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)
Sanctions force Russia to allow foreign ships in Volga-Don Shipping Canal
Astrakhan, Russia (PortSEurope) March 8, 2023 – Western sanctions are forcing Russia to redirect its trade and cargo from the north-west to the south-east of...
Russia and India discuss trade and economic cooperation
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) March 7, 2023 – Russian Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, Denis Manturov, has...
Iran to provide road transport for North-South Transport Corridor
Tehran, Iran (PortSEurope) March 6, 2023 – The largest Iranian fund Mostazafan has created a Russian-Iranian transport company that will carry out the...
Russia announces further investment in Port of Olya, Astrakhan
Astrakhan, Russia (PortSEurope) March 6, 2023 – Financing of 2.5 billion rubles was allocated for the design and construction of infrastructure...
Sanctions cause cancellation of two grain terminal projects in Azov Sea
Taganrog, Russia (PortSEurope) March 5, 2023 – Western sanctions have forced Russia to abandon construction projects for new grain terminals in the Azov Sea...
Russia offers 12 million tonnes Caspian Sea ports capacity to Iran
Astrakhan, Russia (PortSEurope) March 3, 2023 – In 2023, Russian Caspian Sea ports are ready to accept up to 12 million tonnes of cargo from Iran with...
The International North-South Transport Corridor saves time
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) March 3, 2023 – The International North-South Corridor (INSTC) is the topic of a speech by Evgeny Vinokurov, Deputy...
Prospects for the International North-South Transport Corridor
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) March 1, 2023 – The International North-South Corridor (INSTC) is the topic of an article by Mohammed Athar Javed,...
Iranian Caspian Sea ports gain cargo due to sanctions against Russia
Tehran, Iran (PortSEurope) February 28, 2023 – Transit cargo via Iranian Caspian Sea ports increased in the current Iranian calendar year (started on...
Russia forced to rely on China and Iran to deepen Volga Canal
Astrakhan, Russia (PortSEurope) February 28, 2023 – Russia was forced to beg China and Iran to send dredging equipment to realise another of Russian...
Iranian ships run aground in Volga-Caspian Canal
Astrakhan, Russia (PortSEurope) February 28, 2023 – Two Iranian flagged ships ran aground at the 170th km of the Volga River – Caspian Sea Marine...
EBRD: sanctions, trade flows between Russia, Caucasus, Central Asia
London, United Kingdom (PortSEurope) February 27, 2023 – A number of economists from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) have...
New ferry line Turkey-Sochi to help parallel import in Russia
Sochi, Russia (PortSEurope) February 26, 2023 – Port of Sochi is joining a race with otherRussian Black Sea ports to launch regular cargo lines to Turkey....
Russia’s Astrakhan region cargo turnover with Azerbaijan increases
Astrakhan, Russia (PortSEurope) February 23, 2023 – The cargo turnover between the Caspian Sea ports of Russian Astrakhan region (Astrakhan and Olya) and...
The EU sanctions watchdog has an easy target – Turkey
Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) February 22, 2023 – The Netherlands is proposing the creation of a centralised European Union (EU) sanctions watchdog to...
Rosatom plans dredging in North Sea Route area
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) February 21, 2023 – The total volume of dredging and hydraulic engineering operations in the waters of the Northern Sea...
Maersk to divest logistics sites in St. Petersburg and Novorossiysk
Copehagen, Denmark (PortSEurope) February 20, 2023 – A.P. Moller – Maersk (Maersk) has entered into an agreement to divest its logistics sites in...