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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)

Rosmorport revenue from port dues in Jan-Aug 2020 decreased by 6% compared to 2019

FSUE “Rosmorport” revenue from port dues in January-August decreased by 6% compared to the previous year (Submitted with technical revision in the...

Maersk makes AE19 ocean-rail service from Asia to Europe permanent

Just over a year after its launch in August 2019, Maersk’s AE19 ocean-rail product from Asia to Europe becomes a permanent weekly service responding to...

NCSP Group Consolidated Financial and Operating results for first months of 2020

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

Russian government issues port list for investment tax

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) August 27, 2020 – Acting Minister of Transport Innokenty Alafinov has signed an order to change the rules for collecting...

Taganrog Commercial Sea Port maintains cargo traffic in first half 2020

Taganrog, Russia (PortSEurope) August 27, 2020 – In January-July 2020, cargo turnover of Taganrog Commercial Sea Port JSC (TagMTP) was 552,100 tons,...

Volga Shipping Company increases volumes carried by seagoing dry cargo fleet

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) August 26, 2020 – In January-June 2020, the Volga Shipping Company transported 2.46 million tonnes of cargo, up 9% on the...

Cargo turnover of NCSP Group in January-June 2020 sees nearly 10% fall

Normalized [1] cargo turnover of NCSP Group (LSE: NCSP, MOEX: NMTP) amounted to 62.7 million tons (-9.4%) – August 24, 2020 Liquid cargo Transshipment...

Volga Shipping delivers components for wind power generators

Rostov-on-Don, Russia (PortSEurope) August 20, 2020 – On August 14, Volga Shipping Company completed the delivery of equipment of German origin from...

Russia: Global Ports – terminal throughput Q2 2020

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) August 19, 2020 – Global Ports published yesterday its financial results for the period January-July 2020. The report...

Rosmorport port fees for Jan-Jul 2020 decreased by 6%

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) August 18, 2020 – Revenue generated by Rosmorport from port fees in the period January-July 2020 decreased by 6%, or to 11.8...

Analysis – Russia “discovers” its strategic Caspian Sea ports

Makhachkala, Russia (PortSEurope) August 13, 2020 – After years of neglect, it seems that Moscow is slowly discovering the potential of its three Caspian Sea...

Makhachkala port seeks Russian transport hub role in the Caspian Sea

Makhachkala, Russia (PortSEurope) August 13, 2020 – The Russian government is planning to develop the infrastructure of Makhachkala port, Dagestan, on...

Iran and Russia to start joint Caspian Sea shipping line

Tehran, Iran (PortSEurope) August 13, 2020 – Moscow and Tehran have agreed to launch a new Caspian Sea shipping service between Russia’s port of...

Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port joined the national project to increase labour productivity

Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) August 12, 2020 – NCSP, the largest Russian port operator in terms of cargo turnover, has announced the signing of a...

Analysis – Port of Tripoli must replace destroyed Beirut as entry gate to Lebanon

Tripoli, Lebanon (PortSEurope) August 8, 2020 – The second busiest Lebanese port of Tripoli is to take over the functions of Beirut port, obliterated by a...

Analysis – The aftermath of the Beirut port obliteration

Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) August 7, 2020 – The port of Beirut, Lebanon’s busiest port, is not going to recover for many months after what is...

Russia’s Astrakhan ports see 15% increase in transshipment in first half of 2020

Astrakhan, Russia (PortSEurope) August 4, 2020 – The seaports of Russia’s Astrakhan region registered transshipment of goods of over 1.5 million...

APM Terminals first to launch fully digital export management system in Russia

Following successful testing at the Turukhtanny customs post in June this year, First Container Terminal (FCT), will become the first Russian terminal to...

KSK Grain Terminal in Novorossiysk port set for reconstruction

Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) July 23, 2020 – The KSK Grain Terminal has been operated at the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk by DeloPorts since...

Russia’s TransContainer reports over 10% y-o-y increase in container transport

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) July 23, 2020 – PJSC TransContainer has said that container handling volumes increased by 10.8% year-on-year. Revenue for...

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