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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.

Kernel acquires grain facilities in Chornomorsk and Reni

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) August 22, 2023 – Agroholding Kernel has acquired storage facilities for transshipment of vegetable oils in the Black Sea...

Update: AD Ports signs Kazakhstan port terminal agreement

Kuryk, Kazakstan (Ports Europe) August 17, 2023 – An agreement for the construction of a grain terminal and a multifunctional marine terminal Sarzha in...

Orlivka attracts Ukrainian grain after bombing of Izmail and Reni

Orlivka, Ukraine (Ports Europe) August 7, 2023 – The Orlivka ferry complex is attracting Ukrainian grain after the bombing of Izmail and Reni. Hundreds...

New grain terminals in Bulgaria

Varna, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) August 4, 2023 – Bulgarian grain producers are racing to build export infrastructure, seeing additional opportunities in...

New grain export terminal on Volga River

Kstovo, Russia (Ports Europe) August 3, 2023 – Emboldened by a bumper crop and after blocking the export of war-torn Ukraine, Russia is investing in new...

Russia again attacks Ukrainian Danube ports exporting grain

Izmail, Ukraine (Ports Europe) August 2, 2023 – Russia attacked Ukraine’s Danube River grain port of Izmail in the early hours of August 2 with drones....

Three grain ships brake through Russian Black Sea blockade

Izmail, Ukraine (Ports Europe) August 1, 2023 – In a show of defiance and with complete disregard for Russian threats, three merchant ships have broken...

Russia bombards Ukrainian inland Danube river port of Reni

Kiev, Ukraine (PortSEurope) July 24, 2023 – In a development in the Russian war against Ukraine, Russia has attacked the inland river port of Reni. Three...

KSK, NUTEP terminals increase cargo handling in first half

Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) July 21, 2023 – KSK and NUTEP terminals, both DeloPorts subsidiaries) reported improved cargo handling numbers in the...

Russia attacks grain infrastructure at Ukrainian seaports

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) July 20, 2023 – On Monday July 17, Russia withdrew from the Black Sea grain deal, an agreement for Ukrainian to export...

Ukrainian ports of Odesa and Mikolaiv bombarded

Odesa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) July 19, 2023 – Brutally retaliating for the drone attack on the Kerch Bridge, Russia bombarded the Ukrainian Black Sea port...

KSK Grain Terminal handled 7.6 mln tonnes of grain in 22/23 season

Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) July 12, 2023 – KSK Grain Terminal handled 7.6 million tonnes of grain in the 2022/2023 season, up +46% compared to...

Aktau grain terminal stake to be sold

Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) July 9, 2023 – A stake in the grain terminal in Kazakhstan’s Caspian Sea ports port of Aktau, the Aktau Marine Northern...

Russia forces Ukraine to look to Danube ports for grain exports

Kiev, Ukraine (PortSEurope) June 28, 2023 – Russia continues to make Black Sea grain exports nearly impossible, so Kiev (Kyiv) must consider its inland...

Updated: EIB loans €50 million for a new grain terminal in port of Varna

Varna, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) June 27, 2023 – The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed an agreement with Logistic Centre Varna, part of Buildcom...

Romania seeks to support local grain producers in Constanta port

Constanța, Romania (PortSEurope) June 26, 2023 – The local authorities are looking at ways to support local farmers and grain producers in the port of...

InformAll BG: Flexitank containers to be used by Ukraine’s vegetable oil producers

Odesa, Ukraine (InformAll/Ports Europe) June 4, 2023 – Ukrainian InformAll BG, a cargo analytical and consulting bureau based in Odessa, suggests a way to...

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