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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.

Port of Ravenna receives corn from Ukraine

Ravenna, Italy (PortSEurope) August 15, 2022 – Last Friday, the Port of Ravenna has received a vessel carrying corn from the Ukraine. The Rojen bulk...

Fifth convoy with Ukrainian grain has left Odessa ports

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) August 12, 2022 – Today, the fifth convoy with grain products left the Odessa ports of Chornomorsk and Pivdenny. It...

12 ships with grain have already left Ukrainian ports under the UN-brokered deal

Chornomorsk, Ukraine (PortSEurope) August 9, 2022 – Two ships loaded with grain sailed out of Ukraine’s Black Sea port of Chornomorsk, bringing the...

The first ship with Ukrainian grain since Feb 24 left the port of Pivdenny

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) August 8, 2022 – The first ship with Ukrainian grain since February 24 has left the port of Pivdenny port today – the...

Port of Derince receives Ukrainian grain

Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) August 8, 2022 – The Turkish port of Derince has received the Polarnet ship which was the first ship to carry grain from...

First vessel arrives at Ukrainian port where 13 ships loaded with grain are ready to leave

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) August 6, 2022 – On August 6, the first ship (Fulmar S) is to arrive in a Ukrainian Black Sea port for loading with grain,...

Three grain ships leave port of Odessa

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) August 5, 2022 – Three ships carrying grain have left Ukrainian ports, the Turkish defenсe ministry said today. Two ships...

Ukraine is looking at adding Mykolaiv Port to the “grain corridor”

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) August 2, 2022 – The Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine is looking at the possibility of adding Mykolaiv Sea Commercial...

First ship with Ukrainian grain has left the port of Odessa

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) August 1, 2022 – The Sierra Leone-flagged cargo ship Razoni left the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Odessa on August 1 for...

Ukrainian ports are ready to start grain exports – government

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) July 30, 2022 – Ukrainian ports are ready to start grain exports, stated the Ministry of Infrastructure. Yesterday, a...

Extremely low Danube water levels hampers Ukrainian grain exports

Russe, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) July 30, 2022 – Extremely low water levels in the Danube river is hampering plans for it to replace Black Sea ports for...

Port of Constanta has handled over 1.3 million tonnes of Ukrainian grain

Constanța, Romania (PortSEurope) July 29, 2022 – Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, the Romanian port of Constanta has handled over...

Joint Coordination Centre set up in Istanbul to monitor Ukrainian grain exports from ports

Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 28, 2022 – The Joint Coordination Centre (JCC) has been officially inaugurated in Istanbul. It comprises...

The Istanbul Agreement on unblocking Ukrainian ports for the grain export: what’s in it for Ukraine?

Unblocking the Black Sea ports, gives Ukrainian farmers the opportunity to export their products, get paid, and sow wheat in one month period – July 22,...

Ranking: Top three Russian grain shipment ports 2021-2022

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) July 26, 2022 – The Port of Novorossiysk Sea was Russia’s leading grain exporter in 2021/22. It handled 14.7 million...

Ukraine prepares three Black Sea ports and ships for grain export

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) July 25, 2022 – Ukraine is preparing the three Black Sea ports of Odessa, Chornomorsk and Yuzhny for the resumption of work and...

DeloPorts breaks grain loading record at Novorossiysk port

Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) July 25, 2022 – DeloPorts breaks grain loading record at its KSK grain terminal in the port of Novorossiysk. On July...

Port of Varna to increase grain handling capacity, receives first Ukrainian grain shipment

Varna, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) July 23, 2022 – The priority of the newly appointed director of Bulgaria’s largest (state controlled) port of Varna,...

Russia and Ukraine to sign deal reopening Ukrainian ports for grain exports

Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 22, 2022 – Russia and Ukraine, together with Turkey and the United Nations, are expected to sign a deal to reopen...

Deutsche Bahn plans “grain bridge” from Ukraine

Hamburg, Germany (PortSEurope) July 21, 2022 – Deutsche Bahn is planning “grain bridge” trains to handle from Ukrainian grain. The plan is for DB...

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