Vladivostok and Nevelsk to be linked by a direct container line

© RIA Novosti / Vitaliy AnkovShips in Vladivostok’s commercial seaport
Ships in Vladivostok’s commercial seaport
The Nevelsk commercial seaport (CSP) will use two of its own seagoing ships to deliver freight to the Sakhalin Region, Press Service of the regional Ministry of Agriculture and Trade reports.
Three test runs were performed in December 2025, with the Aurora making calls at the seaport of Nevelsk and delivering over 300 20- and 40-foot containers, including refrigerators, to recipients in Sakhalin. Food constitutes the bulk of goods arriving to the island from the port of Vladivostok.

“In that period, Nevelsk successfully handled containers, while the port of Korsakov was being hit by bad weather and saw ships building up on its roadstead. To increase the number of processed containers, Korsakov went over to a 24-hour mode of operations,” the Ministry’s Northern Delivery Commissioner Gennady Kotlikov said.

Given the need for an alternative freight route from the port of Vladivostok, the Nevelsk CSP managers made adjustments to the port’s ground infrastructure. They also studied the possibility of transporting freight on the one-stop-shop principle and delivering containers to customers under their own steam.
“We offer rapid delivery and unloading in the port of Nevelsk. This is particularly pertinent because of depth restrictions that force ships to board fewer containers. It is critically important that final recipients get perishable goods, such as fruit and vegetables, as soon as possible,” Nevelsk CSP General Director Oleg Mazur said.
Russia to expand Far Eastern and Arctic navigation, boosting capacity of local ports - РИА Новости, 1920, 04.09.2025
Russia to expand Far Eastern and Arctic navigation, boosting capacity of local ports