Directive №3320-r of 15 November 2025
Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed a directive on establishing a permanent multilateral freight inspection point on the state border of Russia at the seaport of Mariupol.
With its 3.9-kilometre-long mooring line and 12 loading wharves, the port of Mariupol is today the biggest deep-water seaport in the Azov region. Its loading machines and equipment are factors in the rapid loading and unloading of vessels of various types. After the current dredging operations are over, the port will be able to receive bulk carriers, multipurpose vessels, and container ships capable of holding up to 25,000 metric tons of cargo.
The seaport of Mariupol mostly handles grain, coal, sintering ore, and packaged goods.
The most familiar international routes leading from ports in the Sea of Azov are those with destinations in Türkiye and countries in North Africa and the Middle East.
The decision will make it possible to develop port and other infrastructure for an expanded domestic and foreign trade and help to tap the economic potential of the Donetsk People’s Republic.