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 navy builds a new base in Caspian Makhachkala
Makhachkala, Russia (Ports Europe) March 5, 2024 – The Russian navy, exposed and vulnerable in the Black Sea, is building a new base for its ships in the...
Russia’s problems with dredging in Arctic and elsewhere
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) March 2, 2024 – “Definitely bad” is how Nikolay Tyrtyshny, General Director of Rostov central design bureau Stapel that...
Putin: Soviet-style transport and logistics promises
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) February 29, 2024 – In true Soviet style, Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed Russia‘s Federal Assembly, the...
Russia to dredge Northern Sea Route with Chinese help
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) February 28, 2024 – The transportation of the dredging fleet from Southeast Asia through the Suez Canal to the Northern Sea...
Russia wants a Sochi-Trabzon ferry in the Black Sea
Sochi, Russia (Ports Europe) February 26, 2024 – Isolated Russia has plans to launch a cargo-passenger ferry from its Black Sea port of Sochi to...
Irtysh River as a sanctions-busting route China-Russia
Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) February 26, 2024 – Under pressure from Russia, Kazakhstan is planning a multimodal transit corridor...
Novorossiysk Sea Trade Port sanctioned by Canada
Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) February 25, 2024 – Russia’s Novorossiysk Sea Trade Port (NSTP) company has been included in the sanctions imposed...
Delayed ammonia terminal in Taman only in test mode in June
Taman, Russia (Ports Europe) February 20, 2024 – Additional land plots have been included in the boundaries of Russia’s Black Sea port of Taman. They are...
St. Petersburg port and drugs
St. Petersburg, Russia (Ports Europe) February 20, 2024 – More than 1,200 kg of cocaine was seized in the Big Port of St. Petersburg in January in a...
Sanctions? Georgia as Russia’s “Auto Heaven”
Tbilisi, Georgia (Ports Europe) February 18, 2024 – Hundreds of cars are supplied to Russia from Georgia every day, directly or through intermediary...
Update: Russian ports handled 71 mln tonnes of cargo in Jan 24
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) February 15, 2024 – Cargo turnover of Russian seaports in January 2024 decreased by 6.2% compared to the same month of last...
Will Russia pay for the $350 mln dry port in Armenia’s Gyumri?
Gyumri, Armenia (Ports Europe) February 14, 2024 – The project for the construction of a dry port in Armenia’s Gyumri was discussed again at a meeting...
Russian ports handled 71 mln tonnes of cargo in Jan 24
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) February 13, 2024 – Cargo turnover of Russian seaports in January 2024 decreased by 6.2% compared to the same month of last...
Russia-North Korea ferry service to reopen
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) February 13, 2024 – Desperate for North Korean munitions and missiles for its ongoing war in Ukraine, Russia might reopen...
Chinese cranes also for VSC in Russia’s Vostochny Port
Kozmino, Russia (Ports Europe) February 13, 2024 – Deprived of access to Western equipment and technology due to sanctions, Russian ports are turning en...
Renewed Russian drone attacks against Ukraine’s Danube ports
Izmail, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 12, 2024 – Russia again attacked with Iranian-made drones during the night of February 10 Ukrainian Danube River...
Shipping companies delivering ammunition to Russia to be sanctioned
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) February 9, 2024 – The European Union has proposed sanctioning about 55 companies and more than 60 individuals as part...