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.
Russia says that the occupied ports of Berdyansk and Mariupol are operating normally
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) June 9, 2022 – The Russian government has said that the occupied ports of Berdyansk and Mariupol are operating normally and...
Danube cargo returns to Izmail port
Izmail, Ukraine (Ports Europe) June 8, 2022 – At the May, a river-bound caravan comprising the self-propelled vessel “Captain Shirkov” and...
Di Maio proposes use of Trieste and Venice ports to handle grain exports from Ukraine
Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) June 3, 2022 – Speaking in the Italian parliament yesterday, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Luigi di Maio, proposed establishing...
Poland’s port of Świnoujście exports Ukrainian iron ore
Warsaw, Poland (Ports Europe) May 25, 2022 – Poland’s port of Świnoujście has exported a shipment of Ukrainian iron ore destined for Algeria. OT...
Czech railway delivers Ukrainian grain to German port of Brake
Bremen, Germany (Ports Europe) May 25, 2022 – ČD Cargo, the Czech rail operator, has delivered the first consignment of 1,800 tonnes of corn from...
Port of Galati receives Ukrainian grain trucks
Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) May 24, 2022 – Transport Trade Services (TTS) has reported that its terminal in the Port of Galati has received the...
NATO logistics to take over Ukrainian grain export via Romania
Reni, Ukraine (Ports Europe) May 24, 2022 – Sending weapons to Ukraine to help the country fight against the Russian invasion is very important and...
Ukrainian Danube Shipping Company has held 12 auctions for the transportation of grain
Izmail, Ukraine (Ports Europe) May 22, 2022 – PJSC Ukrainian Danube Shipping Company (UDP) has held 12 auctions for the transportation of grain...
UN is pushing for reopening of Ukrainian ports for grain export in exchange of lifting the ban on potash export from Russia and Belarus
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) May 17, 2022 – The reopening of Russia-blocked Ukrainian ports for at least a limited amount of grain export in exchange...
EU Commission to set up Solidarity Lanes to help Ukraine agriculture exports
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) May 13, 2022 – The European Commission has announced plans to set up Solidarity Lanes to help Ukraine export its...
New grain terminal to be built in Russia’s Azov Port
Azov, Russia (PortSEurope) April 18, 2022 – A new grain terminal with capacity of over 1.5 million tonnes per year will be built in Russia’s Azov Sea port...
Ukraine-Russia Conflict: Conflict hits Ukraine’s agriculture and global food prices
Ukraine is a major international supplier of agricultural supplies and conflict is having a big effect on the global food chain. To understand the situation...
Novorossiysk’s KSK terminal broke several records in March
In March 2022, the KSK grain terminal, part of DeloPorts, the stevedoring asset of Delo Group, broke several records related to the transshipment of grain...
Ukraine is looking at Romania’s Constanta port as a way to export farming products such as grain.
Constanta, Romania (PortSEurope) April 1, 2022 – The Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine is looking at Romania’s Constanta port as a...
Çelebi Bandırma Port increases cargo handling in 2021, but grain imports affected by Ukraine crisis
Bandirma, Turkey (PortSEurope) March 23, 2022 – In the year 2021, Çelebi Bandırma Port handled approximately 4.9 million tons of cargo. This compares...
Port of Constanta becomes new grain and metal export door to the world for Ukraine
Constanta, Romania (PortSEurope) March 14, 2022 – Following the closure of all Ukrainian ports in the Black and the Azov seas after the Russian invasion in...
Grain traders suspend Ukrainian port operations
Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) February 25, 2022 – Agricultural trading companies Archer Daniel Midlands (ADM) and Bunge have both suspended operations...
UPDATE – Ukraine can’t use its Black and Azov Sea ports after Russian invasion; Commodities’ export affected
Mariupol, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 26 – Ukraine, invaded by Russia on February 24, became commercially a landlocked country after Moscow blocked the...
Russian invasion of Ukraine threatens grain supplies – port companies suspend activities
Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) February 25, 2022 – The Ukrainian authorities have suspended all commercial shipping from its ports, according to a report...
Kernel Holding plans $100 mln investment in Ukraine’s Chornomorsk port
Chornomorsk, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 17, 2022 – The Ministry of Infrastructure and Kernel have agreed a $100 million investment in the Port of...