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)
Sitronics Group to equip the seaport of Sochi with domestic VTS
Sochi, Russia (PortSEurope) June 5, 2023 – Sitronics Group and FSUE Rosmorport have signed a contract to install a vessel traffic control system (VTS)...
Risk of drone attacks will end LPG export via Russia’s Taman port
Taman, Russia (Ports Europe) June 5, 2023 – Very high risk of air and sea drone attacks are forcing Russia’s Black Sea port of Taman to suspend the export...
Russian industrial zone in Suez Canal lost its management company
Suez, Egypt (Ports Europe) June 4, 2023 – The Management Company of the Russian Industrial Zone in the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZONE) in Egypt is to be...
Largest Russian dry port to be built near Vladivostok
Artyom, Russia (Ports Europe) June 4, 2023 – The largest dry port in Russia will be built in Artyom (Artem) in the south of Primorye region, 35 km north...
Ukrainian missiles hit Russian-occupied Azov Sea port of Berdyansk
Berdyansk, Ukraine (Ports Europe) June 3, 2023 – The Ukrainian military has attacked, most likely with British-made Storm Shadow missiles, the...
Russia suspends Azov Sea agreement with Ukraine
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) June 2, 2023 – Russian Parliament has adopted a law on the denunciation of the 2003 Treaty between Russia and Ukraine on...
The “Game of Drones” for Russian and Ukrainian ports
Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) May 31, 2023 – Russia and Ukraine have exchanged drone attacks against their Black Sea ports in the past months, damaging...
Russian ports to receive anti sea drones equipment
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) May 31, 2023 – Russian state-owned RosMorPort will invest 5 billion rubles (57.5 million euro) in new security equipment...
Sanctions force Russia to invest 1.1 billion euro in border checkpoints modernisation
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) May 31, 2023 – Some 95 billion rubles (1.1 billion euro) will be invested in the modernisation of Russian border checkpoints by...
PJSC TransContainer reorientates trade eastwards
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) May 30, 2023 – PJSC TransContainer has successfully reorientates trade eastwards in response to Western sanctions closing...
Sanctions force Russia to buy foreign-made cargo ships
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) May 30, 2023 – Forced by Western sanctions and the inability of local shipyards to construct new vessels fast enough, Russian...
Russian ports export record grain volumes – expect much more
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) May 30 – Grain exports via Russian ports is expected to reach 60 million tonnes in the 2023-2024 season and might continue to...
Russian ports experience coal backlog
Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) May 28, 2023 – The European Union’s ban on Russian coal imports and reduced demand from Turkey, has led to a huge...
Direct shipping line Karachi-St. Petersburg
Karachi, Pakistan (Ports Europe) May 28, 2023 – The first direct shipping line between Russia and Pakistan had its first container ship arrive at the...
Belarus seeks new port in Murmansk, Russia
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) May 27, 2023 – Local press reports say that options have been discussed for building a Belarusian port in Murmansk. The...
North South Corridor might finally push development of Caspian SEZs
Kazan, Russia (Ports Europe) May 25, 2023 – Large-scale construction works will begin in the coming months in the Olya port special economic zone (SEZ) Lotos...
Pivdenny port excluded from Black Sea grain deal
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) May 24, 2023 – Last week, Russia agreed to extend the Black Sea grain deal by a further two months. However, the deal does...