Ukraine
Ukraine is located in Southeast Europe and borders Russia, Moldova, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, Poland and Belarus. It has an extensive southern coastline with the Azov and Black Seas. Its seaports include Odessa, Kherson, Berdyansk and Mariupol. On February 24, 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian conflict that began in 2014. Russia now controls the Azov Sea and occupies the ports of Berdyansk and Mariupol. It has also blockaded all Ukrainian Black Sea ports which are currently closed to all shipping. (Updated 24.06.2022)
Rostov-on-Don port oil storage is also burning after Ukrainian drones attack
Rostov-on-Don, Russia (Ports Europe) August 29, 2024 – The Atlas oil storage facility in Russia’s river/sea port of Rostov-on-Don was attacked by...
Update: BMF Port Burgas vs Romanian government for Moldova’s Giurgiulesti Port
Giurgiulesti, Moldova (Ports Europe) August 29, 2024 – The Romanian government approved on August 28 the start of negotiations with the European Bank for...
Update: Romania wants to buy Moldova’s Giurgiulesti port from EBRD
Giurgiulesti, Moldova (Ports Europe) August 29, 2024 – The Romanian government has approved the start of negotiations with the European Bank for...
Update: Kavkaz port still closed after fuel ferry for occupied Crimea sank
Kavkaz, Russia (Ports Europe) August 23, 2024 – Russia’s third largest Black Sea port of Kavkaz (Caucasus) continues to be closed after a ferry carrying 30...
Ukraine sinks a ferry carrying fuel to occupied Crimea
Kavkaz, Russia (Ports Europe) August 23, 2024 – A ferry carrying 30 fuel tanks sank in Russia’s Black Sea port of Kavkaz (Caucasus) on August 22 after...
Ukraine exports nearly 60 mln tons of grain in Jan-July 2024
Kiev, Ukraine (Ports Europe) August 7, 2024 – From January to July 2024, Ukraine ports exported 59.9 million tonnes of grain. According to the Ukrainian...
Valenciaport increases Ukrainian grain handling
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 6, 2024 – Imports of Ukrainian grain has increased 123% in the first half of 2024 compared to the same period last...
Storage of fuels banned in Kavkaz port, last railway ferry lost
Kavkaz, Russia (Ports Europe) July 28, 2024 – Russia’s Federal Security Service (the successor of the Soviet KGB) has banned the storage of fuels and...
Ukraine’s Kernel increases grain processing in H1 2024
Kiev, Ukraine (Ports Europe) July 26, 2024 – Kernel, the country’s largest producer and exporter of grains, has published its financial reports for...
Nibulon will start using ships of Ukrainian Danube Shipping
Izmail, Ukraine (Ports Europe) July 18, 2024 – Local agricultural company Nibulon will start using ships of Ukrainian Danube Shipping (UDS) for inland...
European Commission announces seaport investments, CEF
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) July 18, 2024 – The European Commission has selected 134 transport projects to receive over €7 billion through the...
Ports in Ukraine increase exports on first half of 2024
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) July 17, 2024 – In the first half of 2024, the ports of Ukraine increased the volume of transshipment cargo by 1.6 times...
The new EU Black Sea Synergy report
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) July 16, 2024 – The European Commission (EC) and the European External Action Service have adopted the 4th...
Efficiency of five lower Danube ports – study
Katowice, Poland (Ports Europe) July 6, 2024 – From five lower Danube River ports analysed in the period 2014-2021, none reached the maximum efficiency...
Ukraine attacks Novorossiysk port with maritime drones
Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) July 3, 2024 – Moscow claims that Russia’s Black Sea port of Novorossiysk continues operations following an Ukrainian...
Ukrainian Railways starts up rail service to Duisport, Germany
Kiev, Ukraine (Ports Europe) July 3, 2024 – Ukrainian Railways has announced a new container and contrailer trains between Ukraine and Duisport in...
Ukraine ports handled nearly 52.7 mt of cargo in H1 2024
Kiev, Ukraine (Ports Europe) July 2, 2024 – In January-June 2024, Ukrainian ports handled nearly 52.7 million tons of cargo, compared to 31.3 million...
Naval mine destroyed near Turkey’s Zonguldak port
Zonguldak, Turkey (Ports Europe) July 1, 2024 – A Ukrainian-made sea mine has been detected 60 meters off the Turkish coast in the beach area of the...
MSC cancels its first scheduled trip to Odessa since war started
Odesa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) June 27, 2024 – Switzerland-based container operator MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A. cancelled the first scheduled...
EU adopts 14th package of sanctions against Russia – ports effects
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) June 25, 2024 – The European Union has adopted the 14th package of sanctions against Russia for its invasion of...