Russia
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)
A.P. Moller-Maersk to pioneer a first-ever block train from Japan to UK via Trans-Siberian railway
The Maersk´s forty 40’-container consignment has arrived at Felixstowe, UK, on March 2nd, after its departure from Yokohama, Japan in January and having...
Sharp decrease of oil cargo in Russian ports in Azov and Black Seas in January
Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) February 28 – Cargo turnover in Russia’s ports in the Azov Sea-Black Sea basin in January decreased by 15.2%...
Taganrog Commercial Sea Port registers investment of 16.3 million rubles in 2020
Taganrog, Russia (Ports Europe) February 22, 2021 – In 2020, 16.3 million rubles were allocated for the development of the port infrastructure of...
Global Ports handles first cargo train from Japan to Europe
Saint Petersburg, Russia (Ports Europe) February 18, 2021 – First Container Terminal (FCT) and Vostochnaya Stevedoring Company (VSC) have handled the...
Russia to link railway coal discounts to port environment policies
The Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia (FAS) proposes to link discounts for coal transportation by rail with the environmental friendliness of Russian...
Consolidated cargo turnover of NCSP Group for 2020, down -21%
Consolidated cargo turnover of Russia’s NCSP Group for 12 months of 2020 compared to the same period in 2019. Normalized cargo turnover of NCSP Group...
Novorossiysk port new bulk cargo terminal faces local citizens’ protests
Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) February 12, 2021 – Citizens of Novorossiysk, the largest Russian port on the Northeast coast of the Black Sea, have been...
Design capacity of the new Olya port’s SEZ to be reached in 2026
Olya, Russia (PortSEurope) February 11, 2021 – The port special economic zone (SEZ), which is being created in the Astrakhan region on the territory adjacent...
Southern Pier ready as part of Gelendzhik port modernisation
Gelendzhik, Russia (PortSEurope) February 11, 2021 – A working meeting has evaluated the implementation progress of the project “Complex of coastal...
New customs office for the new bulk cargo terminal in Russia’s Taman port
Taman, Russia (PortSEurope) February 11, 2021 – On the Taman Peninsula, the Taman bulk cargo terminal is being built. It will be the largest on the...
New terminals to be constructed in Russia’s Temryuk port
Temryuk, Russia (PortSEurope) February 11, 2021 – The development prospects for Temryuk, Russia’s southernmost port on the Azov Sea, are based on projects...
Cargo deliveries to and from Russian ports in 2020
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) February 8, 2021 – Russian cargo transported through the seaports of Russia, the Baltic countries, Ukraine and Finland in...
Maersk expands cold chain options for fresh fruit from the Black Sea and the Mediterranean to Central Russia
Copenhagen, Denmark – January 27, 2021 On the 21st of December 2020, the first refrigerated containers heading from Mersin, Turkey, were dispatched from...
Novorossiysk port’s KSK Grain Terminal raises funds for investment
Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) February 4, 2021 – KSK Grain Terminal, part of DeloPorts, and Alfa-Bank have signed an agreement for KSK 1.1 billion...
Trilateral working group of Azerbaijan, Armenia and Russia discusses transport
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) February 1, 2021 – Deputy prime ministers of Azerbaijan, Armenia and Russia have met to discuss the aims of the trilateral...
Russia’s Azov Sea ports processed more cargo in 2020
Kavkaz, Russia (PortSEurope) February 1, 2021 – Russia’s Azov Sea ports handled 88.6 million tonnes of cargo in 2020, an increase of 8.1% compared to...
NCSP has reported a -21.2% fall in consolidated cargo turnover of NCSP Group for January–November 2020
Normalized cargo turnover of the Group totaled 101.4 million tons (-21.2%) – January 26, 2021 Liquid cargo Transshipment of liquid cargo amounted to 80.6...
Global Ports Investments reports increased container throughput in 2020
London, United Kingdom (PortSEurope) January 20, 2021 – Global Ports Investments PLC has today announced its operational results for Q4 and the full...
Russia predicts high cargo volumes for Northern Sea Route
The transformation of the Northern Sea Route (NSR) into a year-round route will increase the volume of cargo transportation to 700 million tons per...
Capacity of Russian seaports set to increase by 50 million tons in 2021
The production capacity of Russian seaports in 2021 is planned to be increased by 50 million tons due to the commissioning of facilities under construction and...