Odessa
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.
No ships sailing to and from Odesa ports for days
Odesa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) November 7, 2023 – There were no ships sailing to or from the Ukrainian Black Sea ports of Odesa region in the past week,...
Ukrainian Danube Shipping modernises Danube River port of Kiliia
Kiliia, Ukraine (PortSEurope) November 1, 2023 – Ukrainian Danube Shipping Company (UDP) has modernised an existing grain transshipment complex in...
No weekend rest for Ukrainian Black Sea corridor
Odesa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) October 15, 2023 – There was no weekend of rest for Ukrainian humanitarian Black Sea corridor. Despite the continuing Russian...
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...
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...
Three more cargo ships to enter Ukrainian Black Sea ports
Chornomorsk, Ukraine (PortSEurope) October 10, 2023 – Three more cargo ships are nearing the Ukrainian Black Sea ports of the Odesa region (as of 14:30...
Two more cargo ships heading to Ukrainian Black Sea ports
Odesa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) October 7, 2023 – Despite the overnight Russian supersonic Onyx missiles’ strikes that damaged port infrastructure and a grain...
Five ships on their way to Ukrainian Black Sea ports
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) October 1, 2023 – The Ukrainian government has said that a further five ships are travelling to Ukrainian Black Sea ports....
Russia’s Black Sea fiasco – Ukrainian cargo corridor working
Odesa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) September 24, 2023 – Russia’s leverage over Ukraine’s exports of grain via the Black Sea is eroding as more...
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...
Container ship from Odessa arrives in Cagliari
Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy (Ports Europe) September 19, 2023 – The Mediterranean Intermodal Terminal Operator (MITO) terminal in Cagliari has welcomed the...
Oleksandr Kubrakov: The first civilian ships used the temporary corridor in the direction of Ukrainian ports
News Release – Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine – September 16, 2023 After using the temporary corridor for the exit of ships blocked due to...
Oleksandr Kubrakov: Another ship blocked due to the war has left Odessa
News Release – Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine – September 15, 2023 The bulk carrier PUMA (Cayman Islands) left Odesa Seaport this morning...
Ships carrying products from Ukrainian metals companies have broken the sea blockade
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) September 6, 2023 – The local Metinvest Group has published a press release saying that for the first time since the...
Update: The second ship that broke Russian blockade enters Romanian waters
Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) August 27, 2023 – The bulk cargo carrier Primus (it arrived in Odessa in February 2022 under the name Polarstar),...
Second merchant ship breaks Russian blockade of Ukrainian ports
Odesa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) August 26, 2023 – The Russian Navy is becoming a laughing stock after a second bulk cargo...
Ship reaches Istanbul from Odessa using “humanitarian corridor”
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) August 18, 2023 – The first ship to use a temporary corridor to and from Ukraine’s seaports entered Turkey’s...
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....
Russia and Ukraine threaten ships sailing toward the other country’s ports
Odesa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) July 22, 2023 – Russia and Ukraine have both said that any ships heading to the Black Sea ports of the other country may be...
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...