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Grain

Port activities linked to the handling of grain and grain products. Includes imports, exports, storage and grain terminal facilities. Regarding ports, currently, the main news subject is Ukrainian grain exports. Exports stopped when the Russian invasion started on February 24, 2022. Following a July agreement, partial grain exports have resumed.

Kyiv claims Ukrainian grain corridor works

Odesa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) November 10, 2023 – Kyiv claims that Ukraine’s Black Sea “humanitarian corridor” is working despite the Russian...

Kyiv claims Russia drops “explosive objects” in its Black Sea “humanitarian corridor”

Odesa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) November 1, 2023 – There were no ships sailing to or from the Ukrainian Black Sea ports of Odesa (Odessa) on October 31 and...

DeloPorts increased container, grain transshipment in Jan-Sept 23

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) October 26, 2023 – The KSK and NUTEP terminals, both part of DeloPorts, increased transshipment handling in...

Missiles, mines suspend use of Ukrainian humanitarian corridor

Odesa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) October 26, 2023 – Kyiv decided on October 26 to temporarily suspend the use of its new Black Sea “Ukrainian humanitarian...

Real two-way cargo traffic in Ukrainian humanitarian corridor

Odesa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) October 21, 2023 – More cargo ships are heading towards the Odesa region ports and sailing back towards Bosphorus Strait. As of...

Port of Constanta increase exports of Ukrainian grain

Constanța, Romania (PortSEurope) October 20, 2023 – In January-September 2023, the port of Constanta handled 10.5 million tonnes of Ukrainian grain,...

Latvia receives first grain train from Ukraine

Riga, Latvia (PortSEurope) October 18, 2023 – Rīgas Universālais Termināls (RUT) has received the first grain train from Ukraine which was carrying...

Three cheers for Ukrainian Black Sea grain corridor

Odesa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) October 14, 2023 – Despite the continuing Russian drone and missile attacks on ports and grain export infrastructure in the...

Six more cargo ships to enter Odesa ports in two days

Odesa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) October 13, 2023 – Despite the continuing Russian drone and missile attacks on ports and grain export infrastructure in the...

Three more cargo ships to enter Odesa port, Russia doesn’t interfere

Odesa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) October 12, 2023 – Despite the overnight Russian drone attack on port and grain export infrastructure in Odesa port, three more...

Port of Gdansk to build grain terminal for Ukrainian grain

Gdansk, Poland (PortSEurope) October 11, 2023 – The Port of Gdansk will have Poland’s first grain terminal with the primary intention of handling...

Varna port’s new grain terminal’s first stage is operational

Varna, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) October 9, 2023 – The first stage of Logistic Centre Varna’s 100 million euro new grain terminal, part...

Two more ships sailed Ukraine’s Black Sea “humanitarian corridor”

Constanta, Romania (PortSEurope) October 8, 2023 – Two more cargo ships that left Ukrainian ports in the Odesa region on October 7 are already (18:00,...

Ukrainian Black Sea corridor works – Russia helpless

Odesa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) October 5, 2023 – More than 15 ships have completed journeys to and from the three major Ukrainian ports on the Black Sea...

Miller, Clearwater Dynamics to enable full War Risks insurance coverage for ships in the Black Sea

London, United Kingdom (PortSEurope) September 27, 2023 – Miller, a leading independent specialist (re)insurance broker, and Clearwater Dynamics (CWD),...

Another Russian drone attack against the grain port of Izmail

Izmail, Ukraine (Ports Europe) September 26, 2023 – A third major Russian drone attack in three weeks early on September 26 damaged grain infrastructure in...

Update: Three big cargo ships defying Russian blockade entered Ukrainian ports

Odesa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) September 22, 2023 – Three more big cargo ships defied the Russian navy blockade of Ukrainian Black Sea harbours on September...

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