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Russia’s FESCO Transportation Group have recorded a 38% increase in shipments between Chinese Ports and Vladivostok in Q1 2026 over the same period last year, with the bulk of these being Chinese exports to Russia.
Russia is upgrading its Taman Port near Krasnodar to help develop urea and other fertilizer exports, specifically for Asian markets now seeking supply chain alternatives to the sole Middle East route. When completed, the port’s capacity will increase to 3.5 million tonnes of ammonia and 1.5 million tonnes of urea per year.
Russia’s FESCO transport group have been making maritime deliveries to the Middle East markets and avoiding the Strait of Hormuz by introducing direct shipping services between Russia’s southern ports and Jeddah, in Saudi Arabia, on the Red Sea.
Russia’s AGR auto group, together with its Chinese partner Defetoo, has relaunched production of automobile engines at the former Volkswagen site in Kaluga. The site has undergone significant Russian and Chinese investment and upgrading from its previous German ownership days. Volkswagen have cut back annual auto production in Germany while China’s auto industry is booming.
The Russian container market grew by 1.9% at the end of the first quarter of 2026 compared to the same period in 2025, reaching 1.8 million Twenty-foot Equivalent Units (TEU). This is indicative of a small rebound over trade figures in the same period last year.
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India has added several Russian companies to, and extended the licences of several Russian maritime insurance companies after coverage expired due to delays caused by problems in the Persian Gulf. The number of Russian insurers licenced to finance maritime risk in India has been increased to eleven.
The latest Russia-Azerbaijan Intergovernmental Commission has been held in Zangilan, in the Azerbaijan’s Eastern Zangezur region, to inspire attention in developing the recent Armenian deposed area. Also discussed were connectivity issues with Iran’s Rascht-Astara railway, with construction currently suspended due to the Iran war.
Chinese investors have provided heavy duty equipment for expanding Russia’s Osterra Port near Khabarovsk in the Russian Far East. The port is a major gateway for Russian coal exports to the Asia Pacific.
Russia’s Rostec, in conjunction with Chinese investors, is building a cross-border ‘hydrogen fuel corridor’ in the Russian Far East to better service their bilateral highway logistics capabilities. Hydrogen fuel cells perform better in cold weather conditions than either diesel or electric trucks, but a supply chain network of filling stations needs to be established.
Logistical problems in the Middle East, combined with increased costs for shipping oil and gas from others sources in North America, Latin America and Africa mean that East Asian governments are once again looking at Russia and the Northern Sea Route for deliveries. We examine the pros and cons.
Russia’s Vladivostok is discussing direct flights with China’s Yinchang. The latter is famous for the Three Gorges, Dams and River Cruises and has a population of over 4 million, all of whom live inland and would also want to experience Vladivostok’s Pacific coastal charms.
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