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)
The new checkpoint in port of Azov is operational
Azov, Russia (Ports Europe) February 8, 2023 – The new permanent multi-functional sea cargo checkpoint across Russia’s state border in the seaport of...
Delo Group, Grinatom develop program to switch to domestic software
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) February 7, 2023 – Delo Group and Grinatom Simple Solutions JSC developed a strategy and plan to switch to domestic...
Makhachkala port – Russia’s Caspian Sea champion
Makhachkala, Russia (Ports Europe) February 6, 2023 – In 2022, Makhachkala Commercial Sea Port became the leader among Russian ports in the Caspian Sea in...
DeloPorts terminals set handling record in January 2023
Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) February 3, 2023 – KSK Grain Terminal and NUTEP Container Terminal, both part of DeloPorts, have reported record...
New container terminal to be built in Novorossiysk
Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) February 3, 2023 – Russia’s intermodal container operator Trans Synergy (Trans Sinergia) has started the construction...
Seven berths in Makhachkala port to be repaired
Makhachkala, Russia (Ports Europe) February 1, 2023 – Urgent repair of decades old hydraulic structures has started in Makhachkala – Russia’s only...
Makhachkala Commercial Sea Port increases handling of Iranian cargo
Makhachkala, Russia (Ports Europe) February 1, 2023 – Makhachkala Commercial Sea Port handled twice as much cement from Iran and exported 20% more grain...
New port facility in Rostov-on-Don by end-2024
Rostov-on-Don, Russia (Ports Europe) January 31, 2023 – The main port facilities of Russia’s Rostov-on-Don river/sea port will be moved from its central...
Novorossiysk becomes port for container lines from Southeast Asia
Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) January 30, 2023 – Trans Synergy will launch a regular container sea service from Southeast Asia to Novorossiysk port in...
Russian container market collapsed in 2022
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) January 30, 2023 – Russia’s sea ports handled 4.3 million containers (TEU) in 2022, a decrease of 23% compared to 2021,...
No chance for passenger ships between Russia and Georgia
Batumi, Georgia (Ports Europe) January 26, 2023 – The Maritime Transport Agency (AMT) of Georgia refuted the statement of the General Director of...
Chelyabinsk Region delegation visits Aktau port
Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) January 26, 2023 – A delegation from the Ministry of Economic Development of the Chelyabinsk Region of the Russian...
Analysis: Sanctions busting Caspian Sea is drying up, new ships needed
Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) January 26, 2023 – Recently, the lowering water level in the Caspian Sea has accelerated so much that it is jeopardising...
Makhachkala port: cargo handled up 38% in 2023
Makhachkala, Russia (Ports Europe) January 25, 2023 – Some 450,000 tonnes of general cargo were handled by Makhachkala port since the start of the year,...
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...