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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)

Astrakhan and Azerbaijan discuss developing cooperation

Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) December 30, 2020 – The Azerbaijan-Russian Business Council and Astrakhan Ministry of Industry and Natural Resources has...

Analysis – Will Caspian ports become stranded assets if the sea shrinks?

Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) December 29, 2020 – The Caspian Sea started shrinking in mid-1990s and its level is projected to fall by nine to 18 metres...

More than 8 million tons of cargo transported by the Volga Shipping Company along the rivers of Russia in 2020

In the navigation season of 2020, Volga Shipping Company JSC carried 8.2 million tonnes of cargo by inland water ways of Russia – December 15, 2020 In...

Analysis – Russia keeps pushing for development of Caspian Sea ports and Volga-Don Canal

Astrakhan, Russia (PortSEurope) December 14, 2020 – The prospects for the development of container services in the Caspian Sea and the creation of a...

Russian seaports see cargo traffic down over 2% in January-November

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) December 14, 2020 – According to Rosmorrechflot (Federal Marine and River Transport Agency), the turnover of the seaports of...

NCSP Group announces financial results for Jan-Sep 2020

NCSP Group announces its consolidated financial results for the nine months, ended 30 September 2020, prepared under International Financial Reporting...

Ukraine government makes Crimea statement

On 7 December 2020, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba made the following statement  “On 7 December 2020, the 75th session of the UN...

Russia considers introducing liability for investors in port infrastructure

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) December 8, 2020 – The government has approved for submission to the State Duma a bill introducing liability for investors...

NCSP Group consolidated cargo turnover for January–October 2020

Normalized[1] cargo turnover of the Group totaled 92.7 million tons (-21.9%) – December 4, 2020 Liquid cargo Transshipment of liquid cargo amounted to...

Caspian Container Lines tests Iran-Russia service

Astrakhan, Russia (PortSEurope) December 6, 2020 – Iran and Russia agreed to launch a container shipping line in the Caspian Sea by September to expand...

Analysis – Central Asia to help China bypass Russia en route to Europe

Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) December 3 – It is China, again, that is emerging as an unlikely winner from the agreed direct link between Turkey and...

NCSP reports reduced cargo traffic for Q3 2020

Normalized[1]cargo turnover of NCSP Group totaled 84.4 million tons (-21.3%) – November 18, 2020 Liquid cargo Transshipment of liquid cargo was down by...

Turkmenbashi seeks to restart ferry connections with Makhachkala and expand transit corridors

Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan (PortSEurope) November 16, 2020 – Dagestan is considering a proposal to resume a ferry service between the Caspian Sea ports...

EUROKAI GmbH & Co. KGaA – third quarter container traffic down over 9%

Hamburg, Germany (PortSEurope) November 16, 2020 – EUROKAI GmbH & Co. KGaA has reported third quarter results showing reduced container throughput at...

Rosmorport sees small revenue decrease in October

In October 2020, FSUE Rosmorport revenue decreased by 0.4%, to 2.25 billion rubles as compared to September this year. At the same time, the company’s...

Description of the Turkey-Azerbaijan direct road link gained from the Nagorno-Karabakh war

Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) November 11, 2020 – The agreed direct link between Turkey and Azerbaijan, secured in the ceasefire deal between Azerbaijan and...

Taganrog port sees 10-month cargo down 2%

Taganrog, Russia (PortSEurope) November 9, 2020 – In January-October 2020, the seaport of Taganrog registered 2.381 million tonnes of cargo, down -2% on...

Kazakh ships to gain faster access to Russian rivers for shipment of goods from and to Azerbaijan, Iran and Turkmenistan

Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) November 9, 2020 – Kazakhstani companies will gain faster and easier access to inland waterways (navigable rivers) in Russia...

Azov port sees 10-month increase in cargo

Azov, Russia (PortSEurope) November 3, 2020 – In the first 10 months of this year, short-sea traffic using the Russian port of Azov increased by 37% to...

Taganrog port sees 6% increase in nine month cargo traffic

Taganrog, Russia (PortSEurope) November 3, 2020 – Taganrog Commercial Sea Port JSC has reported that in the first nine months of 2020 cargo handled was...

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