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)
Russia’s port of Taman increases bulk cargo capacity to 35 million tonnes
Taman, Russia (PortSEurope) August 15, 2022 – Russia’s port of Taman increases bulk cargo capacity to 35 million tonnes by increasing berth length....
Rosatom takes stake in Delo Group
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) August 11, 2022 – The Russian State Atomic Energy Corporation, ROSATOM, has exercised an option to increase its equity stake...
A dozen new sanction-busting cargo services link Novorossiysk and Turkey
Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) August 9, 2022 – In the past months, a dozen Russian companies have launched new linear cargo services (regular routes on...
12 ships with grain have already left Ukrainian ports under the UN-brokered deal
Chornomorsk, Ukraine (PortSEurope) August 9, 2022 – Two ships loaded with grain sailed out of Ukraine’s Black Sea port of Chornomorsk, bringing the...
Makhachkala handles first flour shipment to Iraq via Iran
Makhachkala, Russia (PortSEurope)August 8, 2022 – At the end of July, the port of Makhachkala began transshipment of flour for the first time. This year the...
Russia’s port of Kavkaz keeps reporting lower cargo handling
Kavkaz, Russia (PortSEurope) August 7, 2022 – The Russian port of Kavkaz (Caucasus), strategically located in the Kerch Strait that connects Azov Sea with...
TogliattiAzot to build a transshipment complex in the port of Taman
Taman, Russia (PortSEurope) August 7, 2022 – TogliattiAzot (TOAZ) plans to build a transshipment complex in the port of Taman by 2026 with an investment of...
Three grain ships leave port of Odessa
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) August 5, 2022 – Three ships carrying grain have left Ukrainian ports, the Turkish defenсe ministry said today. Two ships...
Turkish port of MMK Metalurji Port affected by U.S. sanctions
Mersin, Turkey (PortSEurope) August 4, 2022 – The Turkish port of MMK Metalurji Port will be affected by U.S. sanctions placed on its owner, Russian...
Port of Novorossiysk to Turkey – the new cargo route
Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) August 3, 2022 – Turkey is the big winner from the western sanctions against Russia, especially in the transport...
Ukraine is looking at adding Mykolaiv Port to the “grain corridor”
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) August 2, 2022 – The Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine is looking at the possibility of adding Mykolaiv Sea Commercial...
NUTEP container terminal adopts domestic software
Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) August 1, 2022 – NUTEP container terminal is adopting software produced by a local partner company. This is part of...
Caspian Sea – From logistics periphery to sanctions busting
Vienna, Austria (PortSEurope) August 1, 2022 – Since the decline of the trade caravans in the era of the Arab conquests, the Caspian Sea region became...
Ukrainian ports are ready to start grain exports – government
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) July 30, 2022 – Ukrainian ports are ready to start grain exports, stated the Ministry of Infrastructure. Yesterday, a...
Reconstruction of container terminal in Novorossiysk port to be completed by year-end
Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) July 31, 2022 – Novomorsnab will complete the reconstruction of the container terminal in the Black Sea port of...
Russia seeks increase of cargo handling capacity at sea ports, sanctions start to bite
Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) July 31, 2022 – Cargo handling capacity of Russian seaports in 2022 will increase by 65.2 million tonnes (5.2%) compared...
Bulgarian ship with 40,000 tonnes of corn will be the first to leave Ukrainian port
Chornomorsk, Ukraine (PortSEurope) July 29 – The Bulgarian bulk carrier Rozhen is expected to sail out of the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Chornomorsk...
Joint Coordination Centre set up in Istanbul to monitor Ukrainian grain exports from ports
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 28, 2022 – The Joint Coordination Centre (JCC) has been officially inaugurated in Istanbul. It comprises...
The Istanbul Agreement on unblocking Ukrainian ports for the grain export: what’s in it for Ukraine?
Unblocking the Black Sea ports, gives Ukrainian farmers the opportunity to export their products, get paid, and sow wheat in one month period – July 22,...
Ranking: Top three Russian grain shipment ports 2021-2022
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) July 26, 2022 – The Port of Novorossiysk Sea was Russia’s leading grain exporter in 2021/22. It handled 14.7 million...