Ukraine
Ukraine is located in Southeast Europe and borders Russia, Moldova, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, Poland and Belarus. It has an extensive southern coastline with the Azov and Black Seas. Its seaports include Odessa, Kherson, Berdyansk and Mariupol. On February 24, 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian conflict that began in 2014. Russia now controls the Azov Sea and occupies the ports of Berdyansk and Mariupol. It has also blockaded all Ukrainian Black Sea ports which are currently closed to all shipping. (Updated 24.06.2022)
EU: Ukraine agrees to introduce measures to avoid a renewed surge in EU imports
European Commission – Press release – September 15, 2023 Following the expiry of the restrictive measures on Ukrainian exports ofgrain and other...
Three Seas Initiative expands, Ukraine is associate state
Bucharest, Romania (Ports Europe) September 14, 2023 – Representatives of the 12 participating states of the Three Seas Initiative (3SI) met in Bucharest...
Second Russian drone attack in a week against Izmail and Reni
Kiev, Ukraine (Ports Europe) September 13, 2023 – A second Russian drone attack in a week early on September 13 damaged grain infrastructure in...
Modernised Constanta port to handle 4 mln tonnes of Ukrainian grain monthly
Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) September 11, 2023 – An ambitious 721.3 million lei (145.2 million euro) plan to modernise the infrastructure at the...
Rail freight transport between Latvia and Ukraine important for both countries
8 September 2023 Management of SJSC “Latvijas dzelzceļš” earlier this week met with Ambassador of the Ukraine to Latvia, H. E. Mr Anatolii Kutsevol to...
NATO naval exercise near Danube delta, Russia losing its grip on Black Sea
Bucharest, Romania (Ports Europe) September 10, 2023 – Romanian and United States naval forces are the organisers of a multinational naval exercise Sea...
Reuters: Lloyd’s in talks with the UN for insurance of Ukrainian grain shipments
London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) September 7, 2023 – Lloyd’s of London is in talks with the United Nations (UN) over providing insurance cover...
Russia to be expelled from the Danube Commission
Budapest, Hungary (Ports Europe) September 7, 2023 – For weeks now Russia has been attacking Ukrainian Danube River ports of Izmail, Reni and Kylia with...
Ships carrying products from Ukrainian metals companies have broken the sea blockade
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) September 6, 2023 – The local Metinvest Group has published a press release saying that for the first time since the...
Russia attacks Ukrainian Danube port of Izmail
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) September 6, 2023 – Earlier today, Russia attacked the Danube inland port of Izmail, in the Odessa region. The...
United Nations Black Sea Grain Initiative – grain statistics
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) September 5, 2023 – The Black Sea Grain Initiative was signed on July 27, 2022, enabling limited exports of Ukrainian...
New Russian drone attack against Danube port of Reni
Reni, Ukraine (Ports Europe) September 3, 2023 – Iranian-made Russian drones attacked again Ukrainian Danube River port of Reni during the night of September...
Update: Four ships went through Russian blockade; dozen more are in Ukrainian ports
Odesa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) September 2, 2023 – The two ships that left the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Yuzhny/Pivdennyi in Odesa (Odessa) region in the...
117,000 tonnes of agricultural products exported daily via Ukraine’s Danube ports
Izmail, Ukraine (Ports Europe) September 1, 2023 – During the first 15 days of August, Ukrainian Danube River ports shipped 1,750,000 tonnes of...
Two more ships break Russian blockade of Ukrainian ports
Yuzhny, Ukraine (Ports Europe) September 1, 2023 – Two more ships left the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Yuzhny/Pivdennyi in Odesa (Odessa) region in the...
Via the Danube, railway, and road transport Ukraine can almost replace grain export via its Black Sea ports
Izmail, Ukraine (Ports Europe) August 28, 2023 – The European Union (EU) and the U.S. can realistically help Ukraine export, via the Danube River and...
Update: The second ship that broke Russian blockade enters Romanian waters
Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) August 27, 2023 – The bulk cargo carrier Primus (it arrived in Odessa in February 2022 under the name Polarstar),...
Second merchant ship breaks Russian blockade of Ukrainian ports
Odesa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) August 26, 2023 – The Russian Navy is becoming a laughing stock after a second bulk cargo...
Russian invasion reduces imports of Ukrainian grain in Valencia
The war in Ukraine generated by the invasion of Russia put many countries in check on a crucial issue for food: cereals. The ‘granary of Europe’...
Kernel acquires grain facilities in Chornomorsk and Reni
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) August 22, 2023 – Agroholding Kernel has acquired storage facilities for transshipment of vegetable oils in the Black Sea...