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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)

Ukraine to head the Danube Commission

The Representative of Ukraine to the Danube Commission, Ambassador of Ukraine to Hungary Lyubov Nepop, was elected Chair for 2021-2023 – December 14,...

Ukraine and USA discuss transport and investment

Ukraine is interested in developing mutually beneficial cooperation with the United States in the field of transport and investment – December 14, 2020...

Ukraine sets port boundaries

The Government has approved a decision to define the boundaries of the sea trade ports of Kherson, Izmail, Berdyansk and Odessa – December 9, 2020 “The...

Ukrainian ports target UAH 2 billion profit in 20021

Today, December 9, at its meeting, the Government approved the financial plan of USPA for 2021. According to him, next year the company plans to achieve more...

MedCruise’s Black Sea Working Group launches a joint video campaign

The Black Sea Working Group composed of Odesa, Constanta,Varna and Burgas ports was created in 2018 with the purpose to resume cruise activity in the Black...

Ukraine government makes Crimea statement

On 7 December 2020, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba made the following statement  “On 7 December 2020, the 75th session of the UN...

South Korea’s Posco imports grain from Mykolaiv port, Ukraine

Mykolaiv, Ukraine (PortSEurope) December 8, 2020 – Posco International has imported 68,000 metric tons of feed wheat from Ukraine, for the first time in...

Ukraine seaports see improved Jan-Nov 2020 cargo traffic

During the period of January-November 2020, the sea ports of Ukraine processed 145.69 million tons of cargo – December 2, 2020 For 11 months of 2020,...

Top 5 ports of Ukraine for first 11 months of 2020

The top five seaports are the leaders in terms of transshipment volumes handling 133.65 million tons of cargo, which is 91.7% of the total processing...

Ukraine plans further large-scale infrastructure projects

In 2021, Ukraine will continue to implement large-scale infrastructure projects in cooperation with business – December 3, 2020 “Next year, the...

Ukraine is interested in implementing joint investment projects with Turkish companies – minister

Today, November 29, Minister of Infrastructure Vladyslav Krykliy is part of the delegation of the Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal on a two-day working...

Ukraine plans further public-private partnership projects – port of Chernomorsk next

The Ministry of Infrastructure continues to prepare new public-private partnership (PPP) projects in various infrastructure sectors and is actively preparing...

Ukraine to develop cooperation with BSEC for the implementation of projects in the Black Sea region

Ukraine will develop and deepen cooperation with the member countries of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) to implement promising projects in the field...

Emine Dzhaparova presents “Crimean Platform” initiative to EU Member States ambassadors

Emine Dzhaparova presents “Crimean Platform” initiative to EU Member States ambassadors, discusses practical aspects of European Union’s...

40% of priority investment projects in Ukraine are in infrastructure and transport

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) November 23, 2020 – Minister of Infrastructure, Vladislav Krykliy, has announced that the government has approved a list of...

Ukrainian Danube Shipping Company reports third quarter profit

Despite the pandemic and the crisis, PJSC Ukrainian Danube Shipping Company (UDSC) continues to develop and achieve new positive results. For nine months of...

Ukraine seaports increase Jan-Oct cargo handling

In January-October this year, port operators in the seaports of Ukraine handled 132.05 million tons of cargo. This is 2.2 million tons more than in the same...

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