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)
Taganrog Sea Commercial Port reports increased investment in environment management
Taganrog, Russia (PortSEurope) December 11, 2018 – In January-September 2018, Taganrog Sea Commercial Port (TagSCP) invested $67,300 in its...
Ukraine to test Russia with more navy ships sailing via Kerch Strait
Mariupol, Ukraine (PortSEurope) December 8, 2018 – Ukraine said it will soon send navy ships through the Kerch Strait, connecting Azov and Black Seas, where...
Ukrainian ports at Azov can increase cargo handling by almost 800,000 tons per year, with unrestricted passage through the Kerch Strait
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) December 5, 2018 – Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) reports that the current situation with shipping in the Azov Sea...
Ukrainian Azov Sea ports partially unblocked
Mariupol, Ukraine (PortSEurope) December 4, 2018 – Russia has partially unblocked access to Ukrainian ports on the Azov Sea, Ukraine’s infrastructure...
Ukraine has protested at IMO Sea Safety Committee in connection with Russian aggression in the Kerch Strait
London, United Kingdom (PortSEurope) December 3, 2018 – Ukraine has raised its protest against the aggression of Russia in the Kerch Strait in the...
Merkel asks Putin to open Azov Sea to Ukrainian ships
Mariupol, Ukraine (PortSEurope) December 1, 2018 – German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called on Russia to honour a 2003 treaty that sets out the...
NCSP Group Consolidated Financial Results for Jan-Sep 2018
Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) November 30, 2018 – NCSP Group has announced its consolidated operating and financial results for the nine months...
Ukraine steps up protection of ports
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) November 28, 2018 – Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine Volodymyr Omelyan had held an expanded meeting with the heads of...
NCSP Group’s consolidated cargo turnover for January-September totaled 105.25 million tons
Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) November 27, 2018 – NCSP Group has reported that consolidated cargo turnover of the Group’s terminals for...
Tension in Azov Sea affects Ukrainian ports
Mariupol, Ukraine (PortSEurope) November 26, 2018 – After years of tension building up over Ukrainian ships navigating the Azov Sea, on November 25...
Ceuta port may soon start receiving Russian ships again
Ceuta, Spain (PortSEurope) October 29, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Ceuta (APC – Port Authority of Ceuta) is making arrangements to receive, again,...
Taganrog port sees reduced traffic in Jan-Aug 2018
Taganrog, Russia (PortSEurope) October 29, 2018 – In the first nine months of 2018, Taganrog Sea Commercial Port JSC handled 925,000 tonnes of cargo,...
NCSP Group’s cargo turnover for January-August totaled 94,217 thousand tons
Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) October 29, 2018 – NCSP Group has reported consolidated cargo turnover of the group’s terminals for...
NCSP Group’s cargo turnover for January–July 2018 totaled 82,351 thousand tons
Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) October 13, 2018 – NCSP Group has reported that consolidated cargo turnover for the first half of 2018 decreased by...
Throughput of Russian seaports increases 4% in Jan-Sept 2018
Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) October 13, 2018 – In January-September 2018, Russian seaports handled 604.2 million tonnes of cargo (up 4%,...
Arkas and Cosco set up Mediterranean-Black Sea reefer service
Mersin, Turkey (PortSEurope) October 12, 2018 – Turkish shipping company Arkas and China’s Cosco are to set up a reefer service between the ports...
Implementation of AO Taganrog Sea Commercial Port’s development programme in H1 2018
Taganrog, Russia (Ports Europe) September 4, 2018 – In the first half of 2018, AO Taganrog Sea Commercial Port (TagSCP), part of UCL Holding, invested...