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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)

Senior ministers discuss Russian port development plan

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) July 22, 2020 – Rosmorrechflot has reported that First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Andrei Belousov has chaired a meeting...

DBO Bahnoperator, METRANS, PKP Cargo, and JSC UTLC ERA test New Silk Road rail route

DBO Bahnoperator & METRANS, along with PKP Cargo, and JSC UTLC ERA tested a new route for the China-Europe-China container trains as the New Silk Road...

Russia’s DeloPorts reports first half cargo traffic up over 50%

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) July 20, 2020 – In the first half of 2020, DeloPorts has reported terminal cargo turnover of 5 million tons, up...

Rosmorrechflot presents Sea Ports of Russia (KPMI) project to investors

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) July 17, 2020 – Deputy Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation Yuri Tsvetkov has chaired an event where the “Sea...

Russia’s Global Ports Investments sees TEU throughput up over 8% in Q2 2020

London, United Kingdom (PortSEurope) July 16, 2020 – Russia’s Global Ports Investments has announced results for H1 and Q2 2020, with consolidated...

Russia’s Azov, Black and Caspian Seaports report 2020 cargo numbers

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) July 15, 2020 – The Federal Agency for Sea and River Transport (Rosmorrechflot) has reported cargo turnover of Russian...

Cargo traffic of Russian seaports up 0.1% in first half of 2020

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) July 13, 2020 – The Federal Agency for Sea and River Transport (Rosmorrechflot) has reported cargo turnover of Russian...

Rosmorport reports increased revenue in first half of 2020

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) July 13, 2020 – FSUE Rosmorport has reported revenue of 14.7 billion rubles (€1.83 billion) in the first half of 2020, up...

Workers in Syria’s Tartus protest again Russia’s company management of the port

Tartus, Syria (Ports Europe) July 9, 2020 – Port workers in Tartus have again complained about their Russian employer irregular and lower than the agreed...

Prime Minister of Kazakhstan chairs meeting of the Board of the Eurasian Development Bank

Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Askar Mamin chaired a meeting of the Council of the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) via video conference – June 30, 2020 The...

Turkmenistan seeks increased trade with Russia’s Astrakhan region

Negotiations were held in the form of a videoconference with the leadership of the Astrakhan Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Russia and Turkmenistan to...

Russian authorities review Gelendzhink port project

Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) July 1, 2020 – The Rosmorrechflot commission has conducted an audit of the capital construction of the coastal and...

Serbia, Russian Federation committed to further development of cooperation in all areas

Belgrade, 18 June 2020 First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic stated today that Serbia is firmly committed to the further...

NCSP sees near 17% drop in revenue in Q1 2020

Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) June 16, 2020 – NCSP Group has announced its consolidated financial results for the three months to 31 March 2020....

Russia’s Caspian ports continue to increase cargo volumes in January-May 2020

Makhachkala, Russia (Ports Europe) June 11, 2020 – Cargo volumes handled by the three Russian ports in the Caspian Sea in the first five months of 2020...

NCSP Group’s consolidated cargo turnover for Jan–Apr 2020 totalled 45.9 mln tons

Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) June 10, 2020 – NCSP Group has reported that cargo turnover of NCSP Group for January–April 2020 grew by 1.7%...

Global Ports Group’s First Container Terminal is first Russian terminal to transfer to paperless export management system

Global Ports Group has launched a service for the digital issuance of orders for the loading of export containers at its First Container Terminal (FCT),...

TransContainer calls for container transportation through Russia to be subsidized by the state

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) June 9, 2020 – Digitalization, excess of transport capacity, transit of sanctioned goods through Russia, changes in the...

Russia’s network of specialised oil ports

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) June 8, 2020 – Russia is one of the countries with the largest number of specialised oil and petroleum products ports in the...

Taganrog Commercial Sea Port invests in environmental programme

Taganrog, Russia (Ports Europe) June 2, 2020 – In the first quarter of 2020, Taganrog Commercial Sea Port JSC (TagMTP) allocated a total of 1.6 million...

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