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.
Third day of bombardment of Ukrainian ports by Russia
Odesa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) July 20, 2023 – Russian missiles and drone strikes on Ukrainian Black Sea ports of Mykolaiv and Odesa continued for a third day...
Ukrainian ports of Odesa and Mikolaiv bombarded
Odesa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) July 19, 2023 – Brutally retaliating for the drone attack on the Kerch Bridge, Russia bombarded the Ukrainian Black Sea port...
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...
The “Game of Drones” for Russian and Ukrainian ports
Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) May 31, 2023 – Russia and Ukraine have exchanged drone attacks against their Black Sea ports in the past months, damaging...
EBRD restarts work on Ukraine’s Chornomorsk port
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) May 15, 2023 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is to restart work on Ukraine’s Chornomorsk...
HHLA sees container traffic down over 18% in Q1 2023
Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) May 15, 2023 – In the first quarter of 2023, container throughput at HHLA’s container terminals decreased overall by...
Constanta keeps up the pace of Ukrainian grain export
Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) April 12, 2023 – 3.33 million tonnes of Ukrainian grain were shipped through the Romanian Black Sea port of Constanta...
Analysis: Black Sea Container market overview 2022
Odessa, Ukraine (Informall/PortSEurope) April 3, 2023 – The Black Sea region has witnessed a considerable decline in its container market volumes, with...
The extension of the Black Sea Grain Initiative
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) March 21, 2023 – The Black Sea Grain Initiative, initially signed in Istanbul on July 22, 2022, has been extended. The...
Update – Ukrainian Bilhorod-Dniester Sea Trade Port sold at auction for $5.9 million
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) March 13, 2023 – Bilhorod-Dniester Sea Trade Port has sold at auction for $5.9 million, Alexander Slavsky, head of the...
Kernel buys terminal at Sea Trade Port Pivdennyi, Odessa
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) March 6, 2023 – Agricultural exporter Kernel has acquired an oil export terminal in Pivdennyi, Odessa. The terminal can...
HHLA sees container throughput down -7.9%
Hamburg, Germany (PortSEurope) February 20, 2023 – Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) has reported that container throughput was 6.39 million TEU in...
Ukraine privatises Ust-Dunaisk Commercial Seaport
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) January 18, 2023 – The Ukrainian government has privatised, by sale, Ust-Dunaisk Commercial Seaport in the Odessa region....
EuroChem to build ammonia terminal in Russia by end-2023
Zug, Switzerland (PortSEurope) December 8, 2022 – Following the western sanctions that closed European Union ports to Russian cargo, Swiss registered...
Russian ammonia could be exported via Ukrainian port of Pivdennyi
Pivdennyi, Ukraine (PortSEurope) December 4, 2022 – A deal to resume Russian ammonia exports via Odessa, despite the heavy fighting in Ukraine, could be...
Ukraine grain export continues, exceeding 15 million tonnes
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) November 16, 2022 – Ukraine grain export continues, already exceeding over 15 million tonnes. Over the past few days, some...
Ukrainian Danube Shipping agrees grain exports via Constanta
Constanta, Romania (PortSEurope) November 2, 2022 – The Ukrainian Danube Shipping Company (UDP) has agreed with the Romanian group of companies TTS...
Russia unilaterally ends UN-brokered deal for Ukrainian grain exports
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) October 29, 2022 – Russia has unilaterally blocked the United Nations-brokered deal allowing Ukrainian grain exports from...
Ukrainian grain shipment: Information on the backlog of vessels
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) October 26, 2022 – The Joint Coordination Centre (JCC) has provided information on Ukrainian grain shipment and the...
Ukrainian ports continue exporting grain
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) September 26, 2022 – Today, four ships left the Ukrainian ports of Odessa and Yuzhny exporting 88,170 tons of grain and...