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One more SEZ on the Volga River to help Russia dodge sanctions and move trade south-east

Agidel, Russia (PortSEurope) December 13, 2022 – The latest update about the project for the creation of a port-type special economic zone (SEZ) in the city...

Iran export to Russia through Olya, Astrakhan, Makhachkala

Solyanka, Russia (PortSEurope) December 12, 2022 – Iran intends to export its goods to Russia through three more Caspian Sea ports – Olya, VTS...

88 times more cargo via Turkmenistan’s part of the INSTC

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) December 12, 2022 – Some 62,000 tonnes of cargo and 220 containers were transported via the eastern route of the International...

The main problems of North-South Corridor are shortage of railway cars and banking fees

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) December 8, 2022 – The cost of cargo transit through Iran is $30-40 per ton, depending on the type and amount of cargo, General...

Sanctions force Russia to look for partners in Central Asia; Turkmenistan on the railway cargo agenda

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) December 8, 2022 – Russian Railways (RZD) and TurkmenDemirellary Agency (Turkmen Railways) have signed a 2023-2025...

Russia intensifies talks about more use of inland water transport

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) December 5, 2022 – Russia is intensifying talks about the use of its inland water transport. The key issues are money and...

New agro-terminal in Astrakhan Lotos SEZ to be ready by end-2023

Astrakhan, Russia (PortSEurope) December 4, 2022 – Russian company AgroTerminal Caspiy, with its 2 billion rubles (32 million euro) project to build a...

€1.6 billion euro to guarantee year-round inland navigation – RosMorRechFlot

Astrakhan, Russia (PortSEurope) December 2, 2022 – €1.6 billion needed to guarantee year-round navigation between Azov, Black and Caspian Seas, said...

Russia’s desperate efforts to make the North-South corridor work

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) December 1, 2022 – Russia is taking desperate efforts to make the North-South transport corridor work. The International...

Makhachkala, next Russian port to receive new border check point facilities

Makhachkala, Russia (PortSEurope) November 30, 2022 – The state contract on design and survey works for construction of sea border crossing point in...

Iran’s Caspian Sea ports increase container handling

Tehran, Iran (PortSEurope) November 30, 2022 – In March 21-October 2022, Iran’s Caspian Sea ports increased container handling to 10,261 containers...

Sanctions strapped Russia pushing for development of logistics infrastructure with Kazakhstan

Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) November 29, 2022 – Sanctions-strapped Russia is pushing for the development of logistics infrastructure with Kazakhstan....

AgroTerminal Caspiy to build terminal in Astrakhan

Astrakhan, Russia (PortSEurope) November 25, 2022 – AgroTerminal Caspiy” will build a modern terminal for receiving, storing and shipping grain...

Sergey Milushkin, Lotos SEZ JSC Russia, visits Iran

Astrakhan, Russia (PortSEurope) November 25, 2022 – Sergey Milushkin, General Director of Lotos SEZ JSC, has visited Iran to discuss the expansion of...

Russia’s ports cargo handling to decrease by 2%

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) November 15, 2022 – Only days after Russia reported that cargo handling by country’s ports in the first 10 months of 2022 was...

Russian-Iranian Commission meets in Grozny

Grozny, Russia (PortSEurope) November 4, 2022 – The Permanent Russian-Iranian Commission on Trade and Economic Cooperation has met in Grozny to discuss...

Russia, Iran plan transport cooperation

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) November 3, 2022 – Russia and Iran plan to increase transport cooperation with a range of agreements which include port...

Russia launches first regular container train along the North-South corridor

Chekhov, Russia (PortSEurope) November 1, 2022 – After a successful test trip in July, RZD Logistika, a subsidiary of state owned Russian Railways...

Russia dreams of a North-South corridor as a competitor to the Suez Canal

Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) November 1, 2022 – The International North-South International Transport Corridor (INSTC) can in the future become a real...

Russia seeks EAEU investment in Industrial Zone in Suez

Yerevan, Armenia (PortSEurope) October 30, 2022 – Unable to invest in its Industrial Zone in Suez, Russia is seeking investment from Eurasian Economic...

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