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05.12.2025
Russia Extends Ban on Precious Metals Waste and Scrap Export Again
The Government of the Russian Federation has repeatedly extended the ban on the export of precious metals waste and scrap from the country. According to the governmental decree, the ban...
05.12.2025
First Containerized Wheat Shipment from Krasnoyarsk Region to Viet Nam
FESCO Transport Group has organized the first containerized wheat shipment from Krasnoyarsk region to Viet Nam, FESCO said in a statement. Prior to this, grain in containers was not exported...
04.12.2025
Azov and Caspian Freight Market, Week 49, 2023
On week 49, the Azov and Black Sea region saw a decline in freight rates to $44 pmt for shipments of 3,000 tons of wheat from Azov to Marmara Sea...
04.12.2025
Arctic Basin Ports’ Throughput in October 2025: Ferrous Metals Up
The sea ports in the Russian Arctic handled 8.2 mn tons of cargo in October 2025, up 6% year-on-year. The article is based on SeaNews PORTSTAT online service (available for...
03.12.2025
Russian Railways Employ AI to Manage Shunting Operations
Russian Railways have launched the first automatic shunting routing system at the station of Chelyabinsk, the company said in its messenger channel. The system calculates the optimal route for each...
03.12.2025
Container Traffic via Arctic Basin Ports in October 2025 Down 20%
In October 2025, Russian Arctic ports handled 16.9 thousand TEU, down 20% year-on-year accounting for 4% of the entire container traffic via all the Russian sea ports. The article is...
02.12.2025
Russian Railways’ Freight Traffic in January-November 2025 Declines 5.6% YoY
In January-November 2025, Russian Railways loaded 1,021.3 mn tons of cargo, down 5.6% year-on-year. Most commodity categories demonstrated a downward trend. [visualizer id="5135272" lazy="no" class=""] Coal loading, which is Russian...
02.12.2025
Far East Basin Ports’ Throughput in October 2025: Liquefied Gas Up
Cargo traffic via the sea ports in the Russian Far East grew by 2% to make 21.6 mn tons, according to the official data available. The article is based on...
01.12.2025
First Shipment of Leeches and Passion Fruit to Urals
The first ever shipment of leeches (1 ton worth 289 thousand rubles) and passion fruit (29 tons worth more than 6 mn rubles) arrived to the Urals, the Urals Customs...
01.12.2025
Railway Loading of Iron Ore in January-October 2025
In January-October 2025, the loading of export designated iron ore increased, Russian Railways have reported. The aggregate railway traffic of this commodity was up 24.2% year-on-year to 15.3 mn tons....
28.11.2025
Russia-China Cross-Border Rail Traffic, 10 Months 2025
Cargo traffic via the railway border crossing checkpoints on the Russia-China border made 33.6 mn tons during the 10 months of 2025, down 1,3% year-on-year, Russian Railways said in their...
28.11.2025
Container Traffic via Far East Basin Ports in October 2025 Down 20.1%
Container traffic via the Russian Far East sea ports made 191.5 thousand TEU in October 2025 decreasing 20.1% year-on-year, according to available official data. The article is based on SeaNews...
28.11.2025
Russia’s Export and Import in January-September 2025
The foreign trade turnover of the Russian Federation during January-September 2025 made $503.9 bn, 3.2% below the figure for the first 9 months of 2024. Import According to the RF...
27.11.2025
FESCO Launches Direct Rail Service from China to St. Petersburg
FESCO Transport Group has launched a direct rail service branded FESCO China Neva Shuttle from Xian in China to St. Petersburg via Kazakhstan, the Group said in a statement. The...
27.11.2025
Azov and Caspian Freight Market, Week 48, 2023
On week 48, freight rates in the Azov and Black Sea region for shipping 3,000 tons of wheat from Azov to Marmara Sea ports remain at $47 per ton. As...
27.11.2025
Russian Azov and Black Sea Ports’ Throughput Up 10.2% YoY in October 2025
The Russian sea ports located in the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov handled a total of 26 mn tons of cargo in October 2025, up 10.2% year-on-year. The...
26.11.2025
Sovcomflot Takes Delivery of LNG Ready Tanker
cSovcomflot has taken delivery of a newly built green MR tanker named “Ivan Aivazovsky” named to commemorate the great Russian seascape painter. The “Ivan Aivazovsky” is the lead vessel in...
26.11.2025
FESCO Launches First 40’ Flexitank Block Train to China
FESCO Transport Group has dispatched the first block train fully loaded with 40’ flexitanks from Omsk to China, the Group said in a statement. The train carrying 62 40’ units...
26.11.2025
Rail Freight via Naushki Border Crossing Up 10.5% in January-October 2025
7.4 mn tons of cargo was carried by rail via the Naushki border crossing checkpoint during January-October, up 10.5% year-on-year. Import amounted to 1.3 mn tons, up 10.7% year-on-year, and...
25.11.2025
Russia – EU Trade Turnover in January-September 2025
During the first nine months of 2025, the trade turnover between Russia and the countries of the European Union made 43.9 bn euro, down 12.9% year-on-year. According to Eurostat, exports...
25.11.2025
Rail Export via Sea Ports in October 2025
Export designated freight traffic by rail increased 6.6% year-on-year during October 2025, Russian Railways said in their social media account. All in all, 27.7 mn tons of cargo was loaded....
25.11.2025
Container Traffic via Russian Azov and Black Sea Ports Up 4.4% in October
Container traffic via the Russian sea ports located in the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea grew by 4.4% year-on-year to make 83.8 thousand TEU. The article is based...
24.11.2025
Rail Export from Russia to Kazakhstan in January-October 2025
Russian Railways report growing export traffic to Kazakhstan. According to the state-owned operator, it increased 7.2% year-on-year during January-October 2025. 25.5 million tons was carried during the period under report....
24.11.2025
Liquefied Hydrocarbon Gas Project for Novorossiysk
An agreement on building a liquefied hydrocarbon gas terminal in the port of Novorossiysk has been signed by Sergey Pylin, CEO of Rosmorport, and Maksim Mashkantsev, Executive Director of Chernomorsky...
21.11.2025
Railway Loading of Export Ferrous Metals in January-October 2025
During August-October 2025, the loading of export designated ferrous metals grew, Russian Railways have reported. Railway traffic of such commodities was up 14.3.9% year-on-year to 20.6 mn tons including 2.3...
21.11.2025
Aeroflot Flies Two Amur Tigresses to Moscow Zoo
Russia’s Aeroflot airline has carried two amur tigresses from Khabarovsk to Moscow on November 9, the company said. The delivery was performed on a request of the Amur Tiger Center....
21.11.2025
Russian Baltic Ports in October 2025: Ore Up
In October 2025, the Russian sea ports in the Baltic handled 22.7 mn tons, up 2.1% year-on-year. The article is based on SeaNews PORTSTAT online service (available for SeaNews subsribers)....
21.11.2025
Azov and Caspian Freight Market, Week 47, 2023
On week 47, freight rates in the Azov and Black Sea region remained at USD 46-47 per ton for shipments of 3,000 tons of wheat from Azov to Marmara Sea...
20.11.2025
Railway Shipment of Grain, October 2025
Russian Railways loaded 3.6 mn tons of grain during October 2025, up 22.7% year-on-year, the company said in its social media account. 2.7 mn tons (+26.2%) of this amount was...
20.11.2025
Rosmorport Adds New Vessel to Dredging Fleet
Russia’s federal port property management agency Rosmorport has taken delivery of a new dredger built by the Astrakhan-based Stroyliderplus, the agency said in a statement. The vessel named “Nikolay Grichanovsky”...