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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.

Russian ships banned from Ukraine’s ports of the Dniester, Danube, Dnieper rivers, but Russia controls the Azov Sea

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) January 3, 2022 – A law banning Russian ships from accessing Ukraine’s internal waters came into force on January 1,...

Ukrainian government approves USPA financial plan for 2022

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) December 30, 2021 – The Government has approved the financial plan of Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) for 2022....

In January-November 2021, the seaports of Ukraine handled 136.96 million tons of cargo, down -6%

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) December 6, 2021 – In January-November 2021, the seaports of Ukraine handled 136.96 million tons of cargo,...

Ukrainian seaports see cargo traffic down in January-October

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) November 3, 2021 – In the first 10 months of 2021, the seaports of Ukraine handled total cargo of 120.87 million tons of...

Global and national (Ukraine) port trends 2030 – Deloitte

Odesa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) October 24, 2021 – Deloitte presented in 2020 the Global Port Trends 2030 report that explores the port industry’s...

Port of Odessa increases transshipment in September

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) October 14, 2021 – The volume of transshipment of the Odessa seaport in September was 2.09 million tons of cargo, up +10.3%...

Akkon Lines starts at DP World TIS Pivdennyi, Odessa

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) August 29, 2021 – Turkish shipping line Akkon Lines will add DP World TIS Pivdennyi, Odessa, to its Black Sea service....

HHLA set to receive government funding for hydrogen research

Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) August 23, 2021 – The Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF – German Federal Ministry of Education and...

SE “Odessa Port” reports a first half profit

According to the results in July, the State Enterprise “Odessa Sea Commercial Port” will report a positive financial result from economic activity...

Oleksandr Kubrakov: We attract investments in port infrastructure due to reduction of dividends and concession projects

The Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine Oleksandr Kubrakov spoke about the plans for the development of the port economy of Ukraine. This took place at a...

Ukraine and Lithuania have agreed to develop a single railway route between the Black Sea and Baltic regions

The Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine Oleksandr Kubrakov and the Minister of Transport and Communications of Lithuania Marius Skuodis met in Klaipeda,...

Hapag-Lloyd opening new office in Ukraine

Today Hapag-Lloyd opens a new office in Odessa, Ukraine. The country, located on the northern shores of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, is the second...

The first freight train from Guangzhou, China, is headed for Odessa

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) June 14, 2021 – A cargo train has left the Chinese port of Guangzhou heading to Odessa in Ukraine carrying 50 containers....

Oleksandr Kubrakov takes over as head of the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) May 24, 2021 – Oleksandr Kubrakov has started his new role as head of the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine....

Movement of Ukrainian exports not affected by Suez Canal blockage

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) March 31, 2021 – Stark Shipping has said that the blockage of Suez Canal by the container ship Ever Given has not affected...

Ukraine seeks to solve port fee issues

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) March 9, 2021 – During a meeting with the European Business Association (EBA), Minister of Infrastructure Vladyslav...

Ukrainian seaports report 25% drop in January cargo handled

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) February 4, 2021 – In January 2020, the seaports of Ukraine handled 10,016.26 thousand tons of cargo, which...

Top five Ukrainian ports transshipment volumes for 2020

Yuzhnoye, Ukraine (PortSEurope) February 1, 2021 – The five biggest Ukrainian seaports handled 91.8% (145.9 million tonnes) of all cargo transshipment in the...

Odessa port increases traffic in metals

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) January 15, 2021 – Last year, Odessa port transshipped 5.934 million tons of metal products, up 1.32 million tons (28.7%)...

Ukraine seaports maintain cargo levels in 2020

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) January 7, 2021 – The Ministry of Infrastructure has reported that the country’s seaports handled 158.86 million tons...

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