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Sevastopol is the largest city in Crimea and a major port on the Black Sea. Due to its strategic location and the navigability of the city’s harbours, Sevastopol has been an important port and naval base throughout its history.

Port cyber attacks from 2011 to 2023

Heidelberg, Germany (Ports Europe) December 10, 2023 – Two primary motivations drive port cyber attacks: the demand for ransom payments and the desire to...

2.2 mln tonnes of cargo handled by ports in Russia-occupied Crimea

Simferopol, Ukraine (in illegally occupied Crimea) October 25, 2023 – Cargo turnover of the ports in Russia-occupied Crimea in the first nine months of...

Sleepy Russian port of Temryuk gears up for more cargo

Temryuk, Russia (PortSEurope) October 23, 2023 – By the end of 2023, the cargo turnover of Russia’s southernmost port on the Azov Sea is expected to...

Russian Black Sea navy to escape to Georgia’s breakaway region of Abkhazia?

Ochamchira, Georgia (PortSEurope) October 6, 2023 – Georgia’s breakaway region of Abkhazia, occupied by Russia since 1993, claims that is has signed a...

Occupied Ukraine’s Sevastopol port with a multifunctional cargo terminal

Sevastopol, Ukraine (PortSEurope) June 21, 2023 – The city council of Sevastopol, a Ukrainian port in Crimea occupied by Russia since 2014, and Russian...

Rosmorport to take over Crimea ports

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) March 13, 2023 – The Russian-occupied ports in Crimea will become under the jurisdiction of Rosmorport, said Georgy...

Russia exporting grain from occupied Ukrainian ports

Kiev, Ukraine (PortSEurope) August 24, 2022 – Russia is also exporting grain under recent agreement to open Ukrainian ports to grain exports. Whilst the...

Donetsk People’s Republic says it will use Port of Mariupol to export grain

Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) June 20, 2022 – Denis Pushilin, president of the self-declared Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), has commented that...

Russia accused of exporting Ukrainian grain via Sevastopol

Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) June 20, 2022 – The U.S. space technology company Maxar has satellite images which show Russian vessels being loaded with...

Russia’s government to save sanctions hit ports in occupied Crimea with Syrian cargo

Feodosia, Crimea, Ukraine (Ports Europe) January 25, 2022 – Severely hit by the sanctions imposed on Ukraine’s Crimea after its annexation by Russia in...

Total cargo turnover of Russian seaports in 2021 was 835.2 million tons, up +1.7%

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) January 20, 2022 – Total cargo turnover of Russian seaports in 2021 was 835.2 million tons, an increase of +1.7% compared...

Russia delays ships crossing Kerch Strait to and from Mariupol and Berdyansk

Mariupol, Ukraine (PortSEurope) October 27, 2021 – As part of an unannounced blockade of the Sea of ​​Azov last September, Russia increased the...

Top Russian ports – a review

Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) October 20, 2021 – There are 67 seaports in Russia located on 12 seas, from the Black and Baltic to the Pacific and...

New appointments in Ukrainian ports

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) August 30, 2021 – In the quiet summer months Ukrainian ports saw a number of new high-level appointments. Vladimir Ilyich...

Port of Mariupol affected by Russia-Ukraine cold war in the Azov Sea

Mariupol, Ukraine (Ports Europe) June 2, 2021 – Mariupol, Ukraine’s largest Azov Sea port, is almost ready for the opening of a new modern grain complex on...

Sharp decrease of oil cargo in Russian ports in Azov and Black Seas in January

Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) February 28 – Cargo turnover in Russia’s ports in the Azov Sea-Black Sea basin in January decreased by 15.2%...

United States looks forward to supporting Ukraine as it develops its Crimean Platform

Chargé d’Affaires of the United States of America Kristina Kvien, said this during her meeting with First Deputy Foreign Minister Emine Dzhaparova on...

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