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Belarus

Landlocked Belarus is a republic in Eastern Europe and was a Soviet republic 1919–91. In 1997, it formed a close political and economic union with Russia. It is the last country that remains solidly in Russia’s orbit in the post-Soviet era. It fully supports Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and, subsequently, is subject to severe international sanctions. Updated: October 28, 2022.

Belarus shipped four times more cargo via Russian ports in H1 23

Minsk, Belarus (PortSEurope) July 19, 2023 – Unable to use the Baltic states, Poland and Ukraine ports, Belarusian exporters transshipped 6 million...

Belarus dodging sanctions via ports of sanctioned Russia

Minsk, Belarus (PortSEurope) May 31, 2023 – International sanction-hit Belarus has managed to establish transport and logistics schemes for the delivery of...

Belarus seeks new port in Murmansk, Russia

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) May 27, 2023 – Local press reports say that options have been discussed for building a Belarusian port in Murmansk. The...

Belarus uses 20 ports, inland waterways, railway network of Russia

Minsk, Belarus (PortSEurope) March 28, 2023 – Belarus is forced to rely on Russia, another global pariah state, for changing the direction of its western,...

Port Bronka – another murky privatisation in Russia

Bronka, Russia (PortSEurope) March 27, 2023 – Bronka maritime transshipment complex in the Big Port of St. Petersburg, the only deep-water terminal in...

Belarus joins Iran, Russia in North–South Transport Corridor

Vienna, Austria (PortSEurope) March 14, 2023 – Belarus joins Iran, Russia in the International North–South Transport Corridor (INSTC), Belarus’...

Belarus president to visit Iran to beat sanctions

Vienna, Austria (PortSEurope) March 2, 2023 – Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko is planning to visit Iran later this month, partly with the aim of...

Belarus to receive a terminal in St. Petersburg port, access to 19 others

St. Petersburg, Russia (PortSEurope) February 13, 2023 – Russia is to transfer the multifunctional marine transshipment complex Bronka, part of the Big Port...

Belarus wants faster creation of its own ports in Russia

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

Belarus reports increased cargo containers export to China

Minsk, Belarus (PortSEurope) January 9, 2023 – Belarus reports increased cargo containers export to China, according to Belta, the national news agency....

Sanctions force Belarus to use Russian inland waterways

Minsk, Belarus (PortSEurope) December 29, 2022 – Belarus and Russia have signed an intergovernmental agreement on navigation along the inland waterways...

Ship insurers are cancelling war risk cover for Russia, Ukraine and Belarus

Vienna, Austria (PortSEurope) December 28, 2022 – 12 of the 13 members of the International Group of P&I Clubs will no longer secure reinsurance for...

Belarus Railways officials in Moscow to discuss transport corridors

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope), November 23, 2022 – Belarus Railways officials are in Moscow to discuss East-West and North-South international transport...

Belarus signs trade contracts with Russian port-city of Astrakhan

Vienna, Austria (PortSEurope) October 28, 2022 – Belarus has signed trade contracts with Russian port-city of Astrakhan, says Belta, the Belarus...

Belarussia cargo is redirected to the Russia’s Caspian Sea

Olya, Russia (PortSEurope) September 11, 2022 – Belarusian is redirecting cargo to the Russia’s Caspian Sea ports due to international sanctions. Huge...

Konecranes has suspended its businesses in Russia and Belarus

Vienna, Austria (PortSEurope) March 8, 2022 – Konecranes, a Finnish company specialising in the manufacture and service of cranes and lifting equipment,...

Belarus seeks Russian support for new Baltic Sea port

Vienna, Austria (PortSEurope) February 21, 2022 – With the backdrop of the Ukrainian crisis, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko held talks with...

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