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 seeks Russian support for new Baltic Sea port
Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) February 21, 2022 – With the backdrop of the Ukrainian crisis, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko held talks with...
USPA publishes statement on effects of Russian Black Sea activity on its ports
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 18, 2022 – Numerous questions and inquiries from the media about the economic consequences of military...
Cargo turnover of NCSP Group increased by 4.5% in 2021
During 2021, NCSP Group showed an increase in transshipment volumes, and for a number of key cargoes, the growth dynamics became higher than in the industry as...
TransContainer increases container handling at its largest terminals in 2021
PJSC TransContainer of the Delo Group has summed up the operation results of its largest terminals for 2021 – in Novosibirsk Region, St. Petersburg and...
Ukraine warns of a blockade of Black Sea ports
A corridor has been identified for the safe entry of merchant vessels into Ukrainian ports. Depth is confirmed at the level of 15-22.5 meters. Special...
Ukraine reports that it seaports are operating normally
The Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine has reported today that vessels of the State Hydrographic Institute have inspected more than 50% of the maritime...
Analysis – Ukraine and Russia’s meddling Much ado about nothing, political theatre at the expense of ports’ business
Mariupol, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 14, 2022 – We are not going to have a Russian invasion in Ukraine. It already has happened in 2014 with the...
USPA confirms that the Russian Federation has canceled the blocking of the Sea of ​​Azov
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 11, 2022 – The Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) reported today that on the basis of a letter from the...
Statement by Ukraine on the decision of the Russian Federation to block parts of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov and the Kerch Strait
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine strongly protests against the decision of the Russian Federation to block parts of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov...
KSK received first 100.000-tons grain vessel in Port of Novorossiysk
On January 27, 2022, the KSK Grain Terminal, a part of DeloPorts, a stevedoring asset of Delo Group, received for loading a grain vessel NORAH with a capacity...
OTEKO Group almost doubles transshipment volumes in the port of Taman
The OTEKO Group of Companies has published its results for 2021- January 26, 2022 The volume of transshipment at the group’s terminals in the port of...
Russia’s government to save sanctions hit ports in occupied Crimea with Syrian cargo
Feodosia, Crimea, Ukraine (Ports Europe) January 25, 2022 – Severely hit by the sanctions imposed on Ukraine’s Crimea after its annexation by Russia in...
Dredging of Berdyansk port could be linked to a future Ukrainian Navy base in Azov Sea
Berdyansk, Ukraine (Ports Europe) January 24, 2020 – Dredging works have started in Ukraine’s Azov Sea port of Berdyansk and aim to maintain the passport...
Russian seaports increased traffic in 2021, but has not yet reached the level of 2019
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) January 20, 2022 – Total cargo handling by Russian seaports was 835.2 million tons in 2021, up +1.7% compared to...
Total cargo turnover of Russian seaports in 2021 was 835.2 million tons, up +1.7%
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) January 20, 2022 – Total cargo turnover of Russian seaports in 2021 was 835.2 million tons, an increase of +1.7% compared...
NCSP holds a working meeting with Andrey Kravchenko, Head of the Novorossiysk municipality
Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) January 20, 2022 – NCSP Group has held a working meeting with Andrey Kravchenko, Head of the Novorossiysk...
Russia’s Global Ports sees TEU handling up +2.3% in 2021
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) January 20, 2022 – Global Ports Investments PLC has announced its operational results for Q4Â and 2021 which shows that TEU...
New container terminal planned for Olya port and deepening of Volga-Caspian Sea Canal
Olya, Russia (Ports Europe) January 18, 2022 – By the end of 2023, the first stage of construction of a new container terminal in Caspian Sea port of...
Ruscon increased the shipment of container trains from Novorossiysk port in 2021
The multimodal logistics operator Ruscon, part of the Delo Group, increased the dispatch of container trains from Novorossiysk port by more than 1.5 times in...
Cargo turnover of Russian seaports increased by 1.7% compared to 2020; close to 2019 levels
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) January 18, 2022 – Cargo turnover of Russian seaports increased by 1.7% compared to 2020, to 835.2 million tons, reported...