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.
Innovative hub for processing vegetable oils in Burgas port
Burgas, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) October 1, 2024 – An innovative hub for processing vegetable oils will be created in Bulgaria’s Black Sea port of...
New Burgas-Istanbul ferry line as of October 11
Burgas, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) October 1, 2024 – The Turkish company İstanbul Deniz Otobüsleri Sanayi ve Ticaret (IDO) will start a new ferry service...
Taman ammonia terminal to receive first ship in November
Taman, Russia (Ports Europe) September 27, 2024 – The long-delayed TogliattiAzot terminal for transshipment of ammonia and fertilisers in Russia’s Black...
Second tour of NATO anti-mine operation in Black Sea
Burgas, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) September 23, 2024 – NATO members Bulgaria, Turkey and Romanian launched the second tour of their Mine Countermeasures Naval...
Russia’s total containers’ market in Jan-Aug’24 was 4.39 mln TEUs
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) September 22, 2024 – Russia’s container market grew 8.1% in January-August 2024, compared to the first eight months of 2023...
Dnevnik: Russian “floating petrol stations” off Bulgaria’s coast
Varna, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) September 21, 2024 – Russian tankers Nikolay Veliki and Nikolay Gamayunov are refuelling ships leaving Bulgaria’s Black...
Russian ports: 446,600 TEUs in August, 3.65 mln TEUs in Jan-Aug’24
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) September 19, 2024 – Russian ports handled 446,600 TEUs in August 2024, an increase of 5.7% or 24,000 TEUs compared to...
Russian navy escapes from Novorossiysk, but where to?
Gelendzhik, Russia (Ports Europe) September 18, 2024 – The Russian Black Sea navy is on the run again, leaving the country’s largest port of...
Russian ports handled 596.2 mln tonnes of cargo Jan-Aug 2024
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) September 15, 2024 – Cargo turnover of Russian seaports in January-August 2024 decreased by 3.1% compared to the first eight...
Russia hits ship with Ukrainian grain in Black Sea
Kyiv (Kiev), Ukraine (Ports Europe) September 12, 2024 – Russia’s strategic bombers hit a Saint Kitts and Nevis-flagged bulk carrier with a missile...
Russia’s Novorossiysk port to handle 700,000 loaded TEUs in 2024
Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) September 12, 2024 – Container turnover at Russia’s largest port of Novorossiysk on the Black Sea should exceed...
Equipment worth €30 mln stolen from Russia’s Kamysh-Burun port
Kerch, Ukraine (Ports Europe) September 4, 2024 – Equipment worth about 3 billion rubles (30.35 million euro) was stolen from Russia’s port...
ONE announces a new Black Sea service
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) August 25, 2024 – Ocean Network Express (ONE) announced a new Black Sea Turkey 2 (BT2) service which will offer extended...
Update: Kavkaz port still closed after fuel ferry for occupied Crimea sank
Kavkaz, Russia (Ports Europe) August 23, 2024 – Russia’s third largest Black Sea port of Kavkaz (Caucasus) continues to be closed after a ferry carrying 30...
FESCO Novorossiysk Shuttle doubles capacity
Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) August 23, 2024 – The FESCO Transport Group has doubled the frequency of regular FESCO Novorossiysk Shuttle (FNS)...
Ukraine sinks a ferry carrying fuel to occupied Crimea
Kavkaz, Russia (Ports Europe) August 23, 2024 – A ferry carrying 30 fuel tanks sank in Russia’s Black Sea port of Kavkaz (Caucasus) on August 22 after...
Georgia’s ports handled 4.23 mln tonnes of cargo in Q2 2024
Tbilisi, Georgia (Ports Europe) August 20, 2024 – Georgia’s Black Sea ports handled 4.23 million tonnes of cargo in the second quarter of the year, which...
Confusion about Russian naval base in occupied Georgian port
Ochamchira, Georgia (Ports Europe) August 18, 2024 – Satellite images analysed by Bellingcat, an independent investigative collective of researchers,...
Fake Chinese ball and roller bearings seized in Varna port
Varna, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) August 9, 2024 – 11,966 fake ball and roller bearings with different technical applications were seized in Bulgaria’s...
Mamuka Khazaradze: “Anaklia becomes a Chinese port”
Anaklia, Georgia (Ports Europe) August 7, 2024 – Georgia’s Black Sea Deep Water Port of Anaklia was to be the largest infrastructural investment...