Zarubino (Port)

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Russia and China to speed up development of Zarubino port

Russia is strengthening its economic and trade cooperation with China amid the sanctions imposed by the West over Ukraine. One such project involves the development of the Zarubino port in the Russian Far East. The ice-free port is only 18 kilometers from the border with China and is connected by road and railway to Hunchun, a county-level city in the Chinese province of Jilin. In May, Jilin signed a cooperation agreement with Summa Group, Russia’s largest transport and logistics company, to jointly develop Zarubino. The deal signed at the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia held in Shanghai aims to expand the port’s cargo-handling capacity to 60 million tonnes per year, which would make Zarubino one of the largest ports in Northeast Asia. The first phase of the project is due to be completed in 2018.

New Bunkering Rules in Russian Far East Port

New regulations for Russia's far eastern Zarubino Seaport make bunkering simpler, Port News IAA reports. The new rules, approved by the nation's Ministry of Transport, follow the establishment of permits for vessels up to 400 meters long with draft of up to 16.7 meters making regular calls for bunkering operations around one of the port's anchor holds. Previously, such ships were allowed to call in that area only by receiving individual permission from the seaport's captain. FSUE Rosmorport and Summa Group signed a deal in May to work together on an expansion of marine facilities at Zarubino in May, World Maritime News reported at the time. Russia's Far East region is said to be probably the fastest growing bunker market in the world.