Cargo transportation services between Greece and the Russian Federation.

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IMPORTO provides cargo transportation services between Greece and the Russian Federation.

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The main products currently being exported from Greece to Russia:

• - inorganic chemical products;

• - pharmaceutical products;

• - processed vegetable, fruit and nut products as well as products from processing other parts of plants;

• - animal and vegetable fats and oils;

• - plastic and products from plastic;

• - copper and products from copper;

• - shoes and clothes.

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Shipments from Greece to Russia are possible by sea, road and air. The delivery time depends on the number of factors, including the nature of the cargo, HS codet, restrictive measures from the EU, the route, whether there is a need for additional unloading/loading, repacking operations, etc.

SEA FREIGHT FROM GREECE

IMPORTO offers cargo delivery in containers from Greece to Russia via the following EU ports: Rotterdam, Antwerp, Barcelona, Genoa, Salerno, Valencia and other transshipment ports.
The largest ports in Greece for shipping containers by sea: Port of Piraeus (GRPIR), Port of Thessaloniki (GRSKG), Port of Volos (GRVOL).
The transit time by sea is about 20-30 days.*

ROAD FREIGHT FROM GREECE

IMPORTO provides general cargo road freight from Greece to Russia using standard trucks and road trains. The delivery route passes through the Baltic countries.
The groupage cargo (LTL) is shipped by road transport with reloading at a consolidation warehouse in Lithuania. The groupage cargo (LTL) from Greece to the mainland Russia is carried out with cross-docking in a warehouse in St. Petersburg.
The transit time by road from Greece to St. Petersburg is about 15-20 days*.

AIR FREIGHT FROM GREECE

Air freight from Greece to the Russian Federation is carried out through Turkey, the UAE, Sri Lanka and other countries.
The transit time is 3-5 days.*
The main airports in Greece are: Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport (ATH) in Athens, Nikos Kazantzakis (HER) in Heraklion (Crete), Diagoras (RHO) (Rhodes), Thessaloniki Macedonia Airport (SKG) in Thessaloniki, Megas Alexandros (KVA) in Kavala.
*The estimated transit times are provided for goods not on the EU sanctioned goods lists for export to the Russian Federation.

 

 

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CARGO DELIVERY FROM GREECE VIA TURKEY

An alternative option for goods transportation between Russia and Greece is a transit through Turkey. If direct logistics are not possible through European ports and countries, this route is the optimal solution for Russian foreign trade participants.
The following are the options for cargo transportation through Turkey:

1. sea freight from Greece via Turkey. Repacking (container replacement) is required at the Turkish transshipment port (Istanbul). From Turkey, the container is shipped to the Russian port of Novorossiysk, where the cargo clears customs, with a further option of reloading it onto a truck for further transportation within Russia;
2. road freight from Greece to the Russian Federation. At the Turkish transit terminal, the goods are reloaded into another vehicle for further shipping by ferry to Novorossiysk (Tuapse). On arrival to the Russian Federation, the vehicle with the cargo, as a part of the customs transit procedure, proceeds to the temporary storage warehouse, nominated by the consignee, for customs clearance;
3. multimodal/combined transportation of goods from Greece to Russia. The cargo is transported from Greece to Istanbul via road for the further loading into a container and shipping by a shipping line to the port of Novorossiysk.

Groupage cargo delivery (LTL) from Greece to Russia via Turkey. Available options: by sea, road, multimodal/combined transportation.
Delivery of samples from Greece to Russia can be arranged by any means of transportation. The fastest way is by air.

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OUR SERVICES IN BUSINESS TRANSACTION SUPPORT

We offer:

• searching for manufacturers and suppliers in Greece;
• legal check of companies’ reliability in Greece;
• freight forwarding and customs clearance of goods imported from Greece;
• transaction structuring for goods purchased in Greece – through payments via EU trading companies (for goods not on the sanctioned goods lists in the EU), and through other countries;
• transactional support for imports of goods from Greece on a “turnkey” basis.

 

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