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The delayed Rasht-Caspian Railway is operational

Rasht, Iran (Ports Europe) June 22, 2024 – The long-delayed Iran’s Rasht-Caspian Railway, connecting the city of Rasht to the country’s Caspian Sea port...

Russia, Iran and Azerbaijan keep talking North-South corridor

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) June 20, 2024 – Russia is pressing ahead with the creation of a key sanctions-busting route linking it with Asia –...

Belarus multimodal Arctic terminal near Murmansk in 2028

Tuloma, Russia (Ports Europe) June 18, 2024 – The new multimodal terminal project for transshipment of Belarusian goods in Russia’s port of Lavna in Tuloma...

Russian ports handled 373 mln tonnes of cargo in Jan-May 2023

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) June 18, 2024 – Cargo turnover of Russian seaports in the January-May period decreased by 3.4% compared to the first five...

Joint Russia-Iran agency activities in Iran’s ports

Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) June 15, 2024 – Iran’s state-owned Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) wants to organise joint agency...

Iran wants to use INSTC to move coal from Russia to India

Mumbai, India (Ports Europe) June 11, 2024 – Iran has announced plans to transport coal from Russia to India via Iran’s railway network, said the...

Baku hosts inaugural Caspian Blue Horizons Workshop

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) June 10, 2024 – Baku International Sea Trade Port CJSC, ADA University and IDEA (International Dialogue for Environmental...

U.S. and EU-sanctioned friend of Putin to buy Makhachkala port

Makhachkala, Russia (Ports Europe) June 8, 2024 – The U.S., UK and EU-sanctioned Suleyman Abusaidovich, Russia-based billionaire, oligarch, and...

Global Ports, Leningrad Region plan Ust-Luga expansion

St. Petersburg, Russia (Ports Europe) June 7, 2024 – Global Ports and the Government of the Leningrad Region have signed a cooperation agreement to...

To build or not to build: Russian ports overseas

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) June 2, 2024 – The Russian government does not plan to support country’s private or state-owned companies investments in...

Olya and Astrakhan to handle 6 mln cargo tonnes in 2024

Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) June 1, 2024 – The combined cargo turnover of Russia’s Caspian Sea ports of Olya and Astrakhan in 2024 can reach 6...

Bad news for jammed railway links to Russian ports

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) May 23, 2024 – A breakthrough in traffic volumes towards Russia’s Far East and in the southern direction (Black Sea)...

The road to the Caspian Sea – Makhachkala port

Makhachkala, Russia (Ports Europe) May 21, 2024 – After years of delays, the project for the construction of an access road to Russia’s Caspian Sea port of...

Russian ports handled 288.4 mln tonnes of cargo in Jan-Apr’24

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) May 20, 2024 – The cargo turnover of Russian seaports in the January-April period decreased by 4.3% compared to the first four...

Russia plans logistic infrastructure in Asia, Africa, South America

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) May 19, 2024 – To bypass Western sanctions, the Russian government will finance the creation of port infrastructure, industrial...

Russia, Iran discuss the new Astraport Shipping company

Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) May 17, 2024 – Representatives of Russia’s Astrakhan Region and the Iranian Consul General in Astrakhan, Mahdi...

India signed 10-year deal for Iran’s Chabahar port

Chabahar, Iran (Ports Europe) May 14, 2024 – India has signed a 10-year contract to operate Iran’s Chabahar deep water port, eight years after...

Olya Port and SEZ development pushed by Putin

Olya, Russia (Ports Europe) May 9, 2024 – The long-delayed project for the development of Russia’s Caspian port of Olya is moving much faster after the...

Update: China’s Famsun to build grain terminal at Makhachkala port

Makhachkala, Russia (Ports Europe) May 2, 2024 – Russia is producing an excessive amount of cheap grain. Iran needs to import huge quantities of grain. China...

Russia’s desperate North-South corridor looking to Africa

Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) May 1, 2024 – Russia’s sanctions-busting International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC) has to be connected to...

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