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.
Missiles, mines suspend use of Ukrainian humanitarian corridor
Odesa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) October 26, 2023 – Kyiv decided on October 26 to temporarily suspend the use of its new Black Sea “Ukrainian humanitarian...
Real two-way cargo traffic in Ukrainian humanitarian corridor
Odesa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) October 21, 2023 – More cargo ships are heading towards the Odesa region ports and sailing back towards Bosphorus Strait. As of...
Port of Constanta increase exports of Ukrainian grain
Constanța, Romania (PortSEurope) October 20, 2023 – In January-September 2023, the port of Constanta handled 10.5 million tonnes of Ukrainian grain,...
Latvia receives first grain train from Ukraine
Riga, Latvia (PortSEurope) October 18, 2023 – Rīgas Universālais Termināls (RUT) has received the first grain train from Ukraine which was carrying...
No weekend rest for Ukrainian Black Sea corridor
Odesa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) October 15, 2023 – There was no weekend of rest for Ukrainian humanitarian Black Sea corridor. Despite the continuing Russian...
Three cheers for Ukrainian Black Sea grain corridor
Odesa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) October 14, 2023 – Despite the continuing Russian drone and missile attacks on ports and grain export infrastructure in the...
Six more cargo ships to enter Odesa ports in two days
Odesa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) October 13, 2023 – Despite the continuing Russian drone and missile attacks on ports and grain export infrastructure in the...
Three more cargo ships to enter Odesa port, Russia doesn’t interfere
Odesa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) October 12, 2023 – Despite the overnight Russian drone attack on port and grain export infrastructure in Odesa port, three more...
Port of Gdansk to build grain terminal for Ukrainian grain
Gdansk, Poland (PortSEurope) October 11, 2023 – The Port of Gdansk will have Poland’s first grain terminal with the primary intention of handling...
Varna port’s new grain terminal’s first stage is operational
Varna, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) October 9, 2023 – The first stage of Logistic Centre Varna’s 100 million euro new grain terminal, part...
Two more ships sailed Ukraine’s Black Sea “humanitarian corridor”
Constanta, Romania (PortSEurope) October 8, 2023 – Two more cargo ships that left Ukrainian ports in the Odesa region on October 7 are already (18:00,...
Ukrainian Black Sea corridor works – Russia helpless
Odesa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) October 5, 2023 – More than 15 ships have completed journeys to and from the three major Ukrainian ports on the Black Sea...
Miller, Clearwater Dynamics to enable full War Risks insurance coverage for ships in the Black Sea
London, United Kingdom (PortSEurope) September 27, 2023 – Miller, a leading independent specialist (re)insurance broker, and Clearwater Dynamics (CWD),...
Another Russian drone attack against the grain port of Izmail
Izmail, Ukraine (Ports Europe) September 26, 2023 – A third major Russian drone attack in three weeks early on September 26 damaged grain infrastructure in...
Update: No mine involved in cargo ship explosion in Black Sea
Sulina, Romania (Ports Europe) September 24, 2023 – No floating naval mine was involved in the explosion on September 20 that damaged and practically sunk...
Update: Three big cargo ships defying Russian blockade entered Ukrainian ports
Odesa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) September 22, 2023 – Three more big cargo ships defied the Russian navy blockade of Ukrainian Black Sea harbours on September...
Three big cargo ships heading to Ukrainian ports defying Russian blockade
Odesa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) September 22, 2023 – Three more big cargo ships defy the Russian navy blockade of Ukrainian Black Sea harbours and are heading...
Large grain ship has left Chornomorsk port
Kiev, Ukraine (Ports Europe) September 22, 2023 – The Aroyat ship has left the Port of Chornomorsk, said Oleksandr Kubrakov said Ukrainian deputy prime...
Port of Constanta invest to boost grain capacity
Constanța, Romania (Ports Europe) September 21, 2023 – Constanta is now a key port for the export of Ukrainian grain. It receives grain via waterways...
First ship hit by a mine in Black Sea – unconfirmed
Sulina, Romania (Ports Europe) September 20, 2023 – General cargo ship Seama (4,300 DWT) under the flag of Togo became the first vessel to be allegedly hit...