Murmansk
Murmansk, located in northwest Russia, is the largest city north of the Arctic Circle. It is a major port on the Barents Sea, remaining ice-free year-round due to the Gulf Stream. The city’s harsh Arctic climate features long, dark winters and short, cool summers. The port handles diverse cargo, including coal, oil, and fish, and plays a critical role in Russia’s Arctic and global trade. It also supports the Russian Northern Fleet.
Sanctions hit Russia seeks India’s help for the North-South transport corridor
Olya, Russia (Ports Europe) September 21, 2022 – Sanctions hit Russia is seeking India’s help for the North-South transport corridor. It sees India a major...
Belarussia cargo is redirected to the Russia’s Caspian Sea
Olya, Russia (Ports Europe) September 11, 2022 – Belarusian is redirecting cargo to the Russia’s Caspian Sea ports due to international sanctions. Huge...
Moscow fixated on Astrakhan port as it looks to use INSTC to bypass sanctions
Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) June 20, 2022 – The Astrakhan region of Russia has presented its ambitious port special economic zone (SEZ) project...
Russia’s President Putin calls for Caspian Sea port development
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) June 12, 2022 – Hard pressed by western sanctions for his invasion in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin urged in...
Port of Hamburg ends handling of Russian containers
Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) March 7, 2022 – On March 1, 2021, container terminal operators HHLA and Eurogate announced that all container handling to...
Total cargo turnover of Russian seaports in 2021 was 835.2 million tons, up +1.7%
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) January 20, 2022 – Total cargo turnover of Russian seaports in 2021 was 835.2 million tons, an increase of +1.7% compared...
Port of Novorossiysk again with the highest cargo turnover among Russia’s ports with 104.79 million tonnes in Jan-Sep’21
Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) October 29, 2021 – Cargo turnover of Russia’s seaports during the first nine months of 2021 was 622.05 million tonnes...
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...
Russian seaports see cargo turnover of the in January-August 2021 up +1.6%
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) October 13, 2021 – Cargo turnover of the seaports of Russia in January-August 2021 was 552.8 million tons, up by 1.6%...
Russian minister comments on the development of water transport in 2020
TASS published a series of materials on the preliminary results of the development of the water transport sector in 2020, which were described by the Deputy...
Russia seeks strategic port capacity incease
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) November 12, 2020 – One of the main documents defining the strategy for the development of the transport industry, the...
FAS has prepared a draft order on investment collection in Russian ports
The Federal Anti-Monopoly Service (FAS) has prepared a draft order on the approval of investment tax rates in Russian ports for 2021-2023. The corresponding...
Rosmorport port fees down 7% in first nine months 2020
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) October 8, 2020 – In January-September 2020, Rosmorport saw its revenue from port fees decrease by 7%, or by 1.1 billion...
Russia’s Ministry of Transport presents seaports development plan
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) September 15, 2020 – The Ministry of Transport presented a draft plan of the federal project “Development of...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Santander port handles record-high cargo delivered by single ship
Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) April 13, 2017 – Santander port is handling the biggest cargo shipment delivered by a single vessel in its history. The...