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Grain

Port activities linked to the handling of grain and grain products. Includes imports, exports, storage and grain terminal facilities. Regarding ports, currently, the main news subject is Ukrainian grain exports. Exports stopped when the Russian invasion started on February 24, 2022. Following a July agreement, partial grain exports have resumed.

Azov Sea Terminal resumes construction of a grain terminal

Azov, Russia (Ports Europe) January 21, 2025 – The Azov Sea Terminal LLC (AMT) has resumed construction of a terminal for exporting grain and bulk cargo...

AD Ports is majority owner of Sarzha Grain Terminal in Kuryk port

Kuryk, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) January 16, 2025 – AD Ports Group, one of the largest logistics and port operators in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), became...

Kazakhstan reports December as a record month for grain exports

Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) January 13, 2025 – Kazakhstan Railways has reported December as a record month for grain exports, including grain...

Trade Transport Services invests €22.9 mln in grain terminal, Port of Constanta.

Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) January 6, 2025 – The local Trade Transport Services (TTS) will invest 22.9 million euros in developing its Canopus...

Port of Constanta sees reduced handling of Ukrainian grain, Jan-Nov 24

Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) December 18, 2024 – In January-November 2024, the Port of Constanta handled 6 million tonnes of Ukrainian grain, down...

Silopor tender for its Lisbon port solid bulk terminals

Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) December 6, 2024 – A tender was announced for maintenance services in the areas of mechanics, metal structures, metalworking...

1.5 million tonnes Chinese grain terminal in Makhachkala by 2028

Makhachkala, Russia (Ports Europe) December 3, 2024 – Russia is producing an excessive amount of cheap grain. Iran needs to import huge quantities of grain....

Odesa ports handled 90 mln tonnes of cargo in Jan-Nov’24

Odesa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) December 3, 2024 – Ukraine’s Black Sea ports in the Odessa region handled 89.8 million tonnes of cargo from January to...

Novorossiysk Grain Terminal plans to increase grain shipment 

Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) November 27, 2024 – By 2027, Novorossiysk Grain Terminal (NZT) plans to increase its grain shipment capacity to 11...

Rosmorport sign contract to expand grain handling at Novorossiysk

Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) November 27, 2024 – During the XVIII International Exhibition “Transport of Russia”, Rosmorport and Novaya...

Nibulon sends first coaster ship from Izmail to Turkey

Izmail, Ukraine (Ports Europe) November 21, 2024 – Grain trader Nibulon has sent its first coaster ship carrying 7,000 tons of soybeans from the inland...

New grain terminal in Kazakhstan’s Kuryk port

Kuryk, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) November 12, 2024 – A new grain terminal with a capacity of 1 million tonnes per year has been commissioned in...

Kernel annual report comments on port status in Ukraine

Kiev, Ukraine (Ports Europe) November 4, 2024 – Ukraine’s leading grain trader has published its annual report for the year to June 30, 2024. It...

Russia destroys Odessa port facilities

Odesa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) October 31, 2024 – On 6, 7, and 9 October 2024, Russia attacked the ports of Greater Odessa with missiles and drones. Nine...

Two more cargo ships hit by Russian missiles in Odesa port

Odesa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) October 14, 2024 – Russian ballistic missiles hit and damaged on October 14 two cargo vessels in Ukraine’s largest Black Sea...

Aldeport opens new terminal in Port of Seville

Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) October 8, 2024 – A new terminal of the Port of Seville, located to the south of the site in the Dársena del Cuarto,...

Kazakhstan plant more grain exports, including via ports

Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) October 8, 2024 – Kazakhstan plans to send to new markets in addition to traditional neighbouring grain markets. The...

BZ Group strengthens presence in the Rouen port area, HAROPA PORT

News – HAROPA PORT – Maison Bleue terminal – October 4, 2024 A new strategic step for the extension of Maison Bleue terminal operated by the...

Russia wants to redirect grain export to its Baltic ports

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) September 30, 2024 – Russia’s unrealistically ambitious plans to boost agricultural exports by 50% by 2030 require it...

Update: Russian missile hits ship with Ukrainian grain in Black Sea

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) September 13, 2024 – Russia’s strategic bombers hit a Saint Kitts and Nevis-flagged bulk carrier with a missile during...

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