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Occupied port of Berdyansk to export 1.8 million tonnes of grain in 2024

Berdyansk, Ukraine (PortSEurope) April 19, 2023 – The capacity of the Russia-occupied by Ukrainian Azov Sea port of Berdyansk for grain shipment is expected...

Occupied ports of Mariupol and Berdyansk are operational

Mariupol, Ukraine (PortSEurope) April 11, 2023 – Several berths and 41 loading cranes have been prepared for work in the Russia-occupied Ukrainian Azov...

Russia is trying to use the occupied Mariupol port with cargo from Ust-Donetsk river port

Ust-Donetsk, Russia (PortSEurope) December 14, 2022 – The development of railway infrastructure will make it possible to finally utilize the capacity of...

EBRD to support revival strategy for Ukraine’s Mariupol

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is paving the way for the future rebirth of Mariupol, by supporting efforts to quantify the...

Sanctions hit Russia tries to utilize occupied Azov Sea ports in Ukraine

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) October 8, 2022 – Sanctions hit Russia is trying to to utilize occupied Azov Sea ports in Ukraine and has announced...

Metinvest asks customers to avoid products stolen from Mariupol

Kiev, Ukraine, (PortSEurope) June 22, 2022 – Metinvest Group has asked customers of steel products not to buy such goods from Ilyich Steel and Azovstal...

Donetsk People’s Republic says it will use Port of Mariupol to export grain

Vienna, Austria (PortSEurope) June 20, 2022 – Denis Pushilin, president of the self-declared Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), has commented that...

Occupied Ukrainian port of Berdyansk to be reopened by Russia in June

Berdyansk, Ukraine (PortSEurope) May 30, 2022 – Preparations are under way for the reopening in June of Ukraine’s second largest port on the Azov Sea,...

Mariupol port is loading its first ship since Russian occupation of the city

Mariupol, Ukraine (PortSEurope) May 30, 2022 – The first Russian cargo ship entered the now Russia-occupied Ukrainian Azov Sea port of Mariupol on May 28. It...

Russia says it has removed all mines from occupied port of Mariupol, Ukraine

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) May 26, 2022 – The Russian Ministry of Defense has reported that it has completed the clearance of mines from around the...

Ukraine’s ports infrastructure damage estimated at billions of euros

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) May 9, 2022 – Ukraine estimates the losses inflicted on its port infrastructure by Russian shelling, bombardment and...

Ukraine announces the official closure of four seaports

Kiev, Ukraine (PortSEurope) May 3, 2022 – The Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine has announced the official closure of four seaports due to...

Ukraine loses €155 million per day due to blocked ports

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) April 25, 2022 – Ukraine loses €155 million per day due to blocked ports, according to Ukrainian media. All the...

Ukrainian port of Olvia hit by missiles; fighting continues in Mariupol despite Russian claim for full control of the port

Olvia, Ukraine (PortSEurope) April 12, 2022 – The Ukrainian Black Sea port of Olvia, near Mykolaiv, was hit by missiles on April 10, a second bombardment...

Update: Ukrainian ports, no new mines spotted in the Black Sea

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) April 10, 2022 – The Ukrainian Black Sea port of Kherson is still controlled by Russian occupying army, while in the last two...

Russia continues attacks against Ukrainian ports; no naval mines spotted in the Black Sea

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) April 4, 2022 – Russian missiles strikes again hit Ukrainian Black Sea ports of Odessa and Mykolaiv/Nikolaev (on the large...

No mines in the Black Sea; Odessa shelled by Russian Navy; Mariupol doesn’t surrender despite weeks of bombardment

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) March 22, 2022 – A claim by Russia’s Federal Security Service – FSB (formerly KGB) that mines placed by Ukraine’s Navy at...

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