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)
Greek foreign minister visits community in Mariupol and Sartana, Ukraine
Mariupol, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 1, 2022 – A news release from the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs has reported that Foreign, Nikos Dendias,...
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...
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...
Ukraine’s Nibulon ships over 5.64 million tons of agricultural products in 2021
Yuzhny, Ukraine (Ports Europe) January 14, 2022 – Grain trader Nibulon handled more than 5.64 million tons of agricultural products in 2021. A number of...
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...
Ukraine’s Pivdennyi port sees cargo traffic up over 34% in 2021
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) January 12, 2022 – In January-December 2021, the port of Pivdennyi handled 53.47 million tons of...
Port of Olbia sees transshipment up over 30% in 2021
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) January 11, 2022 – Last year, the Port of Olbia transhipped 5.15 million tons of cargo, 1.24 million tons more than in the...
Total cargo traffic on the Dnieper river in 2021 up over 27%
Kiev, Ukraine (Ports Europe) January 11, 2022 – Last year the Dnieper river handled total cargo traffic of 14.36 million tons, up +27.9% on 2020’s...
Ukraine government approves financial plan for JSC Odesa Port-Side Plant
The Government of Ukraine, two days before the end of 2021, approved a financial plan for it for JSC Odesa Port-Side Plant, which assumes a net profit of UAH...
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,...
Ukraine introduces new inland waterways law
On January 1, 2022, the Law of Ukraine “On Inland Water Transport” entered into force – January 3, 2022 For more than a decade, Ukraine has...
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....
Ukrainian ports handled 2.9% less containers in 2021
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) December 27, 2021 – In January-November 2021, the sea ports of Ukraine handled 924,100 TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit),...
Ukraine’s Reni seaport handles 1.3 million tons of cargo in Jan-Nov 2021
Reni, Ukraine (PortSEurope) December 21, 2021 – In the first 11 months of 2021, Reni port handled total cargo of 1.3 million tons, up 59.35% on the same...
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...
Cargo traffic on the Dnieper totalled 3.21 million tons, up +34.9% in 11-month period
Kiev, Ukraine (PortSEurope) December 8, 2021 – In the first eleven months of 2021, cargo traffic on the Dnieper, the main river in Ukraine, totalled 3.21...
Netherlands to advise Ukraine on water infrastructure projects
Kiev, Ukraine (PortSEurope) December 8, 2021 – On December 2, 2021, a seminar “Public Procurement Policy on Price / Quality” took place to...
Ukraine’s Mariupol port sees 11-month cargo traffic down slightly
Mariupol, Ukraine (PortSEurope) December 7, 2021 – In January-November 2021, cargo handling at Mariupol seaport totaled 6.3 million tons, down -3%...
In January-November 2021, the seaports of Ukraine handled 136.96 million tons of cargo, down -6%
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) December 6, 2021 – In January-November 2021, the seaports of Ukraine handled 136.96 million tons of cargo,...