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 attacks grain infrastructure at Ukrainian seaports
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) July 20, 2023 – On Monday July 17, Russia withdrew from the Black Sea grain deal, an agreement for Ukrainian to export...
Ukrainian ports of Odesa and Mikolaiv bombarded
Odesa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) July 19, 2023 – Brutally retaliating for the drone attack on the Kerch Bridge, Russia bombarded the Ukrainian Black Sea port...
KSK Grain Terminal handled 7.6 mln tonnes of grain in 22/23 season
Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) July 12, 2023 – KSK Grain Terminal handled 7.6 million tonnes of grain in the 2022/2023 season, up +46% compared to...
Aktau grain terminal stake to be sold
Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) July 9, 2023 – A stake in the grain terminal in Kazakhstan’s Caspian Sea ports port of Aktau, the Aktau Marine Northern...
Russia forces Ukraine to look to Danube ports for grain exports
Kiev, Ukraine (PortSEurope) June 28, 2023 – Russia continues to make Black Sea grain exports nearly impossible, so Kiev (Kyiv) must consider its inland...
Updated: EIB loans €50 million for a new grain terminal in port of Varna
Varna, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) June 27, 2023 – The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed an agreement with Logistic Centre Varna, part of Buildcom...
Romania seeks to support local grain producers in Constanta port
Constanța, Romania (PortSEurope) June 26, 2023 – The local authorities are looking at ways to support local farmers and grain producers in the port of...
The Port of Gdańsk is ready for grain
Although grain handling had already increased significantly in all Polish seaports last year, which is directly related to the blockade of Ukrainian ports on...
InformAll BG: Flexitank containers to be used by Ukraine’s vegetable oil producers
Odesa, Ukraine (InformAll/Ports Europe) June 4, 2023 – Ukrainian InformAll BG, a cargo analytical and consulting bureau based in Odessa, suggests a way to...
Kazakh grain terminal in Baku port
Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) May 30, 2023 – The construction of a grain terminal for Kazakhstan is to start soon in the Azerbaijani Caspian Sea port of...
Russian ports export record grain volumes – expect much more
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) May 30 – Grain exports via Russian ports is expected to reach 60 million tonnes in the 2023-2024 season and might continue to...
Pivdenny port excluded from Black Sea grain deal
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) May 24, 2023 – Last week, Russia agreed to extend the Black Sea grain deal by a further two months. However, the deal does...
Viterra gives away its Russian business to management
Taman, Russia (Ports Europe) May 18, 2023 – Viterra Rus, the Russian division of the Netherlands registered grain trader giant Viterra, will continue to...
Second stage of Rostov-on-Don grain terminal progresses
Rostov-on-Don, Russia (Ports Europe) May 15, 2023 – The project for the construction of the second stage of the grain terminal in Rostov Marine Multimodal...
Kernel to build grain and sunflower oil terminal in Reni
Reni, Ukraine (Ports Europe) May 8, 2023 – Kernel, Ukraine’s largest producer and exporter of vegetable oil, plans to build a transshipment terminal in...
Port of Constanta caught up in grain dispute
Constanța, Romania (Ports Europe) May 5, 2023 – The Black Sea port of Constanța is caught up in a grain dispute concerning Ukraine. Since Russia...
2 million tonnes grain terminal in Ukraine’s Danube port of Reni
Reni, Ukraine (Ports Europe) April 24, 2023 – Ukrainian company Fram Shipping plans to process two million tonnes of bulk cargo per year via the country’s...
Russia threatens to end Ukrainian grain exports
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) April 19, 2023 – On April 17, Russia has, for the second time, blocked the inspections of vessels in the territorial...
Occupied port of Berdyansk to export 1.8 million tonnes of grain in 2024
Berdyansk, Ukraine (Ports Europe) April 19, 2023 – The capacity of the Russia-occupied by Ukrainian Azov Sea port of Berdyansk for grain shipment is expected...
Cereal Docks to add six silos to Porto Marghera, Venice
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) April 17, 2023 – Cereal Docks Spa is to add six silos to its operations in Porto Marghera in the Port of Venice. This will...