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.
Moldova’s strategic Danube port offers a lifeline for Ukraine
News – Giurgiulesti Port is becoming part of solution to regional food security concerns – EBRD – July 8, 2022 A river-to-sea port...
Transport Trade Services sets up supply chain to support Ukrainian exports
Constanța, Romania (PortSEurope) July 5, 2022 – Freight forwarder Transport Trade Services (TTS) has set up a supply chain to support Ukrainian exports...
TransContainer starts multimodal service between Russia and India via Novorossiysk
Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) July 4, 2022 – PJSC TransContainer has launched a new intermodal service between Russia and the Indian port of Nhava...
Ukraine and Moldova will restart the Berezine-Basarabeasca railway connection
Chișinău, Moldova (PortSEurope) June 25, 2022 – A Memorandum of Understanding was signed today between the Ministry of Infrastructure and Regional...
Varna as a back-up solution to Constanta for its overload with Ukrainian cargo
Varna, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) June 27, 2022 – With almost completely destroyed supply chains in Ukraine, blocked Ukrainian Black Sea ports and the...
Moscow fixated on Astrakhan port as it looks to use INSTC to bypass sanctions
Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) June 20, 2022 – The Astrakhan region of Russia has presented its ambitious port special economic zone (SEZ) project...
SCZONE signs a joint MOU to establish automotive industry complex
Port Said, Egypt (Ports Europe) June 17, 2022 – The Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZONE) has signed a local Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish a...
EU governments will consider providing Ukraine with temporary granaries
Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Markiyan Dmytrasevych addressed at the meeting of the EU Council of Agriculture and Fisheries. He...
Comment of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine on the suspension of representatives of the Russian Federation from participation in the work of the Danube Commission
News – Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine – 16 June 2022 Following the start of Russia’s large-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Danube...
Ukraine exports over 1.74 mmt of grain, oilseeds and by-products in May
Kiev, Ukraine (Ports Europe) June 15, 2022 – During May 2022, Ukraine exported more than 1,743 million metric tons (MMT) of grain, oilseeds and by-...
Russia’s President Putin calls for Caspian Sea port development
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) June 12, 2022 – Hard pressed by western sanctions for his invasion in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin urged in...
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...
Bosphorus Strait traffic hit by Russian invasion of Ukraine
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 6, 2022 – In March 2022, cargo shipping traffic using the Bosphorus Strait dropped significantly; this was the first...
Traffic jam of Ukrainian grain ships in the small Romania’s Black Sea port of Sulina
Sulina, Romania (Ports Europe) June 4, 2022 – Dozens of Ukrainian barges, mostly carrying grain, are waiting for hours and days to enter the small...
The two most sanctioned countries try to cheat the West via a logistics bridge across Caspian Sea
Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) June 3, 2022 – The two most sanctioned countries in the world – Russia and Iran – are trying to improve transport links...
New opportunities for freight traffic through the port of Constanta, presented in Budapest
The potential of the Port of Constanta and container transport on the Danube between Central European countries and the Black Sea and Caspian Sea area was...
EU transport and tourism officials visit to the Port of Constanta
Commission for Transport and Tourism of the European Parliament, official visit to the Port of Constanta – May 24, 2022 A delegation from the European...
Desperate Russia looking to Iran’s ports as a way to bypass western sanctions
Tehran, Iran (Ports Europe) May 30 – Desperately trying to find a way to avoid harsh international sanctions affecting Russian transport and logistics,...
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...