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InformAll BG: Flexitank containers to be used by Ukraine’s vegetable oil producers

Odesa, Ukraine (InformAll/Ports Europe) June 4, 2023 – Ukrainian InformAll BG, a cargo analytical and consulting bureau based in Odessa, suggests a way to...

Analysis: Black Sea Container market overview 2022

Odessa, Ukraine (Informall/PortSEurope) April 3, 2023 – The Black Sea region has witnessed a considerable decline in its container market volumes, with...

Is sanctions busting North-South Corridor viable?

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) March 27, 2023 – The two most sanctioned countries in the world, Russia and Iran, are the driving force behind the creation...

Prospects for the International North-South Transport Corridor

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) March 1, 2023 – The International North-South Corridor (INSTC) is the topic of an article by Mohammed Athar Javed,...

Constanta – CEE cargo hub. 16th largest port in Europe

Constanța, Romania (PortSEurope) February 27, 2023 – Romania’s Black Sea port of Constanța benefits from an advantageous geographical positioning on the...

Fivefold increase in cargo volumes from Turkey to Russia in 2022

Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) February 10, 2023 – Freight traffic from Turkey to Russia increased almost five times in 2022, according to experts...

Analysis: Sanctions busting Caspian Sea is drying up, new ships needed

Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) January 26, 2023 – Recently, the lowering water level in the Caspian Sea has accelerated so much that it is jeopardising...

Belarus wants faster creation of its own ports in Russia

Minsk, Belarus (Ports Europe) January 9, 2023 – Hard pressed by western sanctions, President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, demanded faster construction...

Uzbekistan to open container terminals and storage facilities in Baku port

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) December 30, 2022 – Landlocked Uzbekistan is looking for opportunities to open container terminals and storage facilities at...

Desperate Moscow seeks unified rules for Caspian Sea corridor ports

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) November 19, 2022 – A desperate Moscow is seeking unified commercial and conventional rules for the ports in its sanctions...

“Our markets are in Asia and Africa” – Russia’s Deputy PM

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) October 21, 2022 – “Our markets are in Asia and Africa,” was the acknowledgment of Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister,...

China to invest in Russia’s new Volga River inland port

Samara, Russia (Ports Europe) October 10, 2022 – China is to invest in Russia’s new Volga River inland port project. Sanctions are forcing Russia’s...

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...

Caspian Sea – From logistics periphery to sanctions busting

Vienna, Austria (PortSEurope) August 1, 2022 – Since the decline of the trade caravans in the era of the Arab conquests, the Caspian Sea region became...

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...

The two most sanctioned countries try to cheat the West via a logistics bridge across Caspian Sea

Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) June 3, 2022 – The two most sanctioned countries in the world – Russia and Iran – are trying to improve transport links...

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