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Russia’s North-South corridor – more political talk less cargo

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) October 12, 2023 – Russia, desperate and isolated from the West, keeps talking big about the North-South International Transport...

Kazakhstan expands alternative transport solutions

Astana, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) October 9, 2023 – Western sanctions against Russia for its full scale invasion of Ukraine in July 2022 has forced logistic...

Single logistics service for Trans-Caspian route of INTSC

Lipetsk, Russia (PortSEurope) October 8, 2023 – The development of a single logistics service for the Trans-Caspian route of the North-South...

Russia supports new entity to develop North-South International Transport Corridor

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) October 6, 2023 – The Russian government is supporting the creation of a new entity to develop North-South International...

Makhachkala port will not be privatised soon

Makhachkala, Russia (PortSEurope) October 1, 2021 – The long-delayed privatisation of Russia’s Caspian Sea port of Makhachkala, which was to be completed...

Russia’s Solyanka port is controlled by Iranian sanctioned entity

Solyanka, Russia (PortSEurope) September 27, 2023 – The Iran-controlled Russian Caspian Sea port of Solyanka is Iran’s strategic base in the International...

Construction of the missing 162 km rail link of INSTC to start in March’24

Rasht, Iran (Ports Europe) September 20, 2023 – The long delayed construction of the 162 km Rasht-Astara railway along the Caspian Sea coast in Iran as part...

Wabtec signs railway development agreement with Kazakhstan

Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) September 19, 2023 – Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation (Wabtec) has signed an agreement with national...

INSTC – Russia’s hopes and the reality

Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) September 19, 2023 – Deprived of Western markets due to sanctions, Russia is desperate to redirect its trade to Asia,...

Update: Russian seaports cargo by category and port in Jan-Aug’23

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) September 16, 2023 – Cargo turnover of Russian seaports in the January-August 2023 period increased by 8.7% compared to the...

Russian ports handled 601.3 million tonnes of cargo in Jan-Aug 23

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) September 12, 2023 – Cargo turnover of Russian seaports in the January-August period increased by +8.7% compared to the first...

Russia’s Caspian ports of Astrakhan, Olya increase cargo turnover in Jan-Jul 23 by 69.5%

Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) September 7, 2023 – Russia’s Caspian Sea ports of Astrakhan and Olya increased cargo turnover in the January-July 23 by...

Development of international logistics and maritime infrastructure of Kazakhstan

Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) September 3, 2023 – Kazakhstan is starting to expand its logistics capabilities. This includes China and Georgia A new...

Contradicting investments and capacity claims about the delayed Olya SEZ

Olya, Russia (Ports Europe) August 27, 2023 – After many highly publicised announcements, the anchor residents Kaspiy and AgroTerminal Kaspiy will invest...

New route for Russia-Iran container trains

Formachevo, Russia (Ports Europe) August 18, 2023 – RZD Logistics, the largest Russian multimodal logistics operator, a subsidiary of state-owned Russian...

Azerbaijan’s ports handled 7.45 million tonnes of cargo in Jan-Jul’23

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) August 18, 2023 – Azerbaijan’s Caspian Sea ports increased the transshipment of goods in the first seven months of the year...

India looks to Piraeus port as gateway to Europe

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) August 16, 2023 – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Greece after attending the BRICS summit in South Africa...

Update: Russian seaports cargo by category and port in Jan-Jul’23

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) August 15, 2023 – Cargo turnover of Russian seaports in the January-June 2023 period increased by 9.3% compared to the first...

Russian ports handled 526.8 million tonnes of cargo in Jan-Jul’23

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) August 13, 2023 – Cargo turnover of Russian seaports in January-July 2023 increased by 9.3% compared to the same period last...

RusCon continues its sanctions-driven rapid expansion

Orlovka, Russia (Ports Europe) August 6, 2023 – Russia’s multimodal transport operator RusCon, part of the Delo Group, has inaugurated a new container...

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