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.
Cargo turnover of Ukrainian ports up in August 2024
Kiev, Ukraine (Ports Europe) September 13, 2024 – In August 2024, cargo turnover of Ukrainian ports was 7 million tons, more than twice as much as in...
Russia hits ship with Ukrainian grain in Black Sea
Kyiv (Kiev), Ukraine (Ports Europe) September 12, 2024 – Russia’s strategic bombers hit a Saint Kitts and Nevis-flagged bulk carrier with a missile...
UniportBilbao, Port Authority of Bilbao to attend Duero International Grain Exchange
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) September 9, 2024 – Representatives of UniportBilbao and the Port Authority of Bilbao will again attend the Duero...
Three bulk carriers deliver grain to Port of Marin, Spain
Marín, Spain (Ports Europe) August 20, 2024 – Three bulk carriers loaded with grain are currently in the port to unload more than 75,000 tonnes of...
Ukraine exports nearly 60 mln tons of grain in Jan-July 2024
Kiev, Ukraine (Ports Europe) August 7, 2024 – From January to July 2024, Ukraine ports exported 59.9 million tonnes of grain. According to the Ukrainian...
Valenciaport increases Ukrainian grain handling
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 6, 2024 – Imports of Ukrainian grain has increased 123% in the first half of 2024 compared to the same period last...
Ukraine’s Kernel increases grain processing in H1 2024
Kiev, Ukraine (Ports Europe) July 26, 2024 – Kernel, the country’s largest producer and exporter of grains, has published its financial reports for...
Nibulon will start using ships of Ukrainian Danube Shipping
Izmail, Ukraine (Ports Europe) July 18, 2024 – Local agricultural company Nibulon will start using ships of Ukrainian Danube Shipping (UDS) for inland...
KSK Grain Terminal processed 9.2 mln tons of grain in 23/24
Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) July 4, 2024 – The KSK Grain Terminal processed a record 9.2 million tons of grain in the 2023/2024 season, up + 20%...
Odessa ports handle more grain, Constanta less
Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) June 21, 2024 – In January-May 2024, the Port of Constanta handled 3.5 million tonnes of Ukrainian grain. This is down...
Coldiretti protests at Ports of Bari, Salerno against fake imports
Bari, Italy (Ports Europe) June 5, 2024 – The Coldretti organisation, which represents agricultural businesses, has organised protests at the ports of...
Comvex invests in grain terminal, Constanta
Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) June 4, 2024 – Comvex SA is to expand its Cereal Terminal at Berth 80 in Constanta North Port. It will invest 2...
Port of Constanta to add berth for Ukrainian grain
Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) May 22, 2024 – The Romanian Black Sea port of Constanta will add an additional berth for the handling of Ukrainian...
European Commissioner for Agriculture visits the Port of Constanta
Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) May 16, 2024 – Two days ago, the European Commissioner for Agriculture, Janusz Wojciechowski, visited the Black Sea...
Occupied Berdyansk port grain terminal restored
Berdyansk, Ukraine (Ports Europe) May 11, 2024 – The Novaya Khortytsia grain terminal in Ukraine’s Azov Sea port of Berdyansk (occupied by Russia four days...
Delo opens 2nd grain quality assessment centre in Novorossiysk
Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) April 26, 2024 – KSK Grain Terminal has commissioned a second centre for high-precision analysis and evaluation of...
China’s Famsun to build a new grain terminal at Makhachkala port
Makhachkala, Russia (Ports Europe) April 18, 2024 – China’s Famsun Group is to construct a new grain terminal at Makhachkala Commercial Seaport. A...
South Russia tripled grain exports to Iran in Q1’24
Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) April 14, 2024 – Russia’s southern regions of Rostov, Volgograd, Astrakhan, and the Republic of Kalmykia exported more...
TMGA introduces automation to A Coruña terminal
A Coruña, Spain (Ports Europe) April 3, 2024 – TMGA has invested in its Terminales Marítimos de Galicia terminal and introduced automation to increase...
Ukraine shipped 1.33 mt of grain through Constanta in Jan-Feb 24
Constanța, Romania (Ports Europe) March 20, 2024 – Ukraine shipped 1.33 million tonnes of grain through Romania’s Black Sea port of Constanta in...