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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)

Odessa port sets up working group for rail overhaul

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) April 23, 2017 – Odessa port has set up a working group, led by deputy managing director Ruslan Sahautdinov, for the overhaul...

Iran offers exchange of cargo with Odessa port

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) April 21, 2017 – Iran has offered Ukraine to organise the exchange of goods between the Iranian ports and Odessa with the help...

China’s CHEC wins tender for Port Yuzhniy dredging

Port Yuzhniy, Ukraine (Ports Europe) April 20, 2017 – China Harbor Engineering Company (CHEC) won the tender for the implementation of the first stage of the...

Ukrainian president says Hutchinson to enter country’s container market soon

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) April 20, 2017 – Ukraine’s president Petro Poroshenko said he expects the Hutchison Ports International to enter the...

DP World to enter Port Yuzhniy by end-2017

Port Yuzhniy, Ukraine (Ports Europe) April 18, 2017 – One of the world’s largest port operators, DP World, should enter the Port Yuzhny by the end of...

USPA starts operational dredging of Odessa port

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) April 18, 2017 – Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) started on April 13 the operational dredging of Odessa port with its own...

Five global groups show interest in Port Yuzhniy’s dredging tender

Port Yuzhniy, Ukraine (Ports Europe) April 7, 2017 – The tender for a contractor for the dredging in Port Yuzhniy will be attended by five leading global...

Mariupol port sets up cluster for grain handling

Mariupol, Ukraine (Ports Europe) April 7, 2017 –Mariupol port said it plans to set up a cluster for the handling of grain, together with companies STT and...

Ukrainian ports handle less LNG

Port Yuzhniy, Ukraine (Ports Europe) April 7, 2017 – The transit of liquefied natural gas (LNG) through the territory of Ukraine in March 2017 decreased by...

Mariupol port cargo traffic edges up in Q1

Mariupol, Ukraine (Ports Europe) April 14, 2017 – The volume of cargo traffic of Mariupol port in the first quarter of 2017 amounted to 1.20 million tonnes,...

Mykolaiv port cargo traffic rises 21.9% Y/Y in Q1

Mykolaiv, Ukraine (Ports Europe) April 13, 2017 – The cargo traffic of Mykolaiv port in January-March 2017 amounted to 6.04 million tonnes, which is 21.9%...

USPA completes maintenance dredging at Olvia port

Olvia, Ukraine (Ports Europe) April 11, 2017 – Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) has completed the first stage of the maintenance dredging project at...

Ukrainian ports cargo traffic rises in Q1 2017

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) April 10, 2017 – The cargo traffic in the seaports of Ukraine in January-March 2017 amounted to 32.71 million tonnes, which is...

USPA has presented plans for port infrastructure to contractors

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) April 4, 2017 – Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) has presented to the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine and to...

Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority to present port infrastructure projects

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) March 27, 2017 – The Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority and the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine (ACC) have organised...

Leading dredgers enter tender for Yuzhny port projects

Yuzhny, Ukraine (Ports Europe) March 27, 2017 – Five leading dredgers took part in public tender for the reconstruction of approach channel and inland...

Raivis Veckagans – Efficiency and work safety are the only rules for port operators

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) March 22, 2017 – Ukrainian Seaports Authority (USPA) has specified the criteria and documents necessary to obtain the...

USPA to simplify contract documentation using FIDIC standards

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) March 21,2017 – Ukrainian Seapots Authority (USPA) has joined the Association of Engineers-Consultants of Ukraine to...

Berdyansk port cargo traffic declines 44.3% Y/Y in Jan-Feb 2017

Berdyansk, Ukraine (Ports Europe) March 20, 2017 – Berdyansk port handled 160,300 tonnes of cargo in the first two months of 2017, down 44.3% on the...

USPA presents strategy for 2017

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) March 18, 2017 – Ukrainian Seaports Authority (USPA) presented its plan of priority actions for 2017 during the meeting...

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