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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)

DeloPorts doubles handling speed for ferry cargo from Turkey

Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) January 24, 2023 – DeloPorts and multimodal transport operator RUSCON have doubled the handling speed of ferries with...

TransContainer’s loaded traffic grows above the market in 2022

PJSC TransContainer (part of the Delo Group) increased its loaded traffic using the managed fleet by 5.1% to 1.8m TEUs in 2022 – January 23, 2023 Growth...

North-South Corridor – anti-sanctions solution or a pipe dream?

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) January 23, 2023 – The International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC) is critical to Moscow’s plans to redirect its...

NUTEP terminal received the first container ship of the new regular SINOKOR line

Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) January 22, 2023 – NUTEP Container Terminal in Russia’s Black Sea port of Novorossiysk started processing the...

Russia’s Caspian Sea ports’ cargo statistics for 2022 is confusing

Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) January 21, 2023 – Cargo turnover of the Russian Caspian Sea-Volga river ports of Astrakhan and Olya for 2022 was 3...

Sanctions force Russia to develop Tuapse port

Tuapse, Russia (Ports Europe) January 20, 2023 – The extension of the south-east breakwater in Russia’s Black Sea port of Tuapse was approved by...

Russian Railways delivers paper products overland to Chennai, India

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) January 18, 2023 – Russian Railways has delivered paper products overland to Chennai, India, using the International...

Kazakhstan wants more of its oil to bypass Russia

Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) January 18, 2023 – Kazakhstan’s state owned oil company KazMunayGas (KMG) and Abu Dhabi Ports Group (AD Ports, UAE) will...

Port of Novorossiysk starts handling container line SINOKOR between Asia and Russia

Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) January 17, 2023 – The Novorossiysk container terminal of NUTEP has started handling direct ocean services of the...

Global Ports Investments PLC today announces operational results for Q4 2022 and FY 2022

St. Petersburg, Russia (Ports Europe) January 17, 2023 – In 2022, Global Ports Investments reported both the Russian container market in the Baltic...

Port of Olya, the new pet project of President Putin

Olya, Russia (Ports Europe) January 17, 2023 – Aside from waging a war in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin personally took over the projects that...

Putin asked for help for new Agidel port

Agidel, Russia (Ports Europe) January 16, 2022 – The leader of the Russian republic of Bashkiria (Bashkortostan), Radiy Khabirov, has asked Russian President...

UPDATE: Russia claims its ports handled 841.5 million tonnes of cargo in 2022

Ports Europe previous article (January 6, 2022): Russia claims its ports handled 840 million tonnes of cargo in 2022 Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) January 14,...

Turkey’s Trabzon hosts welcomes Russian cruise ship

Trabzon, Turkey (Ports Europe) January 13, 2023 – The Black Sea port of Trabzon has welcomed the cruise ship “Astoria Grande” which arrived with 502...

Belarus wants faster creation of its own ports in Russia

Minsk, Belarus (Ports Europe) January 9, 2023 – Hard pressed by western sanctions, President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, demanded faster construction...

Belarus reports increased cargo containers export to China

Minsk, Belarus (Ports Europe) January 9, 2023 – Belarus reports increased cargo containers export to China, according to Belta, the national news agency....

Russia claims its ports handled 840 million tonnes of cargo in 2022

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) January 6, 2023 – About 840 million tonnes of cargo were transported via Russian se ports in 2022, according to RosmorRechFlot...

Sixth grain terminal to be built in Russia’s port of Azov

Azov, Russia (Ports Europe) January 5, 2023 – The project to construct a sixth grain terminal on berth No. 27 in the Russian seaport of Azov has been...

Iran orders ship to operate from Russia’s Caspian Sea port of Solyanka

Tehran, Iran (Ports Europe) January 5, 2023 – The Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) has ordered a new cargo vessel from Russia to operate...

GTT leaves Russia in a blow to country’s LNG industry

Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse, France (Ports Europe) – In another major blow for Russian gas and shipbuilding industries, the global leader in liquefied...

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