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’s Port Mechel Temryuk Sets Cargo Turnover Record in 2017
Rostov, Russia (PortSEurope) January 16, 2018 – Port Mechel Temryuk (part of Mechel Group’s transport division managed by Mecheltrans Management...
Tuapse Commercial Sea Port plans substantial investment in 2018
Tuapse, Russia (PortSEurope) January 15, 2018 –Â Financing of investment programs JSC Tuapse Commercial Sea Port (TMTP – part of the UCL Holding)...
OTEKO and VostokCoal announce the creation of a global hub for the transfer of pulverized coal mixture
Taman, Russia (PortSEurope) January 14, 2018 – OTECO and VostokCoal have agreed on the creation of a global hub in the port of Taman to supply coal to...
Azerbaijan and Russia to cooperate in cruise shipping
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) January 2, 2018 – Chairman of Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping Company (ACSC) Rauf Veliyev and Konstantin Anisimov, the General...
NCSP Group reports Jan-Nov 2017 cargo down 2.4%
Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) December 20, 2017 –Â NCSP Group has reported that its consolidated cargo turnover for January-November 2017 totaled...
World Economic Forum – Global Competitive Index 2017-2018 – Port Infrastructure
Geneva, Switzerland (PortSEurope) December 13, 2017 – The World Economic Forum reports that ten years on from the global financial crisis, the prospects...
NCSP reports reduced Jan-Sept 2017 financials
Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) December 6, 2017 – Russia’s NCSP Group has announced consolidated financial results for the nine months, ending...
Russia approves strategy for the development of sea ports in the Caspian Sea
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) November 19, 2017 – The main goal of the Strategy is to consolidate the economic and geopolitical presence of Russia in the...
NCSP reports Jan-Oct 2017 cargo traffic
Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) November 17, 2017 – NCSP Group (Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port) has reported consolidated cargo turnover for...
Ruscon acquires container terminal in Novorossiysk
Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) October 31, 2017 – Ruscon, one of the Russia’s leading container transportation companies, has purchased the...
Turkey closes ports to vessels from Crimea
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) October 16, 2017 – The Turkish government is to prohibit its ports from taking ships arriving from Crimea and its ports....
NCSP cargo volume for 9M 2017 totaled 107.7 million tons, down 2.5%
Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) October 13, 2017 – NCSP Group (Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port) has reported consolidated cargo turnover for...
Syria announces Russian port service
Latakia, Syria (Ports Europe) October 9, 2017 – The Syrian Ministry of Economy and Foreign Trade has announced the launch of the regular shipping line...
APL adds four new port calls to Asia-Europe services
Singapore (Ports Europe) October 7, 2017 – APL has announced the addition of Durrës (Albania) and Thessaloniki (Greece) as new ports of call to its...
Damen Shipyards plans to establish service hub in Novorossiysk
Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) September 21, 2017 – Damen Shipyards Group is to establish a service hub in the Russian port of Novorossiysk in a...
Event – Argus Caspian-Black Sea Transport Corridor – 2017, Batumi, September 14-15, 2017
Batumi, Georgia (Ports Europe) September 15, 2017 – The Georgian Black Sea port of Batumi is hosting the international conference “Argus...
Sevastopol port names president
Sevastopol, Crimea (Ports Europe) September 2, 2017 – Sevastopol port has named Sergey Emelyanov president. The appointment of Emelyanov was approved by...
Gennady Shevelyov appointed director general of Novorossiysk Grain Terminal LLC
Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) August 30, 2017 – Gennady Shevelyov has been appointed as Director General of Novorossiysk Grain Terminal LLC, which...
NCSP reports consolidated cargo turnover for January-July 2017 of 85,203 thousand tons
Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) August 24, 2017 – Transshipments of liquid cargo in the reporting period totaled 64,543,000 tons, of which crude...
Italy, Russia, Turkey are main trade parters of Durrës port for H1 2017
Durrës, Albania (Ports Europe) August 18, 2017 – Italy, Russia and Turkey are the three main countries with ports with which Durrës exchanges cargo. In the...