Sochi
Sochi is a city located in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, on the Black Sea coast. It is the largest city in the region and the main resort city of the Russian Riviera. It is a stopover in Russia’s Black Sea cruise ship business.
Russian navy escapes from Novorossiysk, but where to?
Gelendzhik, Russia (Ports Europe) September 18, 2024 – The Russian Black Sea navy is on the run again, leaving the country’s largest port of...
Update: Why is there no Sochi-Trabzon ferry?
Sochi, Russia (Ports Europe) May 14, 2024 – Western sanctions isolated Russia is pushing for years to re-launch a cargo-passenger ferry from its Black Sea...
Second attempt to lease Sochi port, Russia
Sochi, Russia (Ports Europe) May 13, 2024 – The entire port infrastructure of Russia’s Black Sea cruise and yacht Port of Sochi will be made again...
Russia wants a Sochi-Trabzon ferry in the Black Sea
Sochi, Russia (Ports Europe) February 26, 2024 – Isolated Russia has plans to launch a cargo-passenger ferry from its Black Sea port of Sochi to...
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...
Russia’s Black Sea Sochi port available on long lease
Sochi, Russia (Ports Europe) January 19, 2024 – The entire port infrastructure of Russia’s Black Sea port of Sochi will be made available on a long...
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...
Ukraine declared six Russian Black Sea ports zones of “military threat”
Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) August 6, 2023 – On August 4, Ukraine, invaded by Russia in February 2022, declared the internal and external waters...
Sitronics Group to equip the seaport of Sochi with domestic VTS
Sochi, Russia (PortSEurope) June 5, 2023 – Sitronics Group and FSUE Rosmorport have signed a contract to install a vessel traffic control system (VTS)...
Unye Port develops Russia-Georgia-Turkey sea connections
Samsun, Turkey (PortSEurope) March 28, 2023 – The Black Sea Port of Unye, in Northeast Turkey, is developing a role in developing services with ports in...
No chance for passenger ships between Russia and Georgia
Batumi, Georgia (Ports Europe) January 26, 2023 – The Maritime Transport Agency (AMT) of Georgia refuted the statement of the General Director of...
Turkey’s Trabzon hosts welcomes Russian cruise ship
Trabzon, Turkey (Ports Europe) January 13, 2023 – The Black Sea port of Trabzon has welcomed the cruise ship “Astoria Grande” which arrived with 502...
Caspian Sea ports handled 1% of cargo of all Russia’s ports, but that might change soon
Makhachkala (Ports Europe) March 17, 2021 – The cargo turnover of the Russian Caspian Sea ports of Makhachkala, Astrakhan and Olya in January 2021...
Black Sea ports cruise working group meeting held
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 19, 2020 – Managers of the leading Black Sea ports have held a virtual “meeting” to discuss the impact of...
Russia’s Rosmorport starts test of Sochi cruise route
Sochi, Russia (PortSEurope) May 30, 2017 – Russian company FSUE Rosmorport’s cruise ship Prince Vladimir left on May 28 from Sochi for a six-day test...
Russia to start operating Crimea-Turkey cruise line in June
Sochi, Russia (PortSEurope) May 19, 2017 – Russia plans to start operating a regular cruise line connecting Sochi to the Crimea and Turkey on June 11, the...
Cruise ship to service Sochi-Crimea route is almost ready for operation
Sochi, Russia (PortSEurope) April 23, 2017 – The cruise ship, which will carry service the regular Sochi-Crimea route, is almost ready to start operations....
Sochi-Istanbul cruise line to be launched on May 1
Sochi, Russia (Ports Europe) February 28, 2017 – Sevastopol governor Dmitry Ovsyannikov said a cruise ship will start operating the...