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)
Russian ports handled 214.3 mln tonnes of cargo in Q1’24
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) April 18, 2024 – Cargo turnover of Russian seaports in January-March 2024 decreased by 3.3% compared to the same period of last...
Russia’s Taman port with 415,000 sq.m. coal storage
Taman, Russia (Ports Europe) April 17, 2024 – OTEKO, the operator of two marine terminals (bulk and liquid) in Russia’s Black Sea port of Taman,...
Belarus multimodal port in Murmansk, Russia
Murmansk, Russia (Ports Europe) April 16, 2024 – Preparations have started for the construction of a multimodal port for processing Belarusian cargo in...
Putin: Caspian port of Olya is increasingly important for Russia
Olya, Russia (Ports Europe) April 16, 2024 – The port of Olya is becoming increasingly important for Russia, the country’s President Vladimir Putin,...
South Russia tripled grain exports to Iran in Q1’24
Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) April 14, 2024 – Russia’s southern regions of Rostov, Volgograd, Astrakhan, and the Republic of Kalmykia exported more...
China-Russia trade turnover continues to grow in Q1’24
Beijing, China (Ports Europe) April 13, 2024 – Trade turnover between China and Russia in January-March 2024 increased in dollar terms by +5.2% compared...
NUTEP container terminal in Novorossiysk to increase capacity
Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) April 9, 2024 – NUTEP Container Terminal in Russia’s Black Sea port of Novorossiysk announced a 7.1 billion rubles...
Car-ferry, Ro-Ro berth reconstruction in Makhachkala port, Russia
Makhachkala, Russia (Ports Europe) April 7, 2024 – A 32.57 million rubles (325,000 euro) tender for the development of documentation and the construction...
Eurasian Development Bank sees regional infrastructure needs
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) April 5, 2024 – Last month, the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) published a report entitled “Infrastructure in...
First coal transhipment decline in decades in Russian ports
Taman, Russia (Ports Europe) March 31, 2024 – Coal transshipment via Russian seaports in 2023 decreased for the first time in decades. The main reasons...
Update: 12 mln tonnes iron ore complex in Novorossiysk port by end-2025
Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) March 29, 2024 – A universal complex for transshipment of iron ore with a capacity of 12 million tonnes per year,...
Russia today – the April 2022 predictions
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) March 29, 2024 – The European Union has introduced the fifth package of sanctions against Russia, and their scale is...
OTEKO plans to finish first stage of new container terminal in 2028
Taman, Russia (Ports Europe) March 27, 2024 – OTEKO is planning to finish the first stage of its new container terminal in 2028. The planned capacity is...
Analysis: Quo Vadis, Russian Black Sea Navy?
Kyiv, Ukraine (Ports Europe) March 26, 2024 – In the past several days, Ukraine reported hitting with missiles a total of four Russian Black Sea Navy...
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...
Enagas receives Russian LNG at Port of Huelva
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) March 25, 2024 – The Enagas liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in the Port of Huelva has received LNG from a Russian...
Does Russia have transport and logistics centers?
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) March 25, 2024 – The transport and logistics centre (TLC) is a relatively new phenomenon for Russia. Its relevance has...