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)
Russian ports and rail depots jammed by empty shipping containers
Hamburg, Germany (PortSEurope) October 8, 2023 – Following the acute shortage of shipping containers after the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in...
Single logistics service for Trans-Caspian route of INTSC
Lipetsk, Russia (PortSEurope) October 8, 2023 – The development of a single logistics service for the Trans-Caspian route of the North-South...
Russian Black Sea navy to escape to Georgia’s breakaway region of Abkhazia?
Ochamchira, Georgia (PortSEurope) October 6, 2023 – Georgia’s breakaway region of Abkhazia, occupied by Russia since 1993, claims that is has signed a...
Moscow is expected to be excluded from IMO’s Assembly
London, United Kingdom (PortSEurope) October 6, 2023 – The International Maritime Organisation (IMO), the United Nations (UN) shipping agency, has been...
Russia’s Global Ports imports more cars from China
St. Petersburg, Russia (PortSEurope) October 5, 2023 – In April-September 2023 Global Ports handled 27,000 cars at its St. Petersburg terminals. All...
Belarus keeps talking about buying Russian ports
Minsk, Belorussia (PortSEurope) October 5, 2023 – Time and again, the President of Western sanctions-hit Belarus Alexander Lukashenko “instructed” his...
Makhachkala port will not be privatised soon
Makhachkala, Russia (PortSEurope) October 1, 2021 – The long-delayed privatisation of Russia’s Caspian Sea port of Makhachkala, which was to be completed...
Delo Group and Shandong Port Group sign agreement
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) September 26, 2023 – Delo Group and Shandong Port Group (SPG) have signed an agreement to expand cooperation in warehousing...
China’s SPG wants access to Russian rivers in a deal with Delo Group
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) September 26, 2023 – China’s SPG (Shandong Port Group) wants to organise multimodal transportation of containers between...
Another Russian drone attack against the grain port of Izmail
Izmail, Ukraine (Ports Europe) September 26, 2023 – A third major Russian drone attack in three weeks early on September 26 damaged grain infrastructure in...
Russia’s Black Sea fiasco – Ukrainian cargo corridor working
Odesa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) September 24, 2023 – Russia’s leverage over Ukraine’s exports of grain via the Black Sea is eroding as more...
Large grain ship has left Chornomorsk port
Kiev, Ukraine (Ports Europe) September 22, 2023 – The Aroyat ship has left the Port of Chornomorsk, said Oleksandr Kubrakov said Ukrainian deputy prime...
First cargo vessel left Chornomorsk port defying Russian blockade
Chornomorsk, Ukraine (Ports Europe) September 19, 2023 – The first vessel since Russia exited the UN-brokered deal for the export of Ukrainian grain via the...
INSTC – Russia’s hopes and the reality
Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) September 19, 2023 – Deprived of Western markets due to sanctions, Russia is desperate to redirect its trade to Asia,...
Update: Two cargo ships entered Chornomorsk
Chornomorsk, Ukraine (Ports Europe) September 17, 2023 – The first two cargo ships that defied the Russian navy blockade of Ukrainian Black Sea ports entered...
Update: Russian seaports cargo by category and port in Jan-Aug’23
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) September 16, 2023 – Cargo turnover of Russian seaports in the January-August 2023 period increased by 8.7% compared to the...
Fifth ship went through Russian blockade in the last day of NATO exercise
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) September 16, 2023 – In the last month, a fifth ship has left Odessa region ports despite the Moscow-announced blockade of...
Update: Cargill to sell stake in KSK grain terminal to Delo
Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) September 14, 2023 – U.S. commodities giant Cargill has agreed to sell its stake in KSK grain terminal to owner Delo....
Cargill denies KSK grain terminal sale in Novorossiysk, Russia
Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) September 14, 2023 – There have been reports in the Russian press that the local Delo Group is acquiring a 25% stake...
Second Russian drone attack in a week against Izmail and Reni
Kiev, Ukraine (Ports Europe) September 13, 2023 – A second Russian drone attack in a week early on September 13 damaged grain infrastructure in...