanctions, Russian...
Russian ports handled 749.3 million tonnes of cargo in Jan-Oct’23
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) November 10, 2023 – Cargo handled by Russian seaports in the January-October period increased by 7.8% compared to the first 10...
Russia to build terminals for ammonia, explosive & toxic substances
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) November 10, 2023 – Russia is to build special storage facility terminals for ammonia, explosive and toxic substances....
Aquilon Shipping starts Sochi-Samsun cruise ship service
Sochi, Russia (PortSEurope) November 9, 2023 – Aquilon Shipping has said that it will start a cruise ship service between the Russian Black Sea port of...
Update: Russia prepares second alternative supply route to Crimea
Rostov-on-Don, Russia (PortSEurope) November 8, 2023 – Construction of a railway connecting illegally annexed by Moscow Crimea and Russia’s...
Can Russia add Libya’s Tobruk port to its Tartus port in Syria?
Tobruk, Libya (PortSEurope) November 7, 2023 – Russia’s ambitions to control Libya’s deepwater ports of Tobruk and Derna is again on the agenda of...
Russia prepares alternative supply road to Crimea
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) November 6, 2023 – Under heavy pressure from Ukrainian forces in the southern section of the front which might lead to a...
Russian navy base next door to Georgia’s future Anaklia port
Pichori, Georgia (PortSEurope) November 6, 2023 – In order to ensure proper functioning of the new Russian Navy Black Sea base in Ochamchira...
Low water level in Volga, Don adds to Caspian Sea problem for INSTC
Rostov-on-Don, Russia (PortSEurope) November 6, 2023 – Sharply reduced water levels of Russia’s giant Volga and Don rivers endangers the operations of the...
Middle Volga-Caspian-Persian Gulf corridor within the INSTC
Ulyanovsk, Russia (PortSEurope) November 6, 2023 – Facing logistics and infrastructure difficulties in its attempt to redirect foreign trade towards the...