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.
New grain terminal to be built in Russia’s Azov Port
Azov, Russia (PortSEurope) April 18, 2022 – A new grain terminal with capacity of over 1.5 million tonnes per year will be built in Russia’s Azov Sea port...
Results of Russian ports in 2021 – IPEM analysis
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) April 18, 2022 – The Institute for Natural Monopolies Research (IPEM) has published an analysis on operation of Russian...
Ruscon starts Novorossiysk-Nakhodka container service
Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) April 15, 2022 – Ruscon, a container transportation company, has started a Novorossiysk-Nakhodka container service....
Romania to invest in rail infrastructure at Port of Constanța
Constanta, Romania (PortSEurope) April 15, 2022 – The Romanian government adopted urgent measures to improve the railway infrastructure and operations in...
Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi to become a transport and logistics centre for ports of Reni, Izmail and Ust-Dunaysk
Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, Ukraine (PortSEurope) April 15, 2022 – Until the re-opening of the Black Sea for shipping Ukraine’s Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi...
Bulgaria and Romania to revive ferry service; help Ukraine cargo
Ruse, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) April 14, 2022 – Bulgaria and Romania have agreed to revive the Ruse-Giurgiu ferry service. It will help ease the permanent...
Alexandroupoli port – From handling military equipment to privatisation & energy hub
Alexandroupoli, Greece (PortSEurope) April 14, 2022 – The small Greek port of Alexandroupoli is becoming a staging point for sending military equipment to...
Russia loses its powers in the Danube Commission, even though not a Danube state
Budapest, Hungary (PortSEurope) April 13, 2022 – The Danube Commission has decided to terminate Russia’s powers in the commission in connection...
Black Sea 2021 container market analysis
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) April 13, 2022 – Ukrainian ports, now all closed after the Russian invasion in the country, handled more containers in 2021...
Ukraine-Russia Conflict: Conflict hits Ukraine’s agriculture and global food prices
Ukraine is a major international supplier of agricultural supplies and conflict is having a big effect on the global food chain. To understand the situation...
Delo Group offers to move general cargo to West
Increasing the transportation of foreign trade cargo, primarily containerized cargo, in the eastern direction is the main way to minimize the negative effects...
Ukrainian port of Olvia hit by missiles; fighting continues in Mariupol despite Russian claim for full control of the port
Olvia, Ukraine (PortSEurope) April 12, 2022 – The Ukrainian Black Sea port of Olvia, near Mykolaiv, was hit by missiles on April 10, a second bombardment...
Ukraine: Rail and river transport to replace Black and Azov Sea ports
Reni, Ukraine (PortSEurope) April 11, 2022 – Ukrainian grains and metals exporters, faced with a total Russian blockade of the country’s Black and Azov Sea...
APM Terminals plans to start construction of a new terminal in Georgia’s Poti in 2022
Poti, Georgia (PortSEurope) April 11, 2022 – APM Terminals plans to start in 2022 construction of a new terminal in the Georgia’s Black Sea port of...
Poor railway infrastructure hampers Constanța efforts to replace war blocked Ukrainian ports
Constanța, Romania (PortSEurope) April 11, 2022 – Romania’s largest Black Sea port of Constanta, which is also the nearest port to war-torn...
Ukrainian government to guarantee insurance payments to cargo vessels damaged in the war in its stretch of Danube River
Reni, Ukraine (PortSEurope) April 11, 2022 – With all its Black and Azov Sea ports paralysed after the Russian invasion in the country, Ukraine now...
Update: Ukrainian ports, no new mines spotted in the Black Sea
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) April 10, 2022 – The Ukrainian Black Sea port of Kherson is still controlled by Russian occupying army, while in the last two...
PSA International to build container terminal in Aktau port
Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) April 8, 2022 – Kazakhstan and Singapore-based PSA International company have agreed to build and develop a container...
Georgian government claims Anaklia deep sea port project will go ahead
Tbilisi, Georgia (PortSEurope) April 3, 2022 – The Anaklia deep sea port project in western Georgia will go head and there is renewed investor interest,...
Russia continues attacks against Ukrainian ports; no naval mines spotted in the Black Sea
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) April 4, 2022 – Russian missiles strikes again hit Ukrainian Black Sea ports of Odessa and Mykolaiv/Nikolaev (on the large...