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Izmail

The port of Izmail is a seaport located in the city of Izmail, in southeastern Ukraine, on the Danube River. It is the largest port on the Danube in Ukraine and is an important transportation hub for the region. The port of Izmail handles a variety of cargo, including grain, oil, timber, and other bulk commodities.

117,000 tonnes of agricultural products exported daily via Ukraine’s Danube ports

Izmail, Ukraine (Ports Europe) September 1, 2023 – During the first 15 days of August, Ukrainian Danube River ports shipped 1,750,000 tonnes of...

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...

Turkish government confirms plan to sell Ä°zmir Alsancak Port

Ankara, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 26, 2023 – The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure has confirmed that they are in talks with the Gulf countries...

EBRD lends €23 million to Moldovan Railways, Ukraine benefits

Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) July 12, 2023 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will lend €23 million to Moldovan Railways...

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...

Ukrainian Danube Shipping signed agreement with the World Bank’s IFC

Izmail, Ukraine (PortSEurope) June 26, 2023 – State-controlled Ukrainian Danube Shipping Company (UDP) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a...

Huge floating crane transferred from Odessa to Izmail

Izmail, Ukraine (PortSEurope) June 26, 2023 – Forced to reorientate cargo flow from the blocked by Russia Black Sea ports to the Danube River ports, the...

Ukrainian Danube ports develop fast and beat cargo records

Reni, Ukraine (PortSEurope) June 19, 2023 – The Ukrainian Danube River port of Reni was visited by the representative of the Directorate General for Mobility...

Kakhovka HPP disaster not threatening navigation in Danube region, ports of Odessa

Kiev, Ukraine (PortSEurope) June 14, 2023 – In the morning of June 6, Russia allegedly blew up a major dam in the Russian-occupied part of southern...

US Ambassador Bridget Brink visits Danube ports of Reni, Izmail in Ukraine

Kiev, Ukraine (Ports Europe) May 5, 2023 – U.S. Ambassador Bridget A. Brink visited the Danube river ports of Reni and Izmail on April 26, 2023. The...

Ukrainian minister looks to expand Danube region ports

Kiev, Ukraine (Ports Europe) April 28, 2023 – This year, Ukraine plans to have handled 20 million tons of cargo via its inland Danube ports, said...

Ukraine to build one more berth on Danube River

Stara Nekrasivka, Ukraine (PortSEurope) April 11, 2023 – A new berth for transshipment and storage of grain, general and bulk cargo will be built on the...

Ascet Shipping to build grain storage facility near inland port of Izmail

Kiev, Ukraine (PortSEurope) April 4, 2023 – Ascet Shipping LLC will build a grain storage facility near the south, inland port of Izmail. The $500,000...

EU, Danube Commission officials visit the inland port of Izmail

Izmail, Ukraine (PortSEurope) March 13, 2023 – Last week, representatives of the European Union and the Danube Commission visited the inland port of...

USAID: three new partnerships to support Ukrainian grain

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has announced three new partnerships to help Ukraine with the logistics challenges caused by Russia’s...

Draft of vessels in Ukraine’s Danube ports significantly increase

Izmail, Ukraine (PortSEurope) February 20, 2023 – War-torn Ukraine has managed to increase the draft of vessels in the country’s section of the Danube...

New feeder container line between Ukraine’s Izmail port, Constanta

Izmail, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 17, 2023 – The feeder container service between the Romanian Black Sea port of Constanta and the Ukrainian Danube...

Ukraine exports 16 million tonnes of grain via its Black Sea ports

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) December 30, 2022 – Ukraine grain export continues, already reaching 16 million tonnes with 605 ships being loaded in the...

Ukraine’s NIBULON sees exports down by -164%

Kiev, Ukraine (PortSEurope) December 21, 2022 – Figures released by NIBULON show the continued impact of Russia’s war on Ukraine. From 1 January to 15...

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