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Azov Sea

The Azov Sea is a sea in Eastern Europe connected to the Black Sea by the narrow (about 4 km) Strait of Kerch. The sea is bounded by Russia on the southeast and by Ukraine on the northwest. Ports on the Azov Sea include Berdyansk and Mariupol (both Ukraine) and Taganrog (Russia). Following the February 24, 2022, invasion of Ukraine by Russia, Moscow has blockaded all Ukrainian seaports and occupied Berdyansk and Mariupol.

Ukraine’s missiles attack Azov Sea port of Taganrog

Taganrog, Russia (Ports Europe) December 12, 2024 – Ukrainian missiles have hit Russia’s Azov Sea town of Taganrog, home to the port of the same name....

Ukrainian drones hit the occupied port of Berdyansk

Berdyansk, Ukraine (Ports Europe) November 1, 2024 – Ukraine attacked with drones on October 31 occupied by Russia Azov Sea port of Berdyansk, which Moscow...

Azov Sea ports on Moscow’s agenda

Mariupol, Ukraine (Ports Europe) October 28, 2024 – Russia’s Deputy Transport Minister Alexander Poshivai has met with the management of the occupied...

Table: Russian ports monthly cargo results Oct 23-Sep 24

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) October 15, 2024 – The table below, prepared by Ports Europe, shows monthly cargo handling figures for Russian ports in...

Russia’s total containers’ market in Jan-Aug’24 was 4.39 mln TEUs

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) September 22, 2024 – Russia’s container market grew 8.1% in January-August 2024, compared to the first eight months of 2023...

Russian ports: 446,600 TEUs in August, 3.65 mln TEUs in Jan-Aug’24

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) September 19, 2024 – Russian ports handled 446,600 TEUs in August 2024, an increase of 5.7% or 24,000 TEUs compared to...

Russian ports handled 596.2 mln tonnes of cargo Jan-Aug 2024

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) September 15, 2024 – Cargo turnover of Russian seaports in January-August 2024 decreased by 3.1% compared to the first eight...

Equipment worth €30 mln stolen from Russia’s Kamysh-Burun port

Kerch, Ukraine (Ports Europe) September 4, 2024 – Equipment worth about 3 billion rubles (30.35 million euro) was stolen from Russia’s port...

Russian TEU turnover in H1’24 increase 14.6% to 2.6 mln

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) July 18, 2024 – Container turnover of Russian sea ports in the second quarter of 2024 increased by 11.8% compared to...

Ports in the Azov region increased grain exports in H1 2024

Azov, Russia (Ports Europe) July 17, 2024 – In the first six months of 2024, ports in the Azov region of Southern Russia exported 2.6 million tons of...

Table: Russian ports monthly cargo results, Oct 23-May 24

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) June 18, 2024 – The table below, prepared by Ports Europe, shows monthly cargo handling figures for Russian ports in millions...

Transport links to Russia-occupied Crimea under siege

Kavkaz, Russia (Ports Europe) June 1, 2024 – A ferry crossing and an oil terminal at the port of Kavkaz (Caucasus), on the Russian side of the Kerch...

Occupied Berdyansk port grain terminal restored

Berdyansk, Ukraine (Ports Europe) May 11, 2024 – The Novaya Khortytsia grain terminal in Ukraine’s Azov Sea port of Berdyansk (occupied by Russia four days...

Russia dredges occupied Mariupol port

Mariupol, Ukraine (Ports Europe) March 25, 2024 – Dredging work is underway in the Russia-occupied Ukrainian Azov Sea port of Mariupol in the...

Increased river transport could relieve railway cargo delays, Russia

Nizhny Novgorod, Russia (Ports Europe) March 18, 2024 – Increased river freight transport could relieve railway cargo delays around the Azov and Black...

Update: Russia’s railways are the bottleneck for its Black Sea ports

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) March 11, 2024 – The capacity of Russia’s Black and Azov Sea ports may increase to 400 million tonnes by 2030, Minister...

Russia’s railways lack enough capacity to Black Sea ports

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) March 9, 2024 – The capacity of Russia’s Black and Azov Sea ports is four times bigger than the transport capacity of the...

Dredging of Azov Sea’s port of Taganrog

Taganrog, Russia (Ports Europe) March 7, 2024 – RosMorRechFlot, the Russian state agency for river and sea transport, is looking for a contractor to dredge...

Russia’s problems with dredging in Arctic and elsewhere

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) March 2, 2024 – “Definitely bad” is how Nikolay Tyrtyshny, General Director of Rostov central design bureau Stapel that...

Russian ports handled 71 mln tonnes of cargo in Jan 24

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) February 13, 2024 – Cargo turnover of Russian seaports in January 2024 decreased by 6.2% compared to the same month of last...

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