Russia
Russia, or the Russian Federation, as a country located in both Eastern Europe and Northwest Asia. It has seaports on the Azov and Black Sea. The largest is the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk. On February 24, 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian conflict that began in 2014. Russia now controls the Azov Sea and occupies the ports of Berdyansk and Mariupol. It has also blockaded all Ukrainian Black Sea ports which are currently closed to all shipping. (Updated 24.06.2022)
FESCO increases car imports from China
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) January 16, 2025 – Of the total cargo volume handled by FESCO in 2024, finished vehicles accounted for 81%, while vehicle...
Senior officials of Rosatom under sanctions
Washington, United States (Ports Europe) January 14, 2025 – Last week, the United States imposed sanctions on more than 200 entities and individuals...
Rosmorport completes dredging of Ust-Luga seaport berths
Ust-Luga, Russia (Ports Europe) January 14, 2025 – FSUE Rosmorport, with Novotrans Aktiv LLC, has completed dredging operations in the operational areas...
Taman port oil spill critical
Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) January 13, 2025 – The fuel oil spill near Taman port in Krasnodar Territory remains critical. The damaged Volgoneft 239...
Chinese ports deny entry to Russian oil tankers
Washington, United States (Ports Europe) January 13, 2025 – The U.S. Treasury recently imposed sanctions on Russian oil producers Gazprom Neft and...
Occupied Mariupol port handled 350,000 tonnes of cargo in 2024
Mariupol, Ukraine (Ports Europe) January 10, 2025 – Cargo transshipment at the Russia-occupied Ukrainian Azov Sea port of Mariupol doubled in 2024 compared...
Ports hinder Russia’s ammonia exports
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) January 10, 2025 – Due to the Western sanctions, in the last three years it has become difficult to export ammonia from...
Two berths operational in Olya’s port new container terminal
Olya, Russia (Ports Europe) January 9, 2025 – Two renovated berths will be put into operation in Russia’s Caspian Sea port of Olya (Astrakhan Region) on...
Ukrainian drones attack Russia’s Baltic Sea port of Ust-Luga
Kiev, Ukraine (Ports Europe) January 8, 2025 – Local sources have reported that on January 4 Ukrainian drones attacked Russia’s Baltic Sea port of...
Russia consolidates state control over transport and logistics
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) January 5, 2025 – Forced by Western sanctions to consolidate transport and logistics businesses and bring them under state...
Construction start of $4.7 bln China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (Ports Europe) January 1, 2025 – Construction began on December 27 on the long-delayed 523 km-long China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan (CKU)...
FESCO handled 617,000 TEUs (+18%) in 2024
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) December 30, 2024 – Russia’s FESCO Transport Group, now part of the state-owned Rosatom Corporation, increased container...
Tartus and Latakia ports resume normal operations
Tartus, Syria (Ports Europe) December 29, 2024 – Syria’s two largest Mediterranean Sea ports of Latakia and Tartus resumed their normal operations...
Russia’s Makhachkala port privatized, new owner is a sanctioned billionaire
Makhachkala, Russia (Ports Europe) December 27, 2024 – The long-delayed privatisation of Russia’s Caspian Sea port of Makhachkala has been completed,...
Russia’s Far Eastern ports to grow cargo to 316 mln tonnes by 2030
Vladivostok, Russia (Ports Europe) December 27, 2024 – Cargo turnover of Russia’s Primorsky Krai (Far East) ports by 2030 may reach 316 million tonnes...
Finland seized tanker with Russian oil suspected of damaging Baltic power, internet cables
Helsinki, Finland (Ports Europe) December 26, 2024 – Today, Finland seized a ship carrying Russian oil in the Baltic Sea. The tanker was believed to have...
Russia’s total container market in Jan-Nov’24 was 6 mln TEUs
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) December 25, 2024 – Russia’s container market grew 5.8% in January-November 2024, compared to the first 11 months of 2023 to...
Update: “Terrorist attack” sank Russia’s biggest logistics vessel in Mediterranean
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) December 25, 2024 – A terrorist attack sank Ursa Major, Russia’s biggest and most capable logistics vessel in the...
Emergency in Krasnodar as more oil from sunken tankers washing up on coastline
Anapa, Russia (Ports Europe) December 25, 2024 – Russia’s southern Krasnodar region declared a state of emergency after oil from two over...
Russia’s biggest logistics vessel sank in Mediterranean
Almeria, Spain (Ports Europe) December 25, 2024 – Ursa Major, Russia’s biggest and most capable logistics vessel sank in the Mediterranean Sea off the...