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)
Belarus exported 110% more cargo via Russian ports in Jan-Aug’24
Minsk, Belarus (Ports Europe) September 13, 2024 – In the first eight months of 2024, Belarus exported 110% more cargo, through 14 Russian ports, than in...
Russia hits ship with Ukrainian grain in Black Sea
Kyiv (Kiev), Ukraine (Ports Europe) September 12, 2024 – Russia’s strategic bombers hit a Saint Kitts and Nevis-flagged bulk carrier with a missile...
First China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan freight train
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (Ports Europe) September 12, 2024 – The first China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan freight train departed from Wuxi, Jiangsu province near...
Update: Moscow dreams of deep-water port in Naiba on the Arctic route
Naiba, Russia (Ports Europe) September 12, 2024 – The total cost of the construction of the Russian deep-water port in Naiba on the Arctic Laptev Sea will be...
Russia’s Novorossiysk port to handle 700,000 loaded TEUs in 2024
Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) September 12, 2024 – Container turnover at Russia’s largest port of Novorossiysk on the Black Sea should exceed...
MSC buys four container ships from Safetrans
Geneva, Switzerland (Ports Europe) September 12, 2024 – MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company has purchased four Panamax-class container ships from...
Update: China to help (again) Russia’s North-South corridor
Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) September 12, 2024 – Russia is again relying on help from China to develop a strategic transportation project – the...
Chinese company signs contract to use Astrakhan SEZ
Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) September 6, 2024 – The Chinese company Guangdong Xinhui Cimc Special Transportation Equipment Co., Ltd, Kiton Group LLC...
Russian President Putin launches coal terminal in Sukhodol seaport
Vladivostok, Russia (Ports Europe) September 5, 2024 – Russian President Vladimir Putin has launched operations at the coal terminal in the Sukhodol...
Delo Group to develop rail transportation in Republic of Sakha
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) September 5, 2024 – The Delo Group plans to develop railway transportation in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) with its...
Port of Tuapse sees oil product exports down in September
Tuapse, Russia (Ports Europe) September 5, 2024 – Local traders have predicted that oil product exports from the Russian port of Tuapse will fall to...
Unrealistic dreams for 65 TLC in Russia by 2030
Vladivostok, Russia (Ports Europe) September 5, 2024 – The capacity of transport and logistics centres (TLC) in Russia is planned to increase 2.5 times...
Equipment worth €30 mln stolen from Russia’s Kamysh-Burun port
Kerch, Ukraine (Ports Europe) September 4, 2024 – Equipment worth about 3 billion rubles (30.35 million euro) was stolen from Russia’s port...
Modernisation of privatised Korsakov port, part of the NSR
Korsakov, Russia (Ports Europe) September 4, 2024 – Repair works have begun at the recently privatised Korsakov port on Sakhalin Island in Russia’s Far...
Yet another dredging of Astrakhan port on shrinking Caspian Sea
Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) September 3, 2024 – More than 46 million rubles (463,000 euros) are allocated for yet another dredging of Russia’s...
Moscow wants a deep-water port in Naiba on the Arctic route
Naiba, Russia (Ports Europe) September 2, 2024 – The construction of a deep-water port in Naiba on the Arctic Laptev Sea will allow the docking of all...
Putin alarmed by shrinking Caspian Sea, but no way to prevent it
Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) September 2, 2024 – After decades of ignoring the shallowing of the Caspian Sea, Russia has suddenly started looking for...
New €3.3 bln deep-water port in Arkhangelsk? NSR in focus
Arkhangelsk, Russia (Ports Europe) September 2, 2024 – Russia’s Eurosib, a diversified holding with a focus on transport and logistics, is an investor...
Rosatom on Russia’s Arctic Northern Sea Route
Arkhangelsk, Russia (Ports Europe) August 30, 2024 – Under the headline Arctic Motion, Russia’s giant state-owned corporation Rosatom has published...
New port logistics hub on Russia’s Kama River
Bolshoe Afanasovo, Russia (Ports Europe) August 30, 2024 – A new port logistics hub on the left bank of the Kama River in the Bolshoe Afanasovo...