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)
Russia, China threaten Mediterranean security, infrastructure – Euractiv
Rome, Italy (PortSEurope) March 27, 2023 – Russia and China are the main threat to Mediterranean security and strategic infrastructure – such as gas...
Is sanctions busting North-South Corridor viable?
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) March 27, 2023 – The two most sanctioned countries in the world, Russia and Iran, are the driving force behind the creation...
Iran’s Bandar Abbas port to host Russian production facilities
Bandar Abbas, Iran (PortSEurope) March 27, 2023 – Russia, under western sanctions pressure, is accelerating its pivot to the East. The next step in this...
New LNG complex to be built in Sviyazhsk, Tatarstan, Russia
Sviyazhsk, Russia (PortSEurope) March 27, 2023 – A liquefied natural gas (LNG) production and bunkering complex will be built on the territory of the...
New universal transshipment complex in Novorossiysk
Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) March 27, 2023 – A universal transshipment complex will be built in Russia’s Black Sea port of Novorossiysk, the...
Sanctions force the largest ever dredging of Volga-Caspian Sea Canal
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) March 27, 2023 – Russia’s state agency RosMorPort will start on April 1 an unprecedented, massive dredging of the...
Russia to build second rail bridge to China
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) March 25, 2023 – As a result of the western sanctions, Russia is fast becoming dependent on China for everything it was...
After new Russian supply chains, focus on port infrastructure
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) March 24, 2023 – After new Russian supply chains, the focus must include port infrastructure, said Roman Kokunin, Deputy...
Delo Group and Shandong Port Group sign joint memorandum
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) March 22, 2023 – Russia’s Delo Group and Shandong Port Group (SPG) have signed a memorandum of cooperation in...
Moscow desperate for first ammonia transshipment complex in Taman
Taman, Russia (PortSEurope) March 22, 2023 – Under heavy pressure to speed-up the construction of Russia’s first ammonia and mineral fertilisers...
The extension of the Black Sea Grain Initiative
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) March 21, 2023 – The Black Sea Grain Initiative, initially signed in Istanbul on July 22, 2022, has been extended. The...
FESCO transport group leads the way East for Russian logistics
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) March 20, 2023 – Russian logistics giant FESCO transport group is looking for ways to bypass western sanctions against Moscow...
Sanctions busting parallel imports in Russia expand greatly
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) March 20, 2023 – Desperately trying to help Russian industry and businesses to survive western sanctions, the country’s...
Russia claims increase in ports’ cargo handling in Jan-Feb’23 despite sanctions
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) March 20, 2023 – Russian seaports handled 140.3 million tonnes of cargo in January-February 2023, 2.6% more compared to the...
FESCO starts direct marine service from China to St. Petersburg
St. Petersburg, Russia (PortSEurope) March 17, 2023 – The FESCO transport Group has started a direct maritime service “FESCO Baltorient Line...
Delo Group management meet with Iranian officials
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) March 16, 2023 – Sergey Shishkarev, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Delo Group, has met with Kazem Jalali, Ambassador...
Russia’s FESCO plans more engagement with Africa
Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) March 15, 2023 – Russia’s transport group FESCO plans more engagement with Africa with new services planned....