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)
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...
Two Kazakh ships to transit Volga-Don canal between Caspian, Azov Seas in 2023
Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) December 30, 2022 – The Russian government will allow in two Kazakhstan’s ships to operate (transit) from the Caspian...
Sanctions force Belarus to use Russian inland waterways
Minsk, Belarus (Ports Europe) December 29, 2022 – Belarus and Russia have signed an intergovernmental agreement on navigation along the inland waterways...
Delegation from Dagestan visits Baku Shipyard
Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) December 29, 2022 – Leader of the Republic of Dagestan, Sergey Malikov, has visited the Baku Shipyard LLC, heading a...
Ship insurers are cancelling war risk cover for Russia, Ukraine and Belarus
Vienna, Austria (PortSEurope) December 28, 2022 – 12 of the 13 members of the International Group of P&I Clubs will no longer secure reinsurance for...
Russia has free port capacity to export 35-40 million tonnes of oil
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) December 27, 2022 – Russia currently has free port facilities’ capacity for additional export transshipment of 35-40...
Five new regular shipping lines from China to Novorossiysk replace western imports
Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) December 27, 2022 – Over the past six months, five new regular service lines have been launched from China to the Russian...
Russia and Iran – a logistics match made by sanctions
Rostov-on-Don, Russia (PortSEurope) December 27, 2022 – In February Russia invaded Ukraine. The west responded with wide ranging sanctions affecting Russian...
Shrinking of containerized cargo transport in Russia continues in November
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) December 27, 2022 – The container market of Russia in the January-November 2022 period decreased by 15.6% compared to the same...