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)
Russia to corporatise Rosmorport
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) October 28, 2020 – The government has submitted a bill on the privatization of FSUE Rosmorport with the aim of converting it...
Consolidated cargo turnover of NCSP for January – August 2020 compared to same period in 2019
The normalized [1] cargo turnover of NCSP Group amounted to 76.2 million tons – October 26, 2020 Liquid cargo Transshipment of liquid bulk cargo...
Russia plans port SEZ in Astrakhan region
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) October 25, 2020 – Russia’s Ministry of Economic Development has said that it plans to allocate RUB 2.8 billion for...
Russia’s DeloPorts reports cargo turnover up 40%
Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) October 19, 2020 – Total cargo turnover of DeloPorts terminals, the stevedore division of Delo Group, has reported...
Russia’s Global Ports Investments announces operational results for Q3 & first nine months of 2020
Global Ports Investments PLC, together with its subsidiaries and joint ventures, today announced its operational results for Q3 2020 and the 9 months...
Russia’s draft law on import substitution in shipbuilding adopted in the first reading
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) October 15, 2020 – The State Duma of the Russian Federation has adopted a bill that will stimulate shipping, leasing...
Kotlin Shipping Company to start container service linking Europe via Caspian Sea
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) October 14, 2020 – The Kotlin Shipping Company will start a container service linking the EU and Russia with Asia via the...
Novorossiysk port to assess export performance
The Ministry of Economic Development of Russia and the NCSP Group will test the domestic methodology for assessing the time and financial costs when exporting...
Kavkaz port sees increase in cargo Jan-Sep 2020
Kavkaz, Russia (PortSEurope) October 12, 2020 – In the first nine months of 2020, January-September, the port of Kavkaz handled 29.159 million tons of...
Russia sees reduced transshipment volumes
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) October 11, 2020 – The Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation is forecasting a fall in cargo transshipment volume...
Sevastopol’s RSC Aquamarine plans to purchase 10 fishing vessels
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) October 9, 2020 – Sevastopol fish canning plant RSC Aquamarine plans to purchase 10 vessels frpm Sevastopol Marine Plant...
Rosmorport port fees down 7% in first nine months 2020
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) October 8, 2020 – In January-September 2020, Rosmorport saw its revenue from port fees decrease by 7%, or by 1.1 billion...
UTLC ERA JLC and Belintertrans-Germany open joint end-to-end regular multimodal service China to Western Europe
JLC United Transport and Logistics Company – Eurasian Railway Alliance (UTLC ERA JLC) and Belintertrans-Germany GmbH (BIT-Germany) open a joint...
Global Ports Investments PLC appoints new Chief Operational Officer
Global Ports Investments PLC has announced that Marc Niederer has been appointed as the Chief Operational Officer of Global Ports Management LLC, responsible...
Analysis – Russia to develop modern container terminals in the Caspian Sea and Volga river
Astrakhan, Russia (PortSEurope) September 29, 2020 – There are no modern Russian container terminals on the Caspian Sea and the Volga river and it looks like...
Russian government to revise transport infrastructure development
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) September 24, 2020 – The government has announced that it will significantly revise the plan for the development of the...
Russia’s Ministry of Industry and Trade presents new point system for localization of shipbuilding
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) September 21, 2020 – The Ministry of Industry and Trade has again revised Resolution 719 (contains a list of operations and...
Skvortsov Vyacheslav Mikhailovich elected chairman of the board of directors of NCSP
Skvortsov Vyacheslav Mikhailovich was elected Chairman of the Board of Directors of PJSC NCSP – September 14, 2020 The Board of Directors of PJSC NCSP...
In first half 2020, cargo traffic at Taganrog Commercial Sea Port remains stable
Taganrog, Russia (PortSEurope) September 15, 2020 – In the first half of 2020, cargo traffic at Taganrog Commercial Sea Port JSC (TagMTP) remained at the...
Russia’s Ministry of Transport presents seaports development plan
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) September 15, 2020 – The Ministry of Transport presented a draft plan of the federal project “Development of...