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The NUTEP container terminal and the KSK grain terminal — both part of Deloports, which manages Delo Group’s port assets in Novorossiysk — maintained their leading positions in container and grain transshipment at the end of 2025. NUTEP retained leadership in container volumes within the Azov-Black Sea basin, while KSK remained the country’s leading terminal for grain transshipment.
NUTEP increased container throughput by 1.9% year on year to 624,000 TEU in 2025. The terminal remained the volume leader in the Azov-Black Sea basin, ranked second among Russia’s container terminals overall, and retained its leading position in container exports.
KSK handled 7.4 million tonnes of grain for export in 2025 (-28.6% year on year), while increasing its share of the Russian deep-water grain transshipment market. The decline in volumes was primarily driven by the weak grain harvest in 2024. With the start of the new grain season in the second half of 2025, the market began to recover. By August, October, and November, KSK was transshipping more than 1.0 million tonnes of grain cargo per month for export. In the fourth quarter of 2025, KSK’s grain transshipment grew by 4.3% year on year.
“Despite the contraction of the maritime container transshipment market and the decline in grain exports in 2025, Deloports increased its container volumes and strengthened its position in the grain segment, confirming its leadership among Russian stevedoring companies,” the company’s management said.
Consolidated results of Deloports:
Note: Operating data have been rounded. As a result, individual figures and percentage changes may not sum precisely.
