Port of Novorossiysk to Turkey – the new cargo route

Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) August 3, 2022 - Turkey is the big winner from the western sanctions against Russia, especially in the transport field. Its Black Sea ports have become a gateway for Russia’s exports and imports. The Port of Novorossiysk to Turkey is the new cargo route. By start July, the reduction in the container transportation in the northwestern region of Russia was about 60%, due to massive western sanctions against Russia following its invasion of Ukraine. By the end of summer, that number could reach 90%. The only viable alternative is as Russia’s exit/entry point is the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk. In Novorossiysk, the decrease in container handling was 50% during the first seven months of the year. It is expected to remain at this level until year-end, according to Alexander Tysyachnikov of Russian Association of Freight Forwarding and Logistics Organizations. Russia’s largest port of Novorossiysk handled 74.72 million tonnes of cargo in the first half of (+4.5% year-on-year). The share of cargo transshipment in the port exceeds 18% of the total cargo turnover of Russian seaports. These are some of the transport companies' recent developments Containers via Delovye Linii Russian logistics company Delovye Linii (Business Lines) has launched a container line from Europe via Turkey to Russia. The change in logistics schemes and building a sea route for container transport is due to the demand for the delivery of goods via Turkey, which has grown by a third in recent months. Transit time for the delivery of groupage cargo from Turkey to Russia via Novorossiysk by ferry is four days. According to the operator, sea delivery is twice as fast and 25% cheaper than land delivery. This delivery mode is already available for goods from Southeast Asia, India, the EU, North Africa and the Americas, the company said. Earlier, the operator also launched multimodal transportation from China. Containers via FESCO The FESCO Transport Group will increase cargo volumes on its regular sea container service FESCO Turkey Black Sea (FTBS). This connects the ports of Novorossiysk and Istanbul. Nelli Vladimirova, director of the FESCO branch in Novorossiysk, said. Once weekly regular sea service on the route Istanbul - Novorossiysk - Istanbul was launched at the end of April. Transit time is 1-2 days. “Now it is sailing with a capacity of 120 TEU in the export-import direction, but in August we will increase the capacity with a new vessel to 420 TEU. In Novorossiysk we go to the NUTEP (part of the Delo Group) terminal, in Istanbul we go to the Kumport terminal,” Vladimirova said. Turkey’s Black Sea ports of Izmir and Mersin can be added to the route. Multimodal service by TransContainer TransContainer (part of the Delo Group) has launched a new twice-monthly multimodal service for cargo transport between Russia and Turkey via the ports of Novorossiysk and Mersin. Export cargoes from various regions of Russia arrive by rail at the NUTEP terminal, from where they are sent to the port of Mersin. The service also works in the opposite direction for imports. Transit time on sea shoulder is 6 days. The first 120 containers sent from Novorossiysk as part of the new service arrived in Mersin on July 20. The service through Mersin will complement the already existing multimodal routes of TransContainer between Novorossiysk, Istanbul and Samsun. On this route, the transportation of dangerous goods is possible. In addition, the company ensures the availability of its own containers in the depots of the Turkish cities of Ambarli, Gebze, Izmir and Mersin. RUSCON In April-July 2022, RUSCON reported a total of 10,000 TEU in import and export cargo traffic on multimodal services through the port of Novorossiysk. Sergey Beryozkin, the President of RUSCON said: “RUSCON provides optimal transportation solutions implementing vast experience and the resources of the Group. Our operations allowed us to reach the working load regardless the current difficult conditions in a short period of time. Expansion the geography of a maritime services was the most important reason we achieved such traffic volumes”. “This means that cargo owners can deliver goods not only to the Eastern Mediterranean region, but also to the Middle East, India, Southeast Asia and on the return routes”. PortSEurope: Caspian Sea – From global logistics periphery to sanctions busting for Russia and Iran These comments reflect the repositioning of Russian trade. Sanctions against Russia have forced Moscow to seek alternative markets. This means developing the required logistics to send cargo to countries south and east of Russia. Reconstruction of container terminal in Novorossiysk NovoMorSnab will complete the reconstruction of the container terminal in Novorossiysk by year-end. This will allow it to handle 500,000 tonnes of cargo per year, according to terminal’s General Director Alexei Garmash. Reconstruction of the terminal has been underway since 2020. It involves repairs of two railway tracks construction of two warehouses with an area of 4,700 and 6,000 m², a site for transshipment of grain in bulk, and installation of equipment for loading lumber and long cargo. By the end of September, a third railway track will be constructed in the terminal. Novomorsnab is a freight forwarding company operating two terminals in Novorossiysk. The Port of Novorossiysk was Russia’s leading grain exporter in 2021/22. It handled 14.7 million tonnes of grain for export, including wheat – 12.4 million tonnes, barley – 1.1 million tonnes, corn – 456,000 tonnes and others. The companies Business Lines was founded in 2001. The geography of delivery includes more than 90% of the settlements in Russia, and also includes Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Armenia, China, East Asia and Europe. Own vehicle fleet includes about 4 thousand cars. The network of terminals includes 246 divisions in 199 cities of Russia. FESCO Transport Group is a private transport and logistics company with assets in the field of ports, rail and integrated logistics business. The Group owns the Commercial Sea Port of Vladivostok, the railway operators Transgarant and Dalreftrans, dry terminal complexes in Novosibirsk, Khabarovsk and Tomsk. The group manages about 9,000 fitting platforms, 100,000 TEU containers fleet. Its fleet includes 21 vessels. TransContainer is the leader in container rail logistics in Eurasia. It has 112,000 TEU containers fleet,. The company owns 37 railway terminals in Russia, manages three more in the form of subsidiaries and joint ventures. The sole shareholder is Delo Group of Companies. RUSCON RUSCON is a major providers in international shipping, handling, storage and customs clearance of containerised goods in Russia and CIS. More PortSEurope news about the port of Novorossiysk Copyright (C) PortSEurope. All Rights Reserved. 2022.

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