The Ukraine Crisis
On February 24, 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian conflict that began in 2014. Russian now controls the Azov Sea and occupies the ports of Berdyansk and Mariupol. It has also blockaded all Ukrainian Black Sea ports which are currently closed to all shipping. This category includes all aspects of the conflict affecting ports – port status and alternative export routes. (Updated 24.06.2022)
Novorossiysk port hit by Ukrainian drones again
Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) May 17, 2024 – Ukraine’s sea and air drones attacked Russia’s largest port of Novorossiysk on the Black Sea in...
European Commissioner for Agriculture visits the Port of Constanta
Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) May 16, 2024 – Two days ago, the European Commissioner for Agriculture, Janusz Wojciechowski, visited the Black Sea...
Bulgarian navy again destroyed sea mine near Varna
Varna, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) May 14, 2024 – The Bulgarian navy destroyed with a controlled explosion yet another naval mine floating about 3 km from the...
45 mln tonnes of cargo via the Ukrainian Black Sea Corridor
Odesa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) May 12, 2024 – Since August 2023, during the nine months of operation of the “Ukrainian Black Sea Corridor”,...
Occupied Berdyansk port grain terminal restored
Berdyansk, Ukraine (Ports Europe) May 11, 2024 – The Novaya Khortytsia grain terminal in Ukraine’s Azov Sea port of Berdyansk (occupied by Russia four days...
Lithuania and Ukraine plan intermodal corridor
Kiev, Ukraine (Ports Europe) May 10, 2024 – Lithuania’s state-owned rail company LTG Group and Ukrainian Railways are planning a joint...
EU set to close its ports to ships helping Russia, new sanctions
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) May 7, 2024 – The European Union (EU) is set to ban the use of EU ports by ships transporting goods that might help...
Qortia resumes grain shipments from Ukraine’s Pivdennyi port
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) May 2, 2024 – Qortia AG (Switzerland), a trading and logistics company, has resumed grain shipments from Ukraine’s...
Ukraine restores Black Sea container feeder service
Chornomorsk, Ukraine (Ports Europe) May 1, 2024 – The 1,118-TEU Pros Hope, a cellular container vessel chartered by the Ukrainian freight forwarder...
Russian ballistic missiles again hit Ukraine’s Pivdennyi port
Pivdennyi, Ukraine (Ports Europe) April 21, 2024 – Two ballistic missiles hit the territory of Ukraine’s Black Sea port of Pivdennyi (Yuzhny, Yuzhnyi)...
First ship with containers arrived in Chornomorsk since Feb 2022
Chornomorsk, Ukraine (Ports Europe) April 6, 2024 – The first ship with containers since the start of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in February...
Analysis: Quo Vadis, Russian Black Sea Navy?
Kyiv, Ukraine (Ports Europe) March 26, 2024 – In the past several days, Ukraine reported hitting with missiles a total of four Russian Black Sea Navy...
Russia dredges occupied Mariupol port
Mariupol, Ukraine (Ports Europe) March 25, 2024 – Dredging work is underway in the Russia-occupied Ukrainian Azov Sea port of Mariupol in the...
Ukraine shipped 1.33 mt of grain through Constanta in Jan-Feb 24
Constanța, Romania (Ports Europe) March 20, 2024 – Ukraine shipped 1.33 million tonnes of grain through Romania’s Black Sea port of Constanta in...
Turkey wants to revive the Black Sea grain deal
Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) March 17, 2024 – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said Ankara would continue to work to revive the Black Sea grain deal it...
Ukraine to resume Black Sea container shipments by end-March
Odesa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) March 15, 2024 – Ukraine wants to resume container shipments along the Ukrainian Black Sea corridor by the end of March, the...
Update: Soviet era naval mine destroyed near Varna port
Varna, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) March 14, 2024 – The Bulgarian Navy destroyed a naval mine on March 13 with a controlled explosion. It was spotted in the...
Bulgarian Navy destroys a naval mine off the port of Varna
Varna, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) March 13, 2024 – The Bulgarian Navy has destroyed a naval mine off the Black Sea port city of Varna, according to local...
Ukrainian-Korean workshop Port Expert Special Workshop 2024, Seoul
Seoul, Korea (Ports Europe) March 12, 2024 – The joint Ukrainian-Korean workshop Port Expert Special Workshop 2024 is taking place in Seoul. It has been...
1,000 cargo ships left loaded Odessa ports since August 2023
Kyiv, Ukraine (Ports Europe) March 10, 2024 – More than 1,000 cargo ships have left loaded Ukrainian Black Sea ports following the termination of the...