Following a record harvest, the Ulyanovsk region is boosting grain exports to Iran, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Türkiye, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Latvia. The first cargo ships have already departed for the Caspian Sea.
Ferries operated by the Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping Company (ASCO) set a new monthly record in December by transporting 4,476 vehicles.
All 14 people on board the vessel were rescued and are currently out of danger
An earthquake has struck the Caspian Sea, the Republican Seismic Survey Center under the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences said.
This week, Geneva hosted the second meeting of the special group established by the decision of the environment ministers of the Caspian littoral states to prepare draft documents on the organization of the Secretariat of the Framework Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Caspian Sea.
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkmenistan and Romania have agreed to create a new international transport corridor, to be named the "Black Sea-Caspian Sea" route, the Georgian media reported citing a government decree from December 8, 2025.
A new international winter cruise route will be established on the Caspian Sea, connecting ports in Russia, Azerbaijan, and Iran aboard the newly built vessel Nikolay Zharkov.
Governor of Russia's Astrakhan Region Igor Babushkin and Azerbaijan's Prime Minister Ali Asadov held talks in Baku, the Azerbaijani Cabinet of Ministers said.
Russia hopes that Iran will ratify the Convention on the Legal Status of the Caspian Sea before the summit of the Caspian littoral states due to take place in Tehran in August 2026, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with Iran’s State Television and Radio corporation.
An earthquake was registered in the Caspian Sea yesterday's evening, with tremors measuring 3.1 in magnitude.
An earthquake struck the Caspian Sea, according to the Seismic Survey Center under the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences.
Developing strong partnerships with nations bordering the Caspian Sea remains a central focus for Russia and a vital component of regional security in Eurasia, according to a news release on the Russian Foreign Ministry’s website.
The development of the International North-South Transport Corridor is a priority for the Russian government, Russia's Economic Development Minister Maxim Reshetnikov said at the VTB 'Russia Calling!' investment forum.
The signing of an agreement between Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkmenistan, and Romania to establish the Caspian Sea - Black Sea international transport route is planned for December 2025.
The declining level of the Caspian Sea calls for a reassessment of transportation methods and a shift toward more environmentally friendly solutions, Deputy Managing Director of Chevron International Production Company for Eurasia Dylan Morgan said.
The Caspian region stands at a turning point, SOCAR Vice President Babak Huseynov said at the SPE 2025 Caspian Technical Conference held in Baku today.
Russian and Iranian maritime shipping market participants are looking in detail at creating a maritime container line, head of the Russian Federal Agency for Maritime and River Transport (Rosmorrechflot) Andrei Tarasenko said.
A two-day international forum of Caspian littoral states has opend today in Iran's Rasht, Gilan Province.
Production of a fiber-optic cable, which will be laid along the bottom of the Caspian Sea, has begun, Azerbaijan's Deputy Minister of Digital Development and Transport Samaddin Asadov said at a press conference on the World Telecommunication Development Conference (WTDC-25) in Baku.
Russian and Iranian officials are exploring the establishment of a container shipping route connecting Dagestan's Makhachkala port with Iranian Caspian Sea terminals.
