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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)

Turkey wants to revive the Black Sea grain deal

Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) March 17, 2024 – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said Ankara would continue to work to revive the Black Sea grain deal it...

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...

Ukrainian-Korean workshop Port Expert Special Workshop 2024, Seoul

Seoul, Korea (Ports Europe) March 12, 2024 – The joint Ukrainian-Korean workshop Port Expert Special Workshop 2024 is taking place in Seoul. It has been...

1,000 cargo ships left loaded Odessa ports since August 2023

Kyiv, Ukraine (Ports Europe) March 10, 2024 – More than 1,000 cargo ships have left loaded Ukrainian Black Sea ports following the termination of the...

Japan sends equipment to repair port of Odesa

Odesa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) March 6, 2024 – Amid almost daily Russian drone and missile attacks, Ukraine’s Black Sea port of Odesa has received a new...

Port of Koper was visited by Ukraine’s ambassador to Slovenia

Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) March 6, 2024 – On February 28, Andriy Vasylyovych Taran, Ukraine’s ambassador to Slovenia, visited the port of...

Ukraine seeks to increase grain exports via inland ports

Kiev, Ukraine (Ports Europe) March 6, 2024 – So far this year, Ukraine has exported approximately 3.7 million tons of cargo via its inland Danube...

Ukraine’s Kernel reports reduced net profit for 2024 financial year

Kiev, Ukraine (Ports Europe) March 6, 2024 – Kernel, a Ukrainian agricultural company, has reported $133 million in net profit in the second quarter of...

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...

Greater Odesa ports busy with exports

Odesa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) March 4, 2024 – More than three dozen ships are loading on March 4 in the ports of Greater Odesa. Most of them are getting...

Record cargo turnover of Odesa ports in February

Odesa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) March 4, 2024 – The cargo turnover of the ports of Greater Odesa in February was 8 million tonnes, of which 5.2 tonnes were...

Reference: Full list of ports in Ukraine’s Odesa region

Odesa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) March 3, 2024 – Below is a full list of terminals ports in Ukraine’s Black Sea Odesa (Odessa) region with a link to further...

Ukraine’s Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Sea Trade Port for sale – again

Kiev, Ukraine (Ports Europe) March 1, 2024 – The State Property Fund of Ukraine plans to sell/privatise Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Sea Trade Port via an...

Ukraine discusses agricultural transit with Romania

News – The Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, Mykola Solsky, held another online meeting with the Minister of Agriculture and Rural...

The success wartime story of Ukraine’s Danube ports

Izmail, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 13, 2024 – In the face of a concerted effort to cripple Ukraine’s port infrastructure, the country’s Danube...

Renewed Russian drone attacks against Ukraine’s Danube ports

Izmail, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 12, 2024 – Russia again attacked with Iranian-made drones during the night of February 10 Ukrainian Danube River...

Ukraine’s Nibulon buys vehicles to improve road logistics

Kiev, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 8, 2024 – Nibulon LLC, one of the largest operators on the Ukrainian grain market, has bought tractors and...

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