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)
40.6% growth in China-Russia trade in H1’23
Beijing, China (PortSEurope) July 14, 2023 – Trade turnover between Russia and China in the first half of 2023 increased in dollar terms by 40.6% compared to...
Update: Russian seaports cargo by category and port in H1’23
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) July 14, 2023 – Cargo turnover of Russian seaports in the January-June 2023 period increased by 10.5% compared to the first six...
Russian ports handled 453.3 million tonnes of cargo in H1’23
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) July 14, 2023 – Cargo turnover of Russian seaports in the first six months of 2023 increased by 10.5% compared to the first half...
Russia approves Turkmenistan joining INSTC
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) July 13, 2023 – Russia has approved Turkmenistan joining the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC). A Russian...
KSK Grain Terminal handled 7.6 mln tonnes of grain in 22/23 season
Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) July 12, 2023 – KSK Grain Terminal handled 7.6 million tonnes of grain in the 2022/2023 season, up +46% compared to...
Afghan company to invest $50 million in Anzali port, Iran
Anzali, Iran (PortSEurope) July 12, 2023 – An unnamed Afghan company will invest $50 million in the construction of three wharves in the Iranian Caspian Sea...
TransContainer and Inner Mongolia Foreign Trade Development hold talks
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) July 11, 2023 – PJSC TransContainer and the Chinese company Inner Mongolia Foreign Trade Development Co., Ltd (IMFT) have...
Sanctions push Russia towards Asia
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) July 10, 2023 – Deprived of Western markets due to sanctions, Russia’s trade with the Shanghai Cooperation...
Russia tries to bypass Kazakhstan for a new cargo corridor from Kyrgyzstan
Bishkek, Kyrgistan (PortSEurope) July 5, 2023 – Russia and Kyrgyzstan will soon open a new transport corridor bypassing Kazakhstan, across Uzbekistan and...
Russia and China build sanctions-busting rail bridge in the Far East
Mohe, China (PortSEurope) July 3, 2023 – As a result of Western sanctions, Russia is fast becoming dependent on China for everything it was previously...
Sanctions shrink cargo volumes in Rostov-on-Don port
Rostov-on-Don, Russia (PortSEurope) July 3, 2023 – Shrinking cargo volumes from Russia’s Rostov-on-Don port shows the impact of Western sanctions on the...
Russia and Iran: Sanctions busting in focus during port visit
Astrakhan, Russia (PortSEurope) July 3, 2023 – Russia and Iran, the two most sanctioned countries in the world, continue their attempts to improve cargo...
Sanctions-busting port of Makhachkala to be privatised by September
Makhachkala, Russia (PortSEurope) July 3, 2023 – The long delayed privatisation of Russia’s Caspian Sea port of Makhachkala is to be completed by the end...
Russia pushes for sanctions-busting cargo transport with Turkmenistan
Makhachkala, Russia (PortSEurope) July 3, 2023 – Desperate Russia, looking for ways to bypass Western sanctions is pushing for a regular container ship line...
Strong cargo figures in Russia’s Rostov and Azov ports
Rostov-on-Don, Russia (PortSEurope) July 3, 2023 – In the ports of Rostov-on-Don (Don River) and Azov (Azov Sea) cargo turnover in the first five months of...
Heavy winter cargo workload for Azov ports
Azov, Russia (PortSEurope) July 2, 2023 – During the winter navigation period (December 6, 2022-March 10, 2023), 3,329 vessels were processed by the...
Desperate Russia to resurrect commercial navigation on Seversky Donets
Ust-Donetsk, Russia (PortSEurope) June 29, 2023 – Lacking transport infrastructure in the south of the country, Russia is pushing for the use of yet more of...
Russia forces Ukraine to look to Danube ports for grain exports
Kiev, Ukraine (PortSEurope) June 28, 2023 – Russia continues to make Black Sea grain exports nearly impossible, so Kiev (Kyiv) must consider its inland...
Iran and Russia: The game of (free) zones
Tehran (PortSEurope) June 28, 2023 – Iran and Russia will sign a memorandum for establishing mutual free economic zones (FEZ, SEZ – special economic...
Iran completes one more section of railway from Strait of Hormuz to Caspian Sea
Rasht, Iran (PortSEurope)June 27, 2023 – The long-delayed railway 160 km section between Qazvin and Rasht in Iran will become operational by early July,...