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 exports grain from occupied Berdyansk port
Vienna, Austria (PortSEurope) July 1, 2022 – The first vessel carrying grain has left from the Berdyansk port in the Russian-occupied part of the...
Azerbaijan expects up to five times more cargo from China to Europe and back
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) June 28, 2022 – Transport infrastructure of Azerbaijan is ready for a sharp increase of the flow of transit cargo,...
Greek trade with Russia and Ukraine in April 2022
Athens, Greece (PortSEurope) June 24, 2022 – The Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) has released preliminary figures for Greek bilateral trade with...
Poti-Port Kavkaz train-ferry link between Georgia and Russia set for delay
Poti, Georgia (PortSEurope) June 24, 2022 – The Armenian government has indicated its concern that the proposed Poti-Port Kavkaz train-ferry link between...
Turkey and Russia continue talks about reopening Ukrainian ports
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) June 23, 2022 – A military delegation from Turkey’s Ministry of National Defense went to Moscow yesterday to discuss...
RUSCON launches direct multimodal service to Port of Ashdod
Ashdod, Israel (Ports Europe) June 22, 2022 – Russian logistics operator RUSCON has launched a new multimodal service between Russia and the Port of...
Metinvest asks customers to avoid products stolen from Mariupol
Kiev, Ukraine, (Ports Europe) June 22, 2022 – Metinvest Group has asked customers of steel products not to buy such goods from Ilyich Steel and Azovstal...
EU extends sanctions on Crimea and city of Sevastopol
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) June 20, 2022 – The European Council has announced the renewal of sanctions introduced by the European Union...
Moscow fixated on Astrakhan port as it looks to use INSTC to bypass sanctions
Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) June 20, 2022 – The Astrakhan region of Russia has presented its ambitious port special economic zone (SEZ) project...
Donetsk People’s Republic says it will use Port of Mariupol to export grain
Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) June 20, 2022 – Denis Pushilin, president of the self-declared Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), has commented that...
Iran and Russia to set up mutual trade centres
Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) June 20, 2022 – Last week, Iran and Russia signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the establishment of mutual...
Russia accused of exporting Ukrainian grain via Sevastopol
Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) June 20, 2022 – The U.S. space technology company Maxar has satellite images which show Russian vessels being loaded with...
Comment of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine on the suspension of representatives of the Russian Federation from participation in the work of the Danube Commission
News – Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine – 16 June 2022 Following the start of Russia’s large-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Danube...
Port of Berdyansk ready to export grain – local official
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) June 14, 2022 – The Port of Berdyansk will be ready to resume grain shipments and wheat deliveries to Turkey are possible....
IRISL with first cargo shipment from Russia to India through the North-South International Transport Corridor
Solyanka, Russia (Ports Europe) June 13, 2022 – The Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Line (IRISL) has realised the first multimodal cargo shipment from...
Russia’s President Putin calls for Caspian Sea port development
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) June 12, 2022 – Hard pressed by western sanctions for his invasion in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin urged in...
Russia says that the occupied ports of Berdyansk and Mariupol are operating normally
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) June 9, 2022 – The Russian government has said that the occupied ports of Berdyansk and Mariupol are operating normally and...
EU adopts complete import ban on all Russian seaborne crude oil and petroleum products
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) June 5, 2022 – The European Commission has adopted the sixth package of restrictive measures against Russia. It includes...
The two most sanctioned countries try to cheat the West via a logistics bridge across Caspian Sea
Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) June 3, 2022 – The two most sanctioned countries in the world – Russia and Iran – are trying to improve transport links...
15% less cargo handled by the Russian port of Azov in first five months of 2022
Azov, Russia (Ports Europe) June 2, 2022 – Cargo turnover of Russia’s Port of Azov in January-May of 2022 was 2.7 million tonnes, 15% lower than in the...