Inland Ports & Waterways
The activities of inland commercial ports & waterways, including rivers and canals. Includes inland port development and waterway cargo traffic numbers. For example, the Danube river which passes through or touches the borders of 10 countries: Romania, Hungary, Serbia, Austria, Germany, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Croatia, Ukraine and Moldova.
Turkey has increased transit fees for Bosporus and Dardanelles Straits
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) August 30, 2022 – Turkey has increased transit fee charges for commercial ships to use the Bosporus and Dardanelles...
Russia racing to develop Caspian port of Olya
Olya, Russia (Ports Europe) August 29, 2022 – Russia is racing to develop the Caspian Sea port of Olya, seeking a sanctions-free trade route to Asia. Olya is...
Low Danube water level: Cargo shipping paralysed
Russe, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) August 19, 2022 – Low Danube water level: Cargo shipping in lower Danube is paralysed due to very low water levels. Water...
SEE ports as key point for drug smuggling and illicit trade
Geneva, Switzerland (PortSEurope) August 7, 2022 – Dozens of seaports in Southeastern Europe (SEE) as well as Danube river ports are key entry and exit...
Three more international transport corridors will pass through Lviv
Vienna, Austria (PortSEurope) August 4, 2022 – Three more European Union international transport corridors will pass through the Lviv region of Ukraine....
Swiss Rhine ports shows 17% growth in container traffic in first half
The handling figures in the Swiss Rhine ports in the first half of 2022 show significant growth in container traffic of around 17%, but also a significant drop...
Bosphorus Strait traffic sees decrease in first half 2022
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) August 2, 2022 – The General Directorate of Maritime Affairs has published cargo traffic statistics for the Bosphorus...
Ukrainian ports are ready to start grain exports – government
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) July 30, 2022 – Ukrainian ports are ready to start grain exports, stated the Ministry of Infrastructure. Yesterday, a...
Extremely low Danube water levels hampers Ukrainian grain exports
Russe, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) July 30, 2022 – Extremely low water levels in the Danube river is hampering plans for it to replace Black Sea ports for...
Bulgarian ship with 40,000 tonnes of corn will be the first to leave Ukrainian port
Chornomorsk, Ukraine (PortSEurope) July 29 – The Bulgarian bulk carrier Rozhen is expected to sail out of the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Chornomorsk...
Ukraine prepares three Black Sea ports and ships for grain export
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) July 25, 2022 – Ukraine is preparing the three Black Sea ports of Odessa, Chornomorsk and Yuzhny for the resumption of work and...
Port of Varna to increase grain handling capacity, receives first Ukrainian grain shipment
Varna, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) July 23, 2022 – The priority of the newly appointed director of Bulgaria’s largest (state controlled) port of Varna,...
Russian missiles hit Odessa port hours after it signed an agreement for safe grain export
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) July 24, 2022 – The Russian navy has fired four cruise missiles at Ukraine’s largest port of Odessa. This occurred just hours...
Russia and Ukraine to sign deal reopening Ukrainian ports for grain exports
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 22, 2022 – Russia and Ukraine, together with Turkey and the United Nations, are expected to sign a deal to reopen...
Romania allowed ships with Ukrainian grain to use Danube’s Chilia and Bastro canals
Bucharest, Romania (PortSEurope) July 14, 2022 – Romania allowed ships with Ukrainian grain, under flags of third countries to use the Kiliya (Chilia,...
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...
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...
EBRD vice president visits Giurgiuleşti International Free Port
Chișinău, Moldova (PortSEurope) July 13, 2022 – Alain Pilloux, Vice-President, Banking at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD),...
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...