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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)

Belarus seeks port cooperation from Russia to maintain exports

Minsk, Belarus (Ports Europe) September 14, 2021 – In an interview with the Belarus-1 TV channel, the Prime Minister of Belarus Roman Golovchenko said...

Russian seaport cargo traffic increases slightly Jan-Aug 2021

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) September 13, 2021 – In January-August 2021, Russian seaports handled 552.75 million tons of cargo, up 1.6% on the same...

KSK Grain Terminal increases grain exports

Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) September 8, 2021 – In August 2021, the KSK Grain Terminal, part of DeloPorts, took the first place in grain...

U.S. Ambassador Pyatt’s speaks at Center for European Policy Analysis event on the Eastern Mediterranean

Athens, Greece (Ports Europe) September 8, 2021 – The Washington-based Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA) has held a virtual event called...

NCSP Group’s cargo turnover totals 67.4 million tons (–2.3%) in Jan-Jul 2021

NCSP reports consolidated cargo turnover for first 7 months of 2021 year-on-year of 67.4 million tons (–2.3%) – September 7, 2021 Liquid cargo...

Analysis – Caspiy and Martrade advance plans for modernisation of berths in Olya port on the Caspian Sea

Olya, Russia (Ports Europe) September 1, 2021 – PLC Caspiy has received from Russia’s Ministry of Economic Development resident status for the port-type...

PJSC TransContainer’s IFRS-based net profit in first half of 2021 increased by 55%

Russian largest container operator PJSC TransContainer of Delo Group publishes its financial statements for the first half of 2021 prepared in accordance with...

NCSP Group revenue shows slight increase in first half

NCSP Group (Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port) has published its consolidated financial results for the 6 months of 2021 – August 30, 2021 Consolidated...

DeloPorts completes two years of operation of berth No. 38 of the NUTEP Container Terminal

Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) August 31, 2021 – DeloPorts, a stevedore division of Delo Group, has published performance details of the deep-water...

Turkey’s Sefine Shipyard wins Russian icebreaker contract

Yalova, Turkey (Ports Europe) August 30, 2021 -Earlier this month, Turkey’s Sefine Shipyard was awarded the contract to construct an 18 MW icebreaker to be...

NCSP Group hosts the Climate and Ecology month

NCSP Group (Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port) is holding the Climate and Ecology month initiated by PJSC Transneft within the Year of Science and Technology in...

Russia’s Global Ports Investments PLC issues Q2 2021 results

Global Ports Investments PLC today publishes its interim condensed consolidated financial information (unaudited) for the six month period ended 30 June 2021...

A.P. Moller – Maersk opens an Inland Container Depot at Novorossiysk, Russia

Maersk´s first Russian Inland Container Depot will create over 48 jobs and add needed storage/cross-dock capacity to relieve strained supply chains –...

DeloPorts’ throughput increased by 13% in 6 months 2021

The throughput of the Delo Group’s stevedore terminals DeloPorts increased by 13% in January-June 2021 compared to 2020 and reached 5.7 mln tons –...

Russia’s Port of Taganrog set for new grain handling complex

Taganrog, Russia (Ports Europe) August 17, 2021 – State agency Glavgosexpertiza has announced positive results of engineering surveys for the...

Cargo turnover of NCSP was 58.4 million tons (-6.9%) in Q2 2021

Novorossiysk – NCSP has reported consolidated cargo turnover of 58.4 million tons for January-June 2021, down -6.9% compared to the same period of 2020...

Cargo traffic of Russian seaports in January-July 2021 was up + 1.5%

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) August 11, 2021 – State agency Rosmorrechflot has reported that cargo traffic of Russian seaports in January-July 2021 was...

Tuapse Sea Commercial Port reports first half cargo up over 11%

Tuapse, Russia (Ports Europe) August 2, 2021 – Tuapse Sea Commercial Port, the major terminal operator at the port, has reported total traffic of 8.7...

Kazakhstan receives delegation of Astrakhan region, Russian Federation

Prime Minister Askar Mamin receives delegation of Astrakhan region, Russian Federation – July 26, 2021 The parties discussed topical issues of...

KSK records seasonal record for grain transshipment

Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) July 14, 2021 – KSK, a part of DeloPorts, handled 5.196 million tons of grain in the 2020/2021 season, up 305,000...

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