Volga River
The Volga River is the longest river in Europe. Situated in Russia, it flows through Central Russia to Southern Russia and into the Caspian Sea. The Volga lis linked to the Don river in Southern Russia by the Lenin Volga–Don Shipping Canal. The Volga has a length of 3,531 km (2,194 mi), and a catchment area of 1,360,000 km2 (530,000 sq mi). It is widely regarded as the national river of Russia. Five of the ten largest cities of Russia, including the nation’s capital, Moscow, are located in the Volga’s drainage basin.
New FESCO container terminal on Volga River
Sviyazhsk, Russia (Ports Europe) February 5, 2024 – FESCO, one of the largest transport and logistics companies in Russia, the Ministry of Transport of...
Turkmenistan to build ships for shrinking Caspian Sea
Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan (Ports Europe) February 1, 2024 – Under pressure from the shrinking Caspian Sea, Turkmenistan’s Balkan shipbuilding and ship...
Astrakhan is a centre of Russia’s Caspian logistics
Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) January 30, 2024 – Hard pressed by Western sanctions, Russia is trying to find alternative transport routes towards...
First cruise service visiting all Caspian states
Astrakhan, Russia (PortSEurope) January 21, 2024 – Moscow has decided to replace services affected by Western sanctions opportunities for Russian...
North-South corridor obstacles according to Russia
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) January 18, 2024 – The International North-South Corridor (INSTC) project aims to reduce the time and cost of cargo...
Urgent dredging to start in Baku port, Caspian Sea shrinks
Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) January 10, 2024 – Dredging will start in the coming days in Azerbaijan’s Caspian Sea port of Baku, which will allow access...
Update: Makhachkala port partly reopens after dredging
Makhachkala, Russia (Ports Europe) January 10, 2024 – The oil terminal of Russia’s Caspian Sea port of Makhachkala reopened after emergency dredging to...
Russia’s Makhachkala port blocked by silt
Makhachkala, Russia (Ports Europe) January 2, 2024 – Since the beginning of December, heavy winds blocked the dry cargo harbour channel of Russia’s port of...
EBRD provides loan to Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping Company
Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) December 19, 2023 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will provide a long-term loan to...
Russian port on Volga River on sale for €3 million
Nizhny Novgorod, Russia (Ports Europe) December 11, 2023 – A Volga River port west of Nizhny Novgorod is for sale for the symbolic 300 million rubles (3...
Russia’s Volga-Caspian Canal dredged to 4.5 m depth, but…
Rostov-on-Don, Russia (Ports Europe) December 8, 2023 – After heavy dredging, involving 17 dredgers and a fleet of 40 support vessels, the draft on the...
More announcements, no construction work for Russia’s third PSEZ
Nizhny Novgorod, Russia (Ports Europe) December 4, 2023 – A 28-hectare plot in the area of the Volga cargo port in the city of Bor will be rented without...
Russia’s sanctions-busting trade routes stumble
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) December 4, 2023 – The two “secret weapons” against Western sanctions affecting Russian cargo transportation – the...
TransContainer, Global Ports launch East-West container service
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) November 30, 2023 – PJSC TransContainer and container terminal operator Global Ports have launched a new scheduled...
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...
€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...
Middle Volga-Caspian-Persian Gulf corridor within the INSTC
Ulyanovsk, Russia (PortSEurope) November 6, 2023 – Facing logistics and infrastructure difficulties in its attempt to redirect foreign trade towards the...