Azov Sea
The Azov Sea is a sea in Eastern Europe connected to the Black Sea by the narrow (about 4 km) Strait of Kerch. The sea is bounded by Russia on the southeast and by Ukraine on the northwest. Ports on the Azov Sea include Berdyansk and Mariupol (both Ukraine) and Taganrog (Russia). Following the February 24, 2022, invasion of Ukraine by Russia, Moscow has blockaded all Ukrainian seaports and occupied Berdyansk and Mariupol.
EC plans mission to Mariupol and PACE resolution against Russian bridge over Kerch Strait
Mariupol, Ukraine (Ports Europe) January 25, 2019 – The European Commission (EC) is believed to be planning a fact finding mission to the Ukrainian port of...
Burning LPG tankers in the Black Sea are believed to be U.S. sanctions busters
Temryuk, Russia (Ports Europe) January 22, 2019 – The two LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) tankers burning in neutral water of the Black Sea (15 nautical...
Ukraine government adopts new maritime policy
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) December 21, 2018 – The Ukrainian government has approved an updated Maritime Doctrine for the period up to 2035, a...
Russia wants to normalise the situation in the Azov Sea
Mariupol, Ukraine (PortSEurope) December 20, 2018 – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on December 20 that he was willing to respect a bilateral...
USPA announces tenders for dredging in Mariupol and Berdyansk seaports
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) December 18, 2018 – The Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) has announced two tenders for dredging in the ports of the...
Can Europe close its ports to Russian ships arriving from the Azov Sea?
Mariupol (PortSEurope) December 15, 2018 -The European Parliament passed on December 12 a resolution calling on the European Union (EU) to close European ports...
Ukraine to test Russia with more navy ships sailing via Kerch Strait
Mariupol, Ukraine (PortSEurope) December 8, 2018 – Ukraine said it will soon send navy ships through the Kerch Strait, connecting Azov and Black Seas, where...
Ukrainian Azov Sea ports partially unblocked
Mariupol, Ukraine (PortSEurope) December 4, 2018 – Russia has partially unblocked access to Ukrainian ports on the Azov Sea, Ukraine’s infrastructure...
Merkel asks Putin to open Azov Sea to Ukrainian ships
Mariupol, Ukraine (PortSEurope) December 1, 2018 – German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called on Russia to honour a 2003 treaty that sets out the...
Ukrainian Azov Sea ports blocked by Russia
Mariupol, Ukraine (PortSEurope) November 29, 2018 – Ukrainian ports Berdyansk and Mariupol in the Azov Sea are under blockade by Russia with ships...
Ukraine steps up protection of ports
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) November 28, 2018 – Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine Volodymyr Omelyan had held an expanded meeting with the heads of...
NCSP Group’s consolidated cargo turnover for January-September totaled 105.25 million tons
Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) November 27, 2018 – NCSP Group has reported that consolidated cargo turnover of the Group’s terminals for...
Tension in Azov Sea affects Ukrainian ports
Mariupol, Ukraine (PortSEurope) November 26, 2018 – After years of tension building up over Ukrainian ships navigating the Azov Sea, on November 25...
Ukrainian Ministry of Infrastructure approves updated Berdyansk seaport development plan
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) October 30, 2018 – The Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine has approved the “Berdyansk Seaport Development...
NCSP Group’s cargo turnover for January-August totaled 94,217 thousand tons
Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) October 29, 2018 – NCSP Group has reported consolidated cargo turnover of the group’s terminals for...
NCSP Group’s cargo turnover for January–July 2018 totaled 82,351 thousand tons
Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) October 13, 2018 – NCSP Group has reported that consolidated cargo turnover for the first half of 2018 decreased by...
Russia’s Port Mechel Temryuk Sets Cargo Turnover Record in 2017
Rostov, Russia (PortSEurope) January 16, 2018 – Port Mechel Temryuk (part of Mechel Group’s transport division managed by Mecheltrans Management...