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.
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...
Ukrainian government approves USPA financial plan for 2022
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) December 30, 2021 – The Government has approved the financial plan of Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) for 2022....
Cargo turnover in Russian ports decreased 0.8% y/y in November
Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) December 26, 2021 – Cargo turnover of all seaports of Russia in November 2021 decreased by 0.8% compared to the same...
OPEC Fund for International Development to loan $45 million for the Marine Merchant Fleet Project in Turkmenistan
Vienna, Austria (PortSEurope) December 17, 2021 – The OPEC Fund for International Development (the OPEC Fund) will loan $45 million (€39.8 million) for...
Iran, Azerbaijan and Georgia agree on a transit route connecting Persian Gulf with Black Sea
Amirabad, Iran (PortSEurope) December 15, 2021 – In a desperate need of trade links severely curtailed under Western sanctions, Iran has agreed with...
Russian ports see container turnover up by by 6.5% in 11-month period
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) December 13, 2021 – Container turnover of Russian ports in January-November 2021 was 5.11 million TEU, up +6.5% (4.8 million...
Ukraine’s Pivdenny seaport increases November grain traffic
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) December 10, 2021 – In the month of November, Pivdenny seaport handled 1.34 million tons of grain, a monthly record for the...
NUTEP container terminal sets a terminal record
Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) December 9, 2021 – On December 7, 2021, the NUTEP container terminal handled four container ships at its berths...
Turkish minister announced improved rad access to Tekirdağ Port
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) December 6, 2021 – Minister of Transport and Infrastructure, Adil Karaismailoğlu, has attended the opening ceremony of...
NCSP Group publishes its consolidated financial results for the first nine months of 2021
NCSP Group has published its consolidated financial results for the first nine months of 2021 – December 2, 2021 Consolidated cargo turnover of NCSP...
After Russia’s inspections on the way in, now the bad weather delays the exit from the Azov Sea
Taman, Russia (PortSEurope) December 2, 2021 – Over 160 ships were awaiting passage through the Kerch Strait, which on December 1 was impossible to navigate...