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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)

Volga Shipping Company increased coal transportation more than 1.5 times

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) November 24, 2021 – In the first 10 months of the 2021 navigation season, the dry cargo fleet of Volga Shipping Company...

Russia talks with Lebanon official reveal interest in the Port of Beirut

Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) November 23, 2021 – Rosneft, the Russian energy company, has indicated that it plans to expand its oil product storage...

Russia forecasts 43.6 million tons increase in seaport capacity in 2021

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) November 19, 2021 – With a number of infrastructure projects underway, Russia’s state-owned Rosmorrechflot agency has...

Rosmorport and Novaya Pristan sign agreement on the infrastructure expansion of the port of Novorossiysk

Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) November 18, 2021 – State-owned Rosmorport has signed a cooperation agreement with the LLC Novaya Pristan for the...

Russian seaport container traffic up over 6% in Jan-Oct 2021

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) November 14, 2021 – Total container handling by Russian ports in January-October 2021 was 4.64 million TEU, an increase of...

Volga Shipping Company increased coal transportation more than 1.5 times

Over a period of 10 months of the 2021 navigation season, dry cargo fleet of Volga Shipping Company carried more than 860,000 tonnes of coal, which exceeds the...

Port of Novorossiysk again with the highest cargo turnover among Russia’s ports with 104.79 million tonnes in Jan-Sep’21

Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) October 29, 2021 – Cargo turnover of Russia’s seaports during the first nine months of 2021 was 622.05 million tonnes...

Port Mechel-Temryuk sees 9-month cargo volumes increase 3%

Rostov, Russia, (PortSEurope) October 28, 2021 – Port Mechel-Temryuk has reported cargo traffic of 1.1 miilion tons in the first nine months of 2021, up...

Russian seaports see volume of transshipment of foreign trade cargo up 21%

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) October 28, 2021 – The volume of transshipment of foreign trade cargo of Russia through the seaports of the Russian...

Russia delays ships crossing Kerch Strait to and from Mariupol and Berdyansk

Mariupol, Ukraine (PortSEurope) October 27, 2021 – As part of an unannounced blockade of the Sea of ​​Azov last September, Russia increased the...

Russia’s NCSP sees January-August cargo traffic stable

In the period January-August 2021, NCSP (Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port) handled 76.27 million tons of cargo, up +0.05% on 76.23 million tons in the same...

Iran plans shipping services to Northern Caspian Sea port

Tehran, Iran (PortSEurope) October 20, 2021 – The Tehran Times has reported that Iran’s Trade Promotion Organization (TPO) has signed an agreement with...

Top Russian ports – a review

Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) October 20, 2021 – There are 67 seaports in Russia located on 12 seas, from the Black and Baltic to the Pacific and...

Russia’s Global Ports Investments PLC reports operational results for Q3 2021

Russia’s UK-listed Global Ports Investments PLC has announced its operational results for Q3 2021 and 9m 2021 to 30 September 2021 – October...

Russia to sell its 20% in port of Novorossiysk, the country’s largest by cargo turnover

Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) October 17, 2021 – The Black Sea port of Novorossiysk, Russia’s largest by cargo turnover, will be reinstated in the...

Demetra Trading (Novorossiysk) exports wheat to Saudi Arabia for the first time

For the first time Demetra Trading (Novorossiysk Grain Terminal) exported wheat to Saudi Arabia, the volume of deliveries amounted to 64,000 tons –...

Russian seaports see cargo turnover of the in January-August 2021 up +1.6%

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) October 13, 2021 – Cargo turnover of the seaports of Russia in January-August 2021 was 552.8 million tons, up by 1.6%...

Delo Group has published its consolidated financial results for 2020

Delo Management Company, the parent company of Delo Group, prepared consolidated financial statements for 2020 in accordance with IFRS standards and for the...

The Neva 2021 exhibition & conference opens in St. Petersburg

Neva 2021, the 16th International Exhibition and Conference for Commercial Shipping, Shipbuilding, Offshore Energy, Ports, Inland Waterways and Oceanography,...

TransContainer, Taewoong Logistics arrange first rail cargo from Korea to Turkey via ports

Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) September 16, 2021 – Russia’s TransContainer and Taewoong Logistics have arranged the first transportation of...

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