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.
Table: Russian ports monthly cargo results, Oct 23-May 24
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) June 18, 2024 – The table below, prepared by Ports Europe, shows monthly cargo handling figures for Russian ports in millions...
Russian ports handled 373 mln tonnes of cargo in Jan-May 2023
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) June 18, 2024 – Cargo turnover of Russian seaports in the January-May period decreased by 3.4% compared to the first five...
Russia’s Tuapse bulk terminal to be expanded
Tuapse, Russia (Ports Europe) June 11, 2024 – Russia’s Black Sea Tuapse Bulk Terminal (TBT, part of National Transport Company – NTK) will be...
Transport links to Russia-occupied Crimea under siege
Kavkaz, Russia (Ports Europe) June 1, 2024 – A ferry crossing and an oil terminal at the port of Kavkaz (Caucasus), on the Russian side of the Kerch...
Sanctioned Russian gas exported via ports as fertilisers
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) May 31, 2024 – Without buyers for its sanctioned and with declining value gas, Russia is trying to export it converted into...
Russia claims start of commissioning at Taman ammonia terminal
Taman, Russia (Ports Europe) May 27, 2024 – Commissioning work has begun at the long-delayed TogliattiAzot terminal under construction for transshipment...
Bad news for jammed railway links to Russian ports
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) May 23, 2024 – A breakthrough in traffic volumes towards Russia’s Far East and in the southern direction (Black Sea)...
Bulgarian navy again destroyed sea mine near Varna
Varna, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) May 14, 2024 – The Bulgarian navy destroyed with a controlled explosion yet another naval mine floating about 3 km from the...
Update: Why is there no Sochi-Trabzon ferry?
Sochi, Russia (Ports Europe) May 14, 2024 – Western sanctions isolated Russia is pushing for years to re-launch a cargo-passenger ferry from its Black Sea...
Second attempt to lease Sochi port, Russia
Sochi, Russia (Ports Europe) May 13, 2024 – The entire port infrastructure of Russia’s Black Sea cruise and yacht Port of Sochi will be made again...
New Black Sea ferry line Varna-Batumi
Varna, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) May 11, 2024 – The new ferry line between Bulgaria’s Black Sea port of Varna and Georgia’s port of Batumi was...
Key ports face delays in container ships’ handling
Singapore (Ports Europe) May 8, 2024 – Key global ports experience delays of up to one week in the handling of container and other cargo ships, mostly...
Ukraine restores Black Sea container feeder service
Chornomorsk, Ukraine (Ports Europe) May 1, 2024 – The 1,118-TEU Pros Hope, a cellular container vessel chartered by the Ukrainian freight forwarder...
Update: €1 bln marina near €1.5 bln “Putin’s Palace”
Gelendzhik, Russia (Ports Europe) April 30, 2024 – They built him a 1.5 billion euro palace. Now, they are building a 1.03 billion euro marina nearby so they...
€1 bln marina replaces old cargo port near €1.5 bln “Putin’s Palace”
Gelendzhik, Russia (Ports Europe) April 30, 2024 – Construction of the second stage of the 103 billion rubles (1.03 billion euro) Gelendzhik Marina...
Russian ports handled 214.3 mln tonnes of cargo in Q1’24
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) April 18, 2024 – Cargo turnover of Russian seaports in January-March 2024 decreased by 3.3% compared to the same period of last...
NUTEP container terminal in Novorossiysk to increase capacity
Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) April 9, 2024 – NUTEP Container Terminal in Russia’s Black Sea port of Novorossiysk announced a 7.1 billion rubles...
Russian company acquires part of Viterra’s Taman grain complex
Delivery by Sea (Dostavka Morem) holding became the indirect owner of more than 25% of Taman Grain Terminal Complex, which has a capacity of 5.5 million tonnes...
First ship with containers arrived in Chornomorsk since Feb 2022
Chornomorsk, Ukraine (Ports Europe) April 6, 2024 – The first ship with containers since the start of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in February...
Eurasian Development Bank sees regional infrastructure needs
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) April 5, 2024 – Last month, the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) published a report entitled “Infrastructure in...