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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.

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 wants to buy St. Petersburg Bronka terminal this year

Vienna, Austria (PortSEurope) March 2, 2023 – Belarus plans to complete the purchase of the Bronka maritime transshipment complex in the Big Port of St....

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

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

Belarus reports increased cargo containers export to China

Minsk, Belarus (Ports Europe) 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 (Ports Europe) 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 (Ports Europe) 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 (Ports Europe) 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 (Ports Europe) March 8, 2022 – Konecranes, a Finnish company specialising in the manufacture and service of cranes and lifting equipment,...

Maersk – Russia / Ukraine – Update 10

March 04th, 2022 – Update 10 As the crisis in Ukraine continues and governments impose new sanctions on Russia and its allies, A.P. Moller – Maersk is...

Belarus seeks Russian support for new Baltic Sea port

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

2021 on the New Silk Road: integration of infrastructures, technologies and expertise

By the end of 2021 the volume of railway container transportation between Europe and China will make one million standard containers (TEU). Integration...

Belarus seeks port cooperation from Russia to maintain exports

Minsk, Belarus (Ports Europe) September 14, 2021 – In an interview with the Belarus-1 TV channel, the Prime Minister of Belarus Roman Golovchenko said...

UTLC ERA tests new corridor for goods delivery by express container trains from China to Europe

The new service will allow to diversify cargo flows and reduce the load on the border infrastructure – December 28, 2020 United Transport and Logistics...

Belarus eyeing seaport in Romania’s Constanta for export promotion

Constanta, Romania (PortSEurope) November 20, 2020 – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Romania Andrei Grinkevich has visited...

Prime Minister of Kazakhstan chairs meeting of the Board of the Eurasian Development Bank

Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Askar Mamin chaired a meeting of the Council of the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) via video conference – June 30, 2020 The...

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