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Olya

Olya is situated at the North of the Caspian Sea on the Volga estuary, SW of Astrakhan, Russia. It is located in the mouth of the Volga River in the Bakhtemir branch. The water area of ​​the seaport of Olya is adjacent to the water area of ​​the seaport of Astrakhan.

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...

Olya and Astrakhan to handle 6 mln cargo tonnes in 2024

Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) June 1, 2024 – The combined cargo turnover of Russia’s Caspian Sea ports of Olya and Astrakhan in 2024 can reach 6...

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...

Russian ports handled 288.4 mln tonnes of cargo in Jan-Apr’24

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) May 20, 2024 – The cargo turnover of Russian seaports in the January-April period decreased by 4.3% compared to the first four...

Olya Port and SEZ development pushed by Putin

Olya, Russia (Ports Europe) May 9, 2024 – The long-delayed project for the development of Russia’s Caspian port of Olya is moving much faster after the...

Turkmenistan joins Astrakhan logistics event

Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) April 23, 2024 – Turkmenistan will attend the Third International Forum “Transport Logistics of the Caspian Region...

Turkmenistan transports tomatoes to Astrakhan, new trade routes

Olya, Russia (Ports Europe) April 22, 2024 – Turkmenistan has started sending fresh tomatoes to Astrakhan port in Russia. The first delivery was a modest...

Delo Group to build terminal in Astrakhan after Putin instruction

Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) April 20, 2024 – Russia’s Delo Group plans to develop transport infrastructure on the Caspian Sea, build a terminal in...

Russian ports handled 214.3 mln tonnes of cargo in Q1’24

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) April 18, 2024 – Cargo turnover of Russian seaports in January-March 2024 decreased by 3.3% compared to the same period of last...

Putin: Caspian port of Olya is increasingly important for Russia

Olya, Russia (Ports Europe) April 16, 2024 – The port of Olya is becoming increasingly important for Russia, the country’s President Vladimir Putin,...

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...

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...

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...

Kazakhstan plans dredging of Ural-Caspian Canal

Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) January 2, 2024 – Kazakhstan plans to start dredging of the Ural River-Caspian Sea Canal in 2024 and include the...

Restart of cargo ferry between Astrakhan and Turkmenbashi

Astrakhan, Russia (PortSEurope) December 20, 2023 – The Caspian Sea regular ferry line between the ports of Russia’s Astrakhan region (Astrakhan and...

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...

Update: Huge free cargo capacity in Russia’s Caspian ports

Astrakhan, Russia (PortSEurope) October 26, 2023 – The design capacities of the three Russian Caspian Sea ports of Astrakhan, Makhachkala and Olya are loaded...

Huge free cargo capacity in Russia’s Caspian Sea ports

Astrakhan, Russia (PortSEurope) October 25, 2023 – The consolidated capacity of Russia’s Caspian Sea ports of Astrakhan and Olya is 16 million tonnes,...

Iran helps Russia by increasing Caspian cargo fleet

Tehran, Iran (PortSEurope) October 23, 2023 – Iran is again helping and working with Russia to increase Caspian Sea cargo traffic. State-owned Islamic...

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