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)
FESCO plans container feeder line in Africa
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) November 29, 2023 – Deprived of opportunities to operate in Europe due to Western sanctions, FESCO, one of the largest...
Russia to containerise non-ferrous metals handling
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) November 28, 2023 – In 2023, non-ferrous metals, one of the most profitable and in-demand cargoes in world trade, was one...
River ports in Russia for sale – 1 euro cent
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) November 27, 2023 – A law simplifying the privatisation of dilapidated and abandoned Russian river ports has been signed by...
North-South corridor is sanctioned Russia’s distant dream
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) November 26, 2023 – The development of the International North-South Transport Corridor – INSTC will significantly...
The North-South is the poor relative of Russia’s international cargo corridors
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) November 24, 2023 – The cargo transportation along the three main international transport corridors (ITC) that pass via...
TransContainer signs contract to modernise Rostov terminal
Rostov, Russia (Ports Europe) November 23, 2023 – PJSC TransContainer has signed a contract to modernise container yards at Rostov-Tovarniy terminal with...
TransContainer starts new export routes for timber
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) November 23, 2023 – PJSC TransContainer has started exporting timber using new export routes. This includes to China via...
China’s increasing influence on the Northern Sea Route
Hellerup, Denmark (Ports Europe) November 17, 2023 – As Russia attempts to find ways to alleviate the impact of Western sanctions, and find alternative...
New sanctions-busting corridor to Russia bypasses Kazakhstan
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (Ports Europe) July 5, 2023 – Russia and Kyrgyzstan will soon open a new Southern Transport Corridor across Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and...
€50 mln for the project for Russia’s North-South corridor
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) November 16, 2023 – Russia’s giant state-owned VTB Bank will pay 4-5 billion rubles (41.2-51.5 million euro) for the...
Russia plans port development in occupied Crimea
Feodosia, Russia (Ports Europe) November 16, 2023 – A second berth should be constructed in the Black Sea port of Feodosia on the illegally Russia-occupied...
Russia with 1.4 billion tonnes port capacity – a third of its surplus
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) November 16, 2023 – The surplus of port capacity in Russia will reach 483 million tonnes per year by the end of 2023, the...
Russia restored cargo handling in occupied Mariupol and Berdyansk ports
Mariupol, Ukraine (Ports Europe) November 16, 2023 – In the seized Ukraine’s Azov Sea ports of Mariupol and Berdyansk shipping and cargo...
Update: Russian seaports cargo by category and port in Jan-Oct’23
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) November 14, 2023 – Cargo turnover of Russian seaports in the January-October 2023 period increased by 7.8% compared to the...
Rosatom takes over FESCO to create a shipping corridor along Northern Sea Route
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) November 14, 2023 – Desperate times for Russia lead to desperate measures. Under pressure from Western sanctions, Russian...
Russian ports handled 749.3 million tonnes of cargo in Jan-Oct’23
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) November 10, 2023 – Cargo handled by Russian seaports in the January-October period increased by 7.8% compared to the first 10...
Aquilon Shipping starts Sochi-Samsun cruise ship service
Sochi, Russia (PortSEurope) November 9, 2023 – Aquilon Shipping has said that it will start a cruise ship service between the Russian Black Sea port of...