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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)

UPDATE – Ukraine can’t use its Black and Azov Sea ports after Russian invasion; Commodities’ export affected

Mariupol, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 26 – Ukraine, invaded by Russia on February 24, became commercially a landlocked country after Moscow blocked the...

Russian invasion of Ukraine threatens grain supplies – port companies suspend activities

Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) February 25, 2022 – The Ukrainian authorities have suspended all commercial shipping from its ports, according to a report...

Russia has invaded Ukraine – Azov Sea closed

Mariupol, Russia (Ports Europe) February 24 – Russia blocked the entire Azov Sea from 0400 Moscow time February 24, paralysing the Ukrainian ports of...

Port of Monfalcone concerned about cargo from Ukraine

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) February 23, 2022 – The Port of Monfalcone in the North Adriatic Sea is an importer of steel from the Ukrainian port of...

DeloPorts operating results for 2021

Following the results of 2021, cargo turnover of DeloPorts terminals, the stevedoring asset of Delo Group, increased by 5% compared to the same period last...

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...

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