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Reni

The Reni Seaport is a port located on the left bank of the Danube, in South Ukraine. It is an important transport hub of Ukraine, where the work of river, sea, road, and rail transport is closely intertwined. Navigation takes place throughout the year. Reni has become more important for exporting Ukrainian grain after the Russian invasion of Ukraine (February 2022) blocked the country’s Black Sea ports.

Ukraine seeks to increase grain exports via inland ports

Kiev, Ukraine (Ports Europe) March 6, 2024 – So far this year, Ukraine has exported approximately 3.7 million tons of cargo via its inland Danube...

The success wartime story of Ukraine’s Danube ports

Izmail, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 13, 2024 – In the face of a concerted effort to cripple Ukraine’s port infrastructure, the country’s Danube...

Renewed Russian drone attacks against Ukraine’s Danube ports

Izmail, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 12, 2024 – Russia again attacked with Iranian-made drones during the night of February 10 Ukrainian Danube River...

Update: Cargo drop in Ukraine’s Danube ports after the Black Sea reopened

Kyiv, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 6, 2024 – Ukraine’s Danube River ports handled almost 6.5 times more cargo in 2023, compared to the 5 million tonnes...

Ukraine’s inland Danube ports almost doubled cargo in 2023

Kiev, Ukraine (Ports Europe) January 24, 2024 – Ukraine’s inland Danube cluster ports almost doubled their cargo turnover in 2023 to 32 million...

New regular Reni-Constanta barge line

Reni, Ukraine (Ports Europe) December 17, 2023 – KTL Ukraine has launched a new self-propelled container barge service, KTL PORT, which connects the...

Ukraine exports more grain via inland ports in 2023

Kiev, Ukraine (Ports Europe) December 13, 2023 – Cargo turnover of Ukrainian inland ports of the Danube region in January-November 2023 was 29.4 million...

Izmail and Reni ports will be dredged to 7.2 meters

Izmail, Ukraine (PortSEurope) November 1, 2023 – The Ukrainian Danube River ports of Izmail and Reni will have their depth increased to 7.2 meters by the...

Ukraine wants a “green corridor” linking Reni-Giurgiulesti-Galati

Giurgiulesti, Moldova (PortSEurope) October 28, 2023 – Ukraine is pushing for the creation of a “green corridor” between its port of Reni, Moldova’s...

Romania wants to buy Moldova’s inland port of Giurgiulesti

Bucharest, Romania (PortSEurope) October 2, 2023 – The Prime Minister of Romania, Marcel Ciolacu, has said that Romania should purchase the Moldovan...

Another Russian drone attack against the grain port of Izmail

Izmail, Ukraine (Ports Europe) September 26, 2023 – A third major Russian drone attack in three weeks early on September 26 damaged grain infrastructure in...

Second Russian drone attack in a week against Izmail and Reni

Kiev, Ukraine (Ports Europe) September 13, 2023 – A second Russian drone attack in a week early on September 13 damaged grain infrastructure in...

New Russian drone attack against Danube port of Reni

Reni, Ukraine (Ports Europe) September 3, 2023 – Iranian-made Russian drones attacked again Ukrainian Danube River port of Reni during the night of September...

117,000 tonnes of agricultural products exported daily via Ukraine’s Danube ports

Izmail, Ukraine (Ports Europe) September 1, 2023 – During the first 15 days of August, Ukrainian Danube River ports shipped 1,750,000 tonnes of...

Kernel acquires grain facilities in Chornomorsk and Reni

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) August 22, 2023 – Agroholding Kernel has acquired storage facilities for transshipment of vegetable oils in the Black Sea...

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....

Update: Ukraine will help Moldova rebuild 400 km railway to Reni Port with EU funding

Reni, Ukraine (PortSEurope) June 30, 2023 – War-torn Ukraine will help its poor neighbour Moldova to rebuild a 400 km-long section of the railway line from...

Russia forces Ukraine to look to Danube ports for grain exports

Kiev, Ukraine (PortSEurope) June 28, 2023 – Russia continues to make Black Sea grain exports nearly impossible, so Kiev (Kyiv) must consider its inland...

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