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 prepares new rules for the localization of shipbuilding
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) June 1, 2020 – The Ministry of Industry and Trade has prepared a revised Resolution 719 (import substitution) to include...
Ukraine chairs online meeting of OSCE – Azov & Black Seas on the agenda
Ukraine Deputy Minister Yehor Bozhok: “For the first time, Ukrainian chairmanship brings security of Azov-Black Sea region to comprehensive discussion at...
Russia to build a new transshipment centre in Rostov-on-Don by end-2020
Rostov, Russia (Ports Europe) May 26, 2020 – A container transshipment complex is to be constructed on the Don River near Rostov, as part of a wider plan...
Rosmorport reports steady performance in the first four months of 2020
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) May 26, 2020 – In the first four months of 2020, Rosmorport reported revenue of 10.7 billion rubles. Relative to the...
Russia’s Taganrog Commercial Sea Port (Azov Sea) reports 2% rise in Q1 2020 traffic
Taganrog, Russia (Ports Europe) May 26, 2020 – In the first three month of 2020, the Russian Azov Sea port of Taganrog has reported a more than 2% rise...
Analysis – China lends money to forward interest in Belgrade-Budapest railway, a key New Silk Road link
Budapest, Hungary (Ports Europe) May 25, 2020 – In 2013, Hungary, Serbia and China signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to build a railway that...
Analysis – Anaklia Development Consortium has no chance to finish Georgia’s deep sea port project – minister
Anaklia, Georgia (Ports Europe) May 20, 2020 – Two days after Anaklia Development Consortium (ADC) said that it was “the right partner” for the...
EUROKAI reports container traffic down over 10% in Q1 2020
Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) May 20, 2020 – In January-March 2020, EUROKAI Group container terminals recorded 2.67 million TEU handled, down 10.2% on...
Black Sea ports cruise working group meeting held
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 19, 2020 – Managers of the leading Black Sea ports have held a virtual “meeting” to discuss the impact of...
Cargo traffic through North-South Transport Corridor to be boosted
May 19, 2020 Governor of Russia’s Astrakhan Region Igor Babushkin tasked the participants of the regional working group for development of the International...
More delays for the Russian Industrial Zone near Egypt’s Port Said
Suez, Egypt (Ports Europe) May 12, 2020 – Moscow is expecting to sign the developer contract for the Russian Industrial Zone (RIZ) near Egypt’s Port...
NCSP Group’s consolidated cargo turnover up over 66% in Q1 2020
NCSP Group reports cargo turnover of NCSP Group for January–March 2020 grew by 0.9%, up 66.31% year-on-year – April 30, 2020 Key drivers Growth in oil...
Government takes steps to increase traffic at Skadovsk Sea Commercial Port
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) May 6, 2020 – Skadovsk Sea Commercial Port is to open a separate border crossing point for maritime traffic, a move by the...
Analysis – Russia uses Libya’s partition to gain control of its Mediterranean ports
Tripoli, Libya (Ports Europe) May 4, 2020 – The year-long siege of Tripoli, seat of Libya’s UN-recognised Government of National Accord (GNA), by the...
Serbia: Exceptional relations, cooperation with Russia in fight against coronavirus
News – Serbia thanks Russia – April 26, 2020 First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic received today Russian...
S&P affirms NCSP rating “BB”; outlook is “positive”
News – S&P affirms NCSP rating “BB”; outlook is “positive” – April 23, 2020 NCSP Group has reported that the international rating...
Serbian President Vucic visit construction site Belgrade-Budapest fast railway
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure Zorana Mihajlovic have visited works on...
NCSP reports increased traffic for Jan-Feb 2020
NCSP Group reports that the normalized cargo turnover of NCSP Group for January-February 2020 increased by 674,000 tons, or 3.1%, compared to the same period...
Maersk launches new intermodal container service in Russia
Maersk, Ruscon and Transcontainer joined forces in launching an intermodal container service between the seaport of Novorossiysk and Vorsino dry port outside...
FELB and Sinotrans operate first Shenyang-Enns container train
Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) April 7, 2020 – FELB and Sinotrans have operated the first train from Shenyang, southern China, to Enns in Austria. The...