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The Port of Odessa is the largest Ukrainian seaport and one of the largest ports in the Black Sea. Along with its younger satellite ports of Chornomorsk and Yuzhny, Odessa is a major freight and passenger transportation hub in Ukraine. Since the end of February 2022, the port has been closed due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

IMO and EBRD to promote investment projects in Ukrainian port sector

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 21, 2018 – The International Maritime Organization ( IMO) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and...

Ukraine to tender multi-port dredging works

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 16, 2018 – The Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) is issue a tender for the dredging of Izmail and Reni ports....

Ukrainian ports authority to dispose of non-core assets

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 16, 2018 – The Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) to looking at the disposal of non-core assets, as decided in...

Hamburger Hafen und Logistik sees Odessa terminal growth

Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) February 9, 2018 – Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) has reported 2017 group revenue up 6% at €1.25 billion...

New port grain terminals to come online in Ukraine in 2018

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 8, 2018 – According to the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food, the total grain harvest in Ukraine in 2017 will...

Ukrainian ports see improved January 2017 cargo traffic

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 2018 – In January 2018, cargo handled in the sea ports of Ukraine was 10.8 million tonnes, up 10.9%...

Ukrainian Sea Ports Association receives observer status at ESPO

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) January 27, 2018 – The Ukrainian Sea Ports Association (USPA) has received the status of observer of the European Sea...

Government sets up the State Service for Marine and River Transport of Ukraine

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) January 18, 2018 – The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has approved the decision to establish the State Service for...

Security system in Ukrainian ports will be optimized in accordance with the law

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) January 17, 2018 – The system of protection in Ukrainian seaports this year will be optimized in accordance with the...

From January 1, 2018, Ukrainian port duty rates have been reduced by 20%

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) January 15, 2018 – The Government has supported the proposal of the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine to reduce port...

Six Ukrainian seaports see growth in 2017

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) January 15, 2018 – In 2017, six Ukrainian seaports showed steady growth in cargo turnover, and the number of seaports...

Draft updated for Strategy for the Development of Seaports of Ukraine for the period up to 2038

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) January 12, 2018 – The Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) has started the process to update Strategy for the Development...

In 2017 Ukrainian seaports processed almost 133 million tons of cargo

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) January 6, 2018 – From January to December 2017, Ukraine’s seaports processed 132.9 million tons of cargo,...

EBRD Ukrainian loan to improve connectivity between industrial and agricultural areas and key ports

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) January 2, 2018 – The EBRD is to make a loan to Ukraine to increase efficiency of Ukrainian Railways (JSC Ukrzaliznytsya...

Container Terminal Odessa will increase the transshipment of containers by using the COSCO Shipping Lines

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) January 2, 2018 – Container Terminal Odessa (KTO), an HHLA International GmbH company, which processed the first vessel of...

USPA to dredge Odessa port

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) December 27, 2017 – The Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) will carry out an operational dredging of Odessa seaport to...

Ukraine joins the Danube Transnational Programme development and a joint EU initiative for the East of Ukraine

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) December 10, 2017 – Ukraine and the European Union have signed bilateral documents in the framework of the working visit...

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