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.
Ukrainian seaports cargo traffic rises 4.5% y/y in Jan-Apr 2017
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) June 6, 2017 – Ukrainian seaports handled 55.609 million tonnes of cargo in the first five months of 2017, up 4.5% on the year,...
Ukrainian ports handle 16.3 million tonnes of grain in May
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) May 26, 2017 – Ukrainian ports handled 16.3 million tonnes of grain in May 2017, the president of Ukraine Sea Ports Authority...
Ukrainian ports’ container traffic declines 2.4% y/y in Jan-Apr 2017
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) May 24, 2017 – In the first four months of 2017, Ukrainian ports saw their container traffic decline by 2.4% on the year to...
Ukrainian water transport sector’s passenger traffic declines in Jan-April 2017
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) May 23, 2017 – The total number of passengers handled in Ukraine’s water transport sector fell by 3.3% on the year in...
Ukraine’s USPA, German government to cooperate in construction of Odessa breakwater
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) May 19, 2017 – Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) and the German Ministry of Transport have signed protocols for the...
Hapag-Lloyd, Yang Ming, Maersk to update container services at Odessa port in May
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) May 15, 2017 – Odessa port is planning a significant expansion of its activities. The Odessa container terminal (OCT), which is...
Ukraine, Belarus to set up river port hub
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) May 11, 2017 – Ukraine and Belarus intend to jointly create a river port hub to include the Dnieper in a trans-European...
Ukraine announces new port fees calculation
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) May 9, 2017 – Ukrainian Minister of Infrastructure Volodymyr Omelyan announced the presentation of a new methodology for...
Ukraine to expand grain transshipment capacity by 2020
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) May 9, 2017 – The total grain transshipment capacity of Ukrainian ports can be increased by 29.6 million tonnes by 2020 if all...
IBRD representatives visit Odessa port
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) April 25, 2017 – A delegation of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) visited the port of Odessa...
Petroleum products transit through Ukraine falls in March 2017
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) April 23, 2017 – In March, the transit of petroleum products through the territory of Ukraine amounted to 61,500 tonnes, which...
USPA to return funding spent for purchase of dredger in four years
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) April 23, 2017 – Ukrainian Sea Ports Administration (USPA) expects to return the funding spent on the purchase of a ship for...
Odessa port sets up working group for rail overhaul
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) April 23, 2017 – Odessa port has set up a working group, led by deputy managing director Ruslan Sahautdinov, for the overhaul...
Iran offers exchange of cargo with Odessa port
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) April 21, 2017 – Iran has offered Ukraine to organise the exchange of goods between the Iranian ports and Odessa with the help...
Ukrainian president says Hutchinson to enter country’s container market soon
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) April 20, 2017 – Ukraine’s president Petro Poroshenko said he expects the Hutchison Ports International to enter the...
Ukrainian ports cargo traffic rises in Q1 2017
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) April 10, 2017 – The cargo traffic in the seaports of Ukraine in January-March 2017 amounted to 32.71 million tonnes, which is...
Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority to present port infrastructure projects
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) March 27, 2017 – The Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority and the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine (ACC) have organised...
Raivis Veckagans – Efficiency and work safety are the only rules for port operators
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) March 22, 2017 –Â Ukrainian Seaports Authority (USPA) has specified the criteria and documents necessary to obtain the...
USPA to simplify contract documentation using FIDIC standards
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) March 21,2017 –Â Ukrainian Seapots Authority (USPA) has joined the Association of Engineers-Consultants of Ukraine to...
USPA presents strategy for 2017
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) March 18, 2017 –Â Ukrainian Seaports Authority (USPA) presented its plan of priority actions for 2017 during the meeting...