RUSSIA’s Federal Marine and River Transport Agency says it is necessary to shift container flows from Russia’s Far East ports to the southern ones, particularly to the Black Sea Port of Novorossiysk, reports St Petersburg Port News. That would allow facilities in the Far East to operate at full capacity, the agency told a the Maritime Congress in Moscow. ‘Work is under way on optimisation of logistics including involvement of rear terminals and loading of open-top railway cars,’ said the...