Black Sea
The Black Sea is a large inland sea situated at the southeastern extremity of Europe. It is bordered by Ukraine to the north, Russia to the northeast, Georgia to the east, Turkey to the south, and Bulgaria and Romania to the west. Ports on the Black Sea include Burgas, Varna, Constanta, Odessa, Sevastopol, Novorossiysk, Poti, Batumi and Zonguldak. Following the February 24, 2022, invasion of Ukraine by Russia, Moscow has blockaded all Ukrainian seaports.
NUTEP container terminal in Novorossiysk to increase capacity
Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) April 9, 2024 – NUTEP Container Terminal in Russia’s Black Sea port of Novorossiysk announced a 7.1 billion rubles...
Russian company acquires part of Viterra’s Taman grain complex
Delivery by Sea (Dostavka Morem) holding became the indirect owner of more than 25% of Taman Grain Terminal Complex, which has a capacity of 5.5 million tonnes...
First ship with containers arrived in Chornomorsk since Feb 2022
Chornomorsk, Ukraine (Ports Europe) April 6, 2024 – The first ship with containers since the start of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in February...
Eurasian Development Bank sees regional infrastructure needs
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) April 5, 2024 – Last month, the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) published a report entitled “Infrastructure in...
First coal transhipment decline in decades in Russian ports
Taman, Russia (Ports Europe) March 31, 2024 – Coal transshipment via Russian seaports in 2023 decreased for the first time in decades. The main reasons...
Analysis: Quo Vadis, Russian Black Sea Navy?
Kyiv, Ukraine (Ports Europe) March 26, 2024 – In the past several days, Ukraine reported hitting with missiles a total of four Russian Black Sea Navy...
Increased river transport could relieve railway cargo delays, Russia
Nizhny Novgorod, Russia (Ports Europe) March 18, 2024 – Increased river freight transport could relieve railway cargo delays around the Azov and Black...
Ukraine to resume Black Sea container shipments by end-March
Odesa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) March 15, 2024 – Ukraine wants to resume container shipments along the Ukrainian Black Sea corridor by the end of March, the...
Update: Soviet era naval mine destroyed near Varna port
Varna, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) March 14, 2024 – The Bulgarian Navy destroyed a naval mine on March 13 with a controlled explosion. It was spotted in the...
Russian ports handled 139.6 mln tonnes of cargo in Jan-Feb’24
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) March 13, 2024 – Cargo turnover of Russian seaports in January-February 2024 was 139.6 million tonnes, 0.5% less than the same...
Update: Russia’s railways are the bottleneck for its Black Sea ports
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) March 11, 2024 – The capacity of Russia’s Black and Azov Sea ports may increase to 400 million tonnes by 2030, Minister...
Russia’s railways lack enough capacity to Black Sea ports
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) March 9, 2024 – The capacity of Russia’s Black and Azov Sea ports is four times bigger than the transport capacity of the...
Seventh attempt to sell Ukraine’s Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi port
Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, Ukraine (Ports Europe) March 5, 2024 – A seventh attempt will be made for the sale of Ukraine’s Black Sea port of...
Russia wants a Sochi-Trabzon ferry in the Black Sea
Sochi, Russia (Ports Europe) February 26, 2024 – Isolated Russia has plans to launch a cargo-passenger ferry from its Black Sea port of Sochi to...
The magnitude of overlapping shipping disruptions
Geneva, Switzerland (Ports Europe) February 25, 2024 – For the first time, the world faces simultaneous disruptions in two major global maritime trade...
Delayed ammonia terminal in Taman only in test mode in June
Taman, Russia (Ports Europe) February 20, 2024 – Additional land plots have been included in the boundaries of Russia’s Black Sea port of Taman. They are...
Update: Russian ports handled 71 mln tonnes of cargo in Jan 24
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) February 15, 2024 – Cargo turnover of Russian seaports in January 2024 decreased by 6.2% compared to the same month of last...