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Kavkaz

Port Kavkaz is a harbour on the Kerch Strait in Krasnodar Krai, Russia.

Update: Kavkaz port still closed after fuel ferry for occupied Crimea sank

Kavkaz, Russia (Ports Europe) August 23, 2024 – Russia’s third largest Black Sea port of Kavkaz (Caucasus) continues to be closed after a ferry carrying 30...

Ukraine sinks a ferry carrying fuel to occupied Crimea

Kavkaz, Russia (Ports Europe) August 23, 2024 – A ferry carrying 30 fuel tanks sank in Russia’s Black Sea port of Kavkaz (Caucasus) on August 22 after...

Table: Russian ports monthly cargo results Jan-Jul 2024

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) August 16, 2024 – The table below, prepared by Ports Europe, shows monthly cargo handling figures for Russian ports in...

Russian ports handled 521.8 mln tonnes of cargo Jan-Jul 2024

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) August 16, 2024 – Cargo turnover of Russian seaports in January-July 2024 decreased by 3.1% compared to the seven months of...

Storage of fuels banned in Kavkaz port, last railway ferry lost

Kavkaz, Russia (Ports Europe) July 28, 2024 – Russia’s Federal Security Service (the successor of the Soviet KGB) has banned the storage of fuels and...

Table: Russian ports monthly cargo results H1 2024

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) July 12, 2024 – The table below, prepared by Ports Europe, shows monthly cargo handling figures for Russian ports in millions...

Table: Russian ports monthly cargo results, Oct 23-May 24

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) June 18, 2024 – The table below, prepared by Ports Europe, shows monthly cargo handling figures for Russian ports in millions...

Russian ports handled 373 mln tonnes of cargo in Jan-May 2023

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) June 18, 2024 – Cargo turnover of Russian seaports in the January-May period decreased by 3.4% compared to the first five...

Transport links to Russia-occupied Crimea under siege

Kavkaz, Russia (Ports Europe) June 1, 2024 – A ferry crossing and an oil terminal at the port of Kavkaz (Caucasus), on the Russian side of the Kerch...

Table: Russian ports monthly cargo results, Oct 23-Apr 24

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) May 20, 2024 – The table below prepared by Ports Europe, shows monthly cargo handling figures for Russian ports in millions...

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...

Reference – Official list of Russian ports

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) January 21, 2024 – The register of sea ports of Russia includes 67 ports, which are included in 8 sea basins and are located...

Armenian ferry line between Poti and Kavkaz suspended

Poti, Georgia (Ports Europe) January 9, 2024 – Landlocked Armenia has suspended the short-lived Black Sea ferry line between the Georgian Poti and the...

Armenia establishes rail-sea cargo route to Russia, bypassing sanctions

Batumi, Georgia (PortSEurope) June 26, 2023 – Without much fanfare, Armenia has established a regular combined rail and sea cargo route to sanctions-hit...

Update: Russian seaports cargo by port in Jan-May’23

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) June 13, 2023 – Cargo turnover of Russian seaports in the January-May 2023 period increased by 11.2% compared to the first five...

Russia claims increase in ports’ cargo handling in Jan-Feb’23 despite sanctions

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) March 20, 2023 – Russian seaports handled 140.3 million tonnes of cargo in January-February 2023, 2.6% more compared to the...

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....

Sanctions delay the launch of Poti-Kavkaz train-ferry service

Poti, Georgia (Ports Europe) October 27, 2022 – Sanctions have delayed the launch of Poti-Kavkaz train-ferry service, seen as Armenia-Russia cargo solution....

Armenia to launch Poti-Kavkaz twice weekly train-ferry link by end-August

Poti, Georgia (PortSEurope) August 15, 2022 – Landlocked Armenia plans to launch the long delayed twice weekly train-ferry service from the Georgia’s port...

Russia’s port of Kavkaz keeps reporting lower cargo handling

Kavkaz, Russia (PortSEurope) August 7, 2022 – The Russian port of Kavkaz (Caucasus), strategically located in the Kerch Strait that connects Azov Sea with...

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