Makhachkala
Makhachkala is located on the Western coast of the Caspian Sea in the Dagestan Republic, Russia. Makhachkala commercial port consists of two harbours, dry cargo with fishing and oil facilities. It is the only ice-free Russian port on the Caspian Sea. Transit cargoes are handled from Western Europe, Central Asia, India and the Gulf.
Makhachkala Commercial Sea Port reports improved transshipment
Makhachkala, Russia (Ports Europe) October 12, 2022 – Makhachkala Commercial Sea Port has reported improved transshipment in the first nine months of...
Makhachkala port starts transshipment of fertilizers
Makhachkala, Russia (Ports Europe) October 12, 2022 – Makhachkala port starts the transshipment of fertilizers with the first cargo sent to Iran. The...
Desperate Russia keeps pushing for increase in cargo southwards
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) October 9, 2022 – Desperate Russia keeps pushing for increase in cargo via the North-South corridor and its Caspian Sea...
Makhachkala port handles more cargo due to Caspian Sea focus
Makhachkala, Russia (Ports Europe) October 7, 2022 – Makhachkala port handles more cargo due to its redirection from the Baltic Sea to the Caspian Sea...
Makhachkala port creates its shipping to avoid western sanctions
Makhachkala, Russia (Ports Europe) October 2, 2022 – The Makhachkala Port (MMTP), forced by the western sanctions against Russia, has created its own...
Khazar Sea Shipping Lines starts regular services to Russian ports in Caspian Sea
Tehran, Iran (PortSEurope) August 18, 2022 – Khazar Sea Shipping Lines has started regular services to the Russian ports of Astrakhan and Makhachkala in...
Makhachkala starts handling container cargo
Makhachkala, Russia (PortSEurope) August 17, 2022 – For the first time in recent years, containerized cargo was handled at the Caspian Sea Makhachkala port....
Russia and Iran, two pariah states, try to develop Makhachkala port
Makhachkala, Russia (PortSEurope) July 25, 2022 – In the first half of 2022, about 200,000 tonnes of cement, grain, salt and other products were shipped...
Makhachkala port exports flour to the Middle East
Makhachkala, Russia (PortSEurope) July 7, 2022 – This month, Makhachkala Commercial Sea Port will start exporting flour to countries in the Middle East....
Desperate Russia looking to Iran’s ports as a way to bypass western sanctions
Tehran, Iran (Ports Europe) May 30 – Desperately trying to find a way to avoid harsh international sanctions affecting Russian transport and logistics,...
Russian ports lose container cargo in January-April 2022
Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) May 18, 2022 – Despite the sanctions imposed on Russia for its invasion in Ukraine on February 24, cargo turnover of...
New tender for dredging of Russian Caspian Sea Makhachkala port
Makhachkala, Russia (PortSEurope) May 9, 2022 – RosMorPort has announced a tender for the dredging of the Caspian Sea port of Makhachkala with a cost of...
Russia plans dredging of the Volga-Don Canal
Rostov-on-Don, Russia (PortSEurope) May 3, 2022 – Russia is planning for a €1 billion dredging, locks modernisation and other improvements project to...
Russia plans steady increase in seaport capacity
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) March 28, 2022 – Speaking at the VII annual forum “Port Infrastructure: New Construction, Modernization,...
EDB to finance the new multifunctional port and logistics complex in Caspian Sea port of Olya
Olya, Russia (PortSEurope) December 3, 2021 – The Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) is considering financing for the Caspian Port and Logistics Company...
Iran plans shipping services to Northern Caspian Sea port
Tehran, Iran (PortSEurope) October 20, 2021 – The Tehran Times has reported that Iran’s Trade Promotion Organization (TPO) has signed an agreement with...
Top Russian ports – a review
Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) October 20, 2021 – There are 67 seaports in Russia located on 12 seas, from the Black and Baltic to the Pacific and...
Port of Novorossiysk to lose Turkmen oil shipments
Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) September 9, 2021 – Azerbaijan’s state energy company SOCAR and international community trader Vitol have come...
Analysis – Caspiy and Martrade advance plans for modernisation of berths in Olya port on the Caspian Sea
Olya, Russia (Ports Europe) September 1, 2021 – PLC Caspiy has received from Russia’s Ministry of Economic Development resident status for the port-type...
Dredging starts in port of Makhachkala
Makhachkala, Russia (Ports Europe) August 6, 2021 – Dredging has started near Berth No. 6 of the Russian Caspian Sea Port of Makhachkala. The target is...