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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)

Analysis: Black Sea Container market overview 2022

Odessa, Ukraine (Informall/PortSEurope) April 3, 2023 – The Black Sea region has witnessed a considerable decline in its container market volumes, with...

Informall BG: Restoration of direct container shipping to Ukraine is a humanitarian need

Odessa, Ukraine (Informall/PortSEurope) April 3, 2023 – Ukrainian company Informall BG, a cargo analytical and consulting bureau based in Odessa,...

Taganrog Commercial Sea Port reports quarter 1, 2023, progress

Taganrog, Russia (PortSEurope) March 31, 2023 – JSC Taganrog Commercial Sea Port, the main stevedoring operator of the seaport, has reported activities...

Complete decarbonisation of shipping – EU, U.S. Canada, Japan vs China, India, Russia

London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) March 29, 2023 – As expected, the proposal of the developed world for complete decarbonisation of shipping was...

After sanctions China replaced western cranes in Russian ports

St. Peterburg, Russia (PortSEurope) March 28, 2023 – Deprived of access to western equipment and technology due to sanctions, Russian ports are turning en...

Belarus uses 20 ports, inland waterways, railway network of Russia

Minsk, Belarus (PortSEurope) March 28, 2023 – Belarus is forced to rely on Russia, another global pariah state, for changing the direction of its western,...

Port Bronka – another murky privatisation in Russia

Bronka, Russia (PortSEurope) March 27, 2023 – Bronka maritime transshipment complex in the Big Port of St. Petersburg, the only deep-water terminal in...

Russia, China threaten Mediterranean security, infrastructure – Euractiv

Rome, Italy (PortSEurope) March 27, 2023 – Russia and China are the main threat to Mediterranean security and strategic infrastructure – such as gas...

Is sanctions busting North-South Corridor viable?

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) March 27, 2023 – The two most sanctioned countries in the world, Russia and Iran, are the driving force behind the creation...

Iran’s Bandar Abbas port to host Russian production facilities

Bandar Abbas, Iran (PortSEurope) March 27, 2023 – Russia, under western sanctions pressure, is accelerating its pivot to the East. The next step in this...

New LNG complex to be built in Sviyazhsk, Tatarstan, Russia

Sviyazhsk, Russia (PortSEurope) March 27, 2023 – A liquefied natural gas (LNG) production and bunkering complex will be built on the territory of the...

New universal transshipment complex in Novorossiysk

Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) March 27, 2023 – A universal transshipment complex will be built in Russia’s Black Sea port of Novorossiysk, the...

Sanctions force the largest ever dredging of Volga-Caspian Sea Canal

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) March 27, 2023 – Russia’s state agency RosMorPort will start on April 1 an unprecedented, massive dredging of the...

Russia to build second rail bridge to China

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) March 25, 2023 – As a result of the western sanctions, Russia is fast becoming dependent on China for everything it was...

Russia plans a new dry port in Rostov region

Rostov-On-Don, Russia (PortSEurope) March 24, 2023 – A new dry port is to be constructed in Russia’s Rostov region that will be used for the transportation...

After new Russian supply chains, focus on port infrastructure

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) March 24, 2023 – After new Russian supply chains, the focus must include port infrastructure, said Roman Kokunin, Deputy...

Delo Group and Shandong Port Group sign joint memorandum

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) March 22, 2023 – Russia’s Delo Group and Shandong Port Group (SPG) have signed a memorandum of cooperation in...

Moscow desperate for first ammonia transshipment complex in Taman

Taman, Russia (PortSEurope) March 22, 2023 – Under heavy pressure to speed-up the construction of Russia’s first ammonia and mineral fertilisers...

The extension of the Black Sea Grain Initiative

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) March 21, 2023 – The Black Sea Grain Initiative, initially signed in Istanbul on July 22, 2022, has been extended. The...

FESCO transport group leads the way East for Russian logistics

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) March 20, 2023 – Russian logistics giant FESCO transport group is looking for ways to bypass western sanctions against Moscow...

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