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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)

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 Q4 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...

Cargo volume via Northern Sea Route was 35 mln tons in 2021

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) January 12, 2022 – The cargo volume on the Northern Sea Route (NSR) in 2021 was 34.85 million tons. This is nearly 2...

DeloPorts and China’s ZPMC sign port crane agreement

Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) January 11, 2022 – Last month, NUTEP, the part of DeloPorts, signed the agreement with China’s Shanghai Zhenhua...

Russia’s DeloPorts starts using renewable energy

Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) January 11, 2022 – Since January 2022 DeloPorts, part of the Delo Group, has started using electricity generated at...

Novorossiysk Grain Terminal resumed exporting sunflower oil

The transshipment of vegetable oil for export resumed at the Novorossiysk Grain Terminal for the first time in eight months of the last season – December...

2021 on the New Silk Road: integration of infrastructures, technologies and expertise

By the end of 2021 the volume of railway container transportation between Europe and China will make one million standard containers (TEU). Integration...

Russian ships banned from Ukraine’s ports of the Dniester, Danube, Dnieper rivers, but Russia controls the Azov Sea

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) January 3, 2022 – A law banning Russian ships from accessing Ukraine’s internal waters came into force on January 1,...

Petrolesport handled transit cars from China to Europe as part of new railway-sea pilot

Petrolesport (PLP), part of the Global Ports Group, has participated in the pilot project of the new China-Europe intermodal transit route, reloading passenger...

Consolidated cargo turnover of NCSP Group for 10 months of 2021 increased by 2.9%

Consolidated cargo turnover of NCSP Group for 10 months of 2021 compared to the same period in 2020 increased by 2.9% – December 13, 2021 Liquid cargo...

Russian ports see container turnover up by by 6.5% in 11-month period

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) December 13, 2021 – Container turnover of Russian ports in January-November 2021 was 5.11 million TEU, up +6.5% (4.8 million...

NUTEP container terminal sets a terminal record

Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) December 9, 2021 – On December 7, 2021, the NUTEP container terminal handled four container ships at its berths...

Container terminal in Syria’s port of Latakia, controlled by Iran, hit by an Israeli missile strike

Latakia, Syria (PortSEurope) December 7, 2021 – The container storage area of Syria’s Eastern Mediterranean Sea port of Latakia was hit by an Israeli...

Port of Taganrog sees slight fall in 11-month cargo

Taganrog, Russia (PortSEurope) December 7, 2021 – In January-November 2021, the port of Taganrog handled 2.65 million tonnes of cargo, down -2% on the...

Russia publishes a new Transport Strategy of the Russian Federation until 2030

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) December 6, 2021 – The Russia Federation Government has published its new Transport Strategy of the Russian Federation until...

EDB to finance the new multifunctional port and logistics complex in Caspian Sea port of Olya

Olya, Russia (PortSEurope) December 3, 2021 – The Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) is considering financing for the Caspian Port and Logistics Company...

Ruscon set monthly record for container trains dispatch from Novorossiysk port

By the end of November 2021, the multimodal transport operator Ruscon, part of the Delo Group, set a monthly record by dispatching 14 public container trains...

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