Black Sea
The Black Sea is a large inland sea situated at the southeastern extremity of Europe. It is bordered by Ukraine to the north, Russia to the northeast, Georgia to the east, Turkey to the south, and Bulgaria and Romania to the west. Ports on the Black Sea include Burgas, Varna, Constanta, Odessa, Sevastopol, Novorossiysk, Poti, Batumi and Zonguldak. Following the February 24, 2022, invasion of Ukraine by Russia, Moscow has blockaded all Ukrainian seaports.
Taman port oil spill critical
Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) January 13, 2025 – The fuel oil spill near Taman port in Krasnodar Territory remains critical. The damaged Volgoneft 239...
Ukrainian ports handled record 97.2 mln tonnes of cargo in 2024
Kyiv, Ukraine (Ports Europe) January 7, 2025 – Despite frequent Russian missile and drone strikes, Ukrainian Black Sea ports handled a record 97.2 million...
Tender for a new €10 mln lake ferry near Varna port
Varna, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) December 30, 2024 – A tender for the procurement of a new ferryboat (motorized platform), designed to transport passengers,...
Second run for Varna-Poti railway ferry
Varna, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) December 25, 2024 – The Georgian-flagged ferry AIA (IMO: 9120384) will transport 39 rail tankers for the second time from...
Emergency in Krasnodar as more oil from sunken tankers washing up on coastline
Anapa, Russia (Ports Europe) December 25, 2024 – Russia’s southern Krasnodar region declared a state of emergency after oil from two over...
Oil keeps leaking from sunken Russian tankers near occupied Crimea
Kerch, Ukraine (Ports Europe) December 21, 2024 – The two Russian oil tankers that crashed on December 15 in the Kerch Strait continue to spill fuel oil...
Third damaged Russian tanker in three days near Kerch Strait
Kerch, Russia (Ports Europe) December 17, 2024 – A third Russian oil tanker, the 51-year-old Volgoneft-109, sent a distress signal in the early morning...
Update: Kerch Strait – a deadly trap for ships
Taman, Russia (Ports Europe) December 16, 2024 – The disaster of December 15 with the two very old Russian tankers in the Kerch Strait that connects the...
Russian oil tanker split in two, another sinks in Kerch Strait
Taman, Russia (Ports Europe) December 15, 2024 – A Russian oil tanker carrying over 4,000 tonnes of oil products split in two during a heavy storm on...
Record 190 kg cocaine seized in Burgas port – 300 kg more expected
Burgas, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) December 15, 2024 – A record 190 kg cocaine worth over $7 million was seized in Bulgaria’s Black Sea port of Burgas from a...
Ukrainian naval drones hit gas platforms off the Crimean coast
Kyiv, Ukraine (Ports Europe) December 7, 2024 – Ukrainian naval drones hit Black Sea gas platforms off the coast of Moscow-occupied Crimea, Kyiv’s navy...
Below target 53 mln tonnes of oil shipped via CPC terminal, Novorossiysk
Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) November 29, 2024 – In January-October 2024, oil shipments at the sea terminal of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC,...
New Black Sea railway ferry line Varna-Poti
Varna, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) November 17, 2024 – The Georgian-flagged Ro-Ro ferryboat AIA (IMO: 9120384) opened a few days ago a line between the Bulgarian...
CHOICE analysis: China in the Black Sea and with Anaklia port
Prague, Czech Republic (Ports Europe) November 10, 2024 – China Observers in Central and Eastern Europe (CHOICE), a multinational consortium of experts...
57 times more containers between India’s Mundra, Nava Sheva ports and Russia’s Novorossiysk
Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) November 2, 2024 – FESCO, one of the largest transport and logistics companies in Russia with assets in the port, rail...
More ships cross Turkish straits despite war in Ukraine
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) October 29, 2024 – The Turkish straits were crossed by 65,800 ships in January-September, the Ministry of Transport and...
KazTransOil keeps investing in Batumi Oil Terminal
Batumi, Georgia (Ports Europe) October 25, 2024 – Georgia’s Black Sea Batumi Oil Terminal (BOT, 100% owned by Kazakhstan’s KazTransOil) has...
Table: Russian ports monthly cargo results Oct 23-Sep 24
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) October 15, 2024 – The table below, prepared by Ports Europe, shows monthly cargo handling figures for Russian ports in...
Two more cargo ships hit by Russian missiles in Odesa port
Odesa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) October 14, 2024 – Russian ballistic missiles hit and damaged on October 14 two cargo vessels in Ukraine’s largest Black Sea...
The first trip of Burgas-Istanbul ferry was cancelled
Burgas, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) October 9, 2024 – The Turkish company İstanbul Deniz Otobüsleri Sanayi ve Ticaret (IDO) today cancelled the start of a new...