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.
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...
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...