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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)

NUTEP container terminal handles its 5-millionth container

Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) June 14, 2023 – In May 2023, the NUTEP container terminal handled its five-millionth container since it was put into...

Update: Russian seaports cargo by port in Jan-May’23

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) June 13, 2023 – Cargo turnover of Russian seaports in the January-May 2023 period increased by 11.2% compared to the first five...

Aktau declares a state of emergency – critically low level of Caspian

Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) June 13, 2023 – The city officials in Kazakhstan’s Caspian Sea port of Aktau declared a state of emergency over the...

Makhachkala’s – the key node in North-South Corridor

Makhachkala, Russia (PortSEurope) June 12, 2023 – Russia’s Caspian Sea port of Makhachkala is increasing its cargo and ferry traffic and becoming a major...

EU, U.S., Australia and Japan no longer top importers from Russia

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) June 12, 2023 – All European countries, the United States, Australia and Japan dropped out of the top 10 cargo importers via...

North-South Corridor is the most relevant and in demand – FESCO

Makhachkala, Russia (PortSEurope) June 12, 2023 – Echoing the Kremlin line, Russian logistics giant FESCO transport group claims that the International...

Taman has more than a future as ammonia port

Taman, Russia (PortSEurope) June 12, 2023 – Since the early 2000s, OTEKO Holding has been implementing a comprehensive investment program for the...

Russian seaports handled 379 million tonnes of cargo in Jan-May’23

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) June 12, 2023 – Cargo turnover of Russian seaports in the January-May 2023 period increased by 11.2% compared to the first five...

China’s Sany sales surge in sanctioned Russia

Yanino, Russia (PortSEurope) June 11, 2023 – Sany, the major Chinese manufacturer of handling and construction equipment, continues its sanctions-driven...

Kremlin puppet organisation wants North-South Corridor ports association

Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) June 8, 2023 – Western sanctions-hit Russia is using all available tools to push for the development of the...

41% growth in Russia-China trade turnover in Jan-May’23

Beijing, China (PortSEurope) June 8, 2023 – Trade turnover between Russia and China in the first five months of 2023 increased in dollar terms by 40.7%...

Two Liebherr heavy-duty cranes for Global Ports in Russia’s Far East

Nakhodka, Russia (PortSEurope) June 6, 2023 – Two Liebherr LHM 550 mobile port cranes with increased capacity became operational in Russia’s Global...

Russian Railways will invest 13.9 million euro in a dry port in Astrakhan

Astrakhan, Russia (PortSEurope) June 6, 2023 – Russian Railways (RZD) will invest about 1.2 billion rubles (13.9 million euro) until 2025 in the...

Ukraine will help Moldova rebuild 400 km railway connection to Reni Port

Reni, Ukraine (PortSEurope) June 6, 2023 – War-torn Ukraine will help its poor neighbour Moldova to rebuild a 400 km-long section of the railway line from...

7,200 km problems for Russia’s North-South corridor

Astrakhan, Russia (PortSEurope) April 11, 2023 – The 7,200-km long International North-South Corridor (INSTC) is sold by Moscow’s propaganda to...

Sitronics Group to equip the seaport of Sochi with domestic VTS

Sochi, Russia (PortSEurope) June 5, 2023 – Sitronics Group and FSUE Rosmorport have signed a contract to install a vessel traffic control system (VTS)...

Risk of drone attacks will end LPG export via Russia’s Taman port

Taman, Russia (Ports Europe) June 5, 2023 – Very high risk of air and sea drone attacks are forcing Russia’s Black Sea port of Taman to suspend the export...

Russian industrial zone in Suez Canal lost its management company

Suez, Egypt (Ports Europe) June 4, 2023 – The Management Company of the Russian Industrial Zone in the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZONE) in Egypt is to be...

Largest Russian dry port to be built near Vladivostok

Artyom, Russia (Ports Europe) June 4, 2023 – The largest dry port in Russia will be built in Artyom (Artem) in the south of Primorye region, 35 km north...

Ukrainian missiles hit Russian-occupied Azov Sea port of Berdyansk

Berdyansk, Ukraine (Ports Europe) June 3, 2023 – The Ukrainian military has attacked, most likely with British-made Storm Shadow missiles, the...

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