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.
Port of Tarragona received ship from Izmail loaded with 4,935 tons of sorghum
Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) July 15, 2022 – Last week, the Catalan port of Tarragona received the Ocean Legend ship from the Ukrainian port of...
Volyn region of Ukraine is planning inland dry port for grain
Kiev, Ukraine (PortSEurope) July 14, 2022 – In order to increase exports of grain, the Volyn region of Ukraine is planning an inland dry port. Volyn is...
Russia’s port of Azov increases grain handling capacity with a new berth
Azov, Russia (PortSEurope) July 14, 2022 – The project for the construction of a grain terminal with capacity of at least 1.5 million tonnes on berth No. 28...
Russia has agreed to lift the blockade of Ukrainian Black Sea ports
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 14, 2022 – Realising that Ukraine is able to export its grain via Romania, Poland and the Danube river, Russia has agreed...
Grain vessels pass through mouth of the Danube river to reach Ukraine
Kiev, Ukraine (PortSEurope) July 13, 2022 – The Ukrainian government said yesterday that sixteen commercial vessels are waiting to be loaded with grain...
Exporting grain through the Danube-Black Sea Canal is an important but insufficient step to prevent world hunger – UN
A few days ago, a passage for ships transporting agricultural products was restored through the channel of the Bystre mouth of the Danube – Black Sea...
Russia exports grain from occupied Berdyansk port
Vienna, Austria (PortSEurope) July 1, 2022 – The first vessel carrying grain has left from the Berdyansk port in the Russian-occupied part of the...
Romania restores wide gauge railway in the Port of Galați
Constanța, Romania (PortSEurope) July 1, 2022 – Romania has restored the wide gauge railway in the Port of Galați, 22 year since its last use. This was...
Ukraine increases grain exports across the western borders by 50% every month – Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine
Kiev, Ukraine (PortSEurope) June 29, 2022 – The Ukrainian government is in the process of reshaping its export logistics plan. This is due to Russian...
Comvex seeks funds for equipment investment in Port of Constanța
Constanța, Romania (PortSEurope) June 28, 2022 – Comvex SA is looking for funds to invest in port equipment to handle grain delivered from Ukraine, but...
Port of Rijeka in demand to handle Ukrainian cargo
Rijeka, Croatia (PortSEurope) June 27, 2022 – The Adriatic Port of Rijeka has started receiving requests to handle grain cargo from Ukraine. This is the...
Varna as a back-up solution to Constanta for its overload with Ukrainian cargo
Varna, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) June 27, 2022 – With almost completely destroyed supply chains in Ukraine, blocked Ukrainian Black Sea ports and the...
Turkey and Russia continue talks about reopening Ukrainian ports
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) June 23, 2022 – A military delegation from Turkey’s Ministry of National Defense went to Moscow yesterday to discuss...
Donetsk People’s Republic says it will use Port of Mariupol to export grain
Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) June 20, 2022 – Denis Pushilin, president of the self-declared Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), has commented that...
Russia accused of exporting Ukrainian grain via Sevastopol
Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) June 20, 2022 – The U.S. space technology company Maxar has satellite images which show Russian vessels being loaded with...
EU governments will consider providing Ukraine with temporary granaries
Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Markiyan Dmytrasevych addressed at the meeting of the EU Council of Agriculture and Fisheries. He...
European Commission launches platform to optimize Ukrainian grain exports to the EU
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) June 16, 2022 – The European Commission, in cooperation with V_labs and Rail Cargo Group, has launched a grain trading...
Ukraine and Poland signed a joint statement on Ukrainian grain exports
On May 16, 2022, in Warsaw, the Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Mykola Solskyi and his Polish counterpart, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of...
Ukraine exports over 1.74 mmt of grain, oilseeds and by-products in May
Kiev, Ukraine (Ports Europe) June 15, 2022 – During May 2022, Ukraine exported more than 1,743 million metric tons (MMT) of grain, oilseeds and by-...
Port of Berdyansk ready to export grain – local official
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) June 14, 2022 – The Port of Berdyansk will be ready to resume grain shipments and wheat deliveries to Turkey are possible....