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.
Trabzon Liman İşletmeciliği seeks concession extension
Trabzon, Turkey (Ports Europe) February 7, 2022 – Trabzon Liman İşletmeciliği A.Ş. has requested that its concession for Trabzon port be extended by...
Romania and Poland discuss Gdańsk-Constanta port rail link
Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) February 2, 2022 – Romania’s Minister of Transport, Sorin Grindeanu, has met with the Ambassador of Poland,...
Port of Poti opens new PACE group seaport facility
Poti, Georgia (Ports Europe) January 31, 2022 – Last Saturday saw the official opening of a new terminal in Poti on the Southern Georgian Black Sea...
OTEKO Group almost doubles transshipment volumes in the port of Taman
The OTEKO Group of Companies has published its results for 2021- January 26, 2022 The volume of transshipment at the group’s terminals in the port of...
APM Terminals Poti explores plans for regional transport hub
Interview with Iain Rawlinson, Chief Commercial Officer at APM Terminals Poti – January 19, 2022 Originally published in Forbes Infrastructure in...
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...
YILPORT Taranto SCCT is ready for 2022
YILPORT Taranto has proven itself as a multipurpose terminal with diversified services. Taranto’s product handling range is not limited to containerized...
Dredging of Berdyansk port could be linked to a future Ukrainian Navy base in Azov Sea
Berdyansk, Ukraine (Ports Europe) January 24, 2020 – Dredging works have started in Ukraine’s Azov Sea port of Berdyansk and aim to maintain the passport...
Russian seaports increased traffic in 2021, but has not yet reached the level of 2019
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) January 20, 2022 – Total cargo handling by Russian seaports was 835.2 million tons in 2021, up +1.7% compared to...
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...
NCSP holds a working meeting with Andrey Kravchenko, Head of the Novorossiysk municipality
Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) January 20, 2022 – NCSP Group has held a working meeting with Andrey Kravchenko, Head of the Novorossiysk...
Ruscon increased the shipment of container trains from Novorossiysk port in 2021
The multimodal logistics operator Ruscon, part of the Delo Group, increased the dispatch of container trains from Novorossiysk port by more than 1.5 times in...
Cargo turnover of Russian seaports increased by 1.7% compared to 2020; close to 2019 levels
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) January 18, 2022 – Cargo turnover of Russian seaports increased by 1.7% compared to 2020, to 835.2 million tons, reported...
Dredging of Varna port could stop after €222 million spent to improve access to a terminal privatised by a controversial local politician
Varna, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) January 17, 2022 – The dredging of the two main access canals of Bulgaria’s largest Black Sea port of Varna to a depth of up...
Odesa Sea Trade Port handled 22.56 million tonnes of cargo in 2021, down -3.4%
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) January 13, 2022 – Odesa Sea Trade Port handled 22.56 million tonnes of cargo in 2021, a reduction of -3.4% compared to...
Analysis laboratory to be established at Samsun Port, Turkey
Samsun, Turkey (Ports Europe) January 10, 2022 – Samsun Provincial Director of Agriculture and Forestry, İbrahim Sağlam, has said that 10 analysis...
Bulgaria pushes for a Ro-Ro line with Turkey between the ports of Burgas and Karasu
Burgas, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) January 9, 2022 – Bulgaria keeps pushing for the establishment of a Ro-Ro line between the country’s second largest Black...
Malta Freeport full, eleven ships diverted to Taranto
Valletta, Malta (Ports Europe) January 3, 2022 – In the past week, Malta Freeport has been experiencing vessel congestion. The result is that some...
Russian ships banned from Ukraine’s ports of the Dniester, Danube, Dnieper rivers, but Russia controls the Azov Sea
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) January 3, 2022 – A law banning Russian ships from accessing Ukraine’s internal waters came into force on January 1,...
Kherson Sea Commercial Port under concessionaire ownership
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) January 3, 2022 – The ownership of Kherson Sea Commercial Port has been transferred to new concessionaires LLC...