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Russia’s Far East ports are the bottleneck for oil export

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) February 10, 2023 – Russia’s Far East ports are unable to handle the increased oil and oil-derived products volumes...

First stage of Russia’s first ammonia port in Taman to be ready by year-end

Taman, Russia (PortSEurope) February 9, 2023 – 9.6 hectares of agricultural land were converted into industrial, energy and transport land to be used for the...

Russian Railways delivers paper products overland to Chennai, India

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) January 18, 2023 – Russian Railways has delivered paper products overland to Chennai, India, using the International...

New locomotive maintenance facility to be build in Taman port

Taman, Russia (PortSEurope) December 27, 2022 – The project for new locomotive (train engine) maintenance facility in the dry cargo area of Taman port was...

Russia plans container lines from China to St. Petersburg and Novorossiysk ports

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) December 19, 2022 – Reduced freight rates for sea container transportation are allowing Russian logistics companies to...

Russia’s ports cargo handling for the first 11 months of 2022

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) December 11, 2022 – Russia’s ports cargo handling in January-November 2022 increased by 0.6% compared to the same period last...

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...

Taman will be only Russian port exporting ammonia by end-2023 – UralChem asks Putin for access to Ukraine’s Odessa port

Taman, Russia (PortSEurope) November 23, 2022 – Taman will be by end-2023 the only Russian port that will be able to export ammonia. UralChem has asked...

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...

Huge decline in Russia’s containerized cargo due to sanctions

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) October 30, 2022 – There has been a huge decline in Russia’s containerized import and export cargo due to sanctions. In...

Russia’s port of Taman increases bulk cargo capacity to 35 million tonnes

Taman, Russia (PortSEurope) August 15, 2022 – Russia’s port of Taman increases bulk cargo capacity to 35 million tonnes by increasing berth length....

TogliattiAzot to build a transshipment complex in the port of Taman

Taman, Russia (PortSEurope) August 7, 2022 – TogliattiAzot (TOAZ) plans to build a transshipment complex in the port of Taman by 2026 with an investment of...

CMA CGM announces acquisition of GEFCO

Marseille, France (PortSEurope) April 8, 2022 – The French shipping and logistics group CMA CGM is to acquire nearly 100% of GEFCO, a European leader in...

Petrolesport handled transit cars from China to Europe as part of new railway-sea pilot

Petrolesport (PLP), part of the Global Ports Group, has participated in the pilot project of the new China-Europe intermodal transit route, reloading passenger...

A.P. Moller – Maersk to hasten the pace of its AE19 service from Asia to Europe

Copenhagen, Denmark, April 12,2021 – In response to the increasing customers’ demand for Asia/Europe routing options, Maersk is picking up the...

Port of Taman – Russia’s bulk cargo champion in the Black Sea

Taman, Russia (PortSEurope) March 18, 2021 – The construction of the third stage of the Taman Bulk Cargo Terminal (TTNG), Russia’s largest, has been...

Russia’s TransContainer reports over 10% y-o-y increase in container transport

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) July 23, 2020 – PJSC TransContainer has said that container handling volumes increased by 10.8% year-on-year. Revenue for...