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Berdyansk

Berdiansk or Berdyansk is a port city in the Zaporizhzhia Oblast in south-eastern Ukraine. It is on the northern coast of the Sea of Azov. Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, after two months of fighting it occupied the port city.

Ukraine together with the EU will develop the infrastructure of Azov region – Volodymyr Omelyan

March 20, 2019 – Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine – Ukraine together with the EU will develop the infrastructure of Azov region –...

Berdyansk port invites dredging tender bids

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) March 21, 2019 – Berdyansk port, part of Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) has invited bids for tenders to repair...

Coordinated EU, U.S. and Canada sanctions against Russia

Mariupol, Ukraine (Ports Europe) March 17, 2019 – The European Union (EU) United States (U.S.) and Canada has imposed additional sanctions to punish...

Sanctions against eight more Russians over Kerch Strait incident

Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) February 18, 2019 – European Union (EU) foreign ministers have agreed to impose sanctions against eight more Russian...

The blockade of Ukrainian Azov Sea ports costs over €300 million – minister

Mariupol, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 3, 2019 – The Ukrainian maritime sector has lost some UAH 10 billion hryvnia (€316 million), as a result of the...

Denmark suggests EU sanctions against Russia over its Azov Sea behaviour

Mariupol, Ukraine (Ports Europe) January 29, 2019 – Denmark has said that the European Union (EU) should impose sanctions on Russia over its detention of...

USPA dredged 10 ports and canals in 2018

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) January 27, 2019 – In 2018, Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) directed the for dredging of six ports and four...

Russia wants to normalise the situation in the Azov Sea

Mariupol, Ukraine (PortSEurope) December 20, 2018 – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on December 20 that he was willing to respect a bilateral...

USPA announces tenders for dredging in Mariupol and Berdyansk seaports

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) December 18, 2018 – The Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) has announced two tenders for dredging in the ports of the...

Can Europe close its ports to Russian ships arriving from the Azov Sea?

Mariupol (PortSEurope) December 15, 2018 -The European Parliament passed on December 12 a resolution calling on the European Union (EU) to close European ports...

Ukraine to test Russia with more navy ships sailing via Kerch Strait

Mariupol, Ukraine (PortSEurope) December 8, 2018 – Ukraine said it will soon send navy ships through the Kerch Strait, connecting Azov and Black Seas, where...

Ukrainian ports at Azov can increase cargo handling by almost 800,000 tons per year, with unrestricted passage through the Kerch Strait

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) December 5, 2018 – Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) reports that the current situation with shipping in the Azov Sea...

Ukrainian Azov Sea ports partially unblocked

Mariupol, Ukraine (PortSEurope) December 4, 2018 – Russia has partially unblocked access to Ukrainian ports on the Azov Sea, Ukraine’s infrastructure...

Ukraine has protested at IMO Sea Safety Committee in connection with Russian aggression in the Kerch Strait

London, United Kingdom (PortSEurope) December 3, 2018 – Ukraine has raised its protest against the aggression of Russia in the Kerch Strait in the...

Merkel asks Putin to open Azov Sea to Ukrainian ships

Mariupol, Ukraine (PortSEurope) December 1, 2018 – German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called on Russia to honour a 2003 treaty that sets out the...

Ukrainian Azov Sea ports blocked by Russia

Mariupol, Ukraine (PortSEurope) November 29, 2018 – Ukrainian ports Berdyansk and Mariupol in the Azov Sea are under blockade by Russia with ships...

Ukraine steps up protection of ports

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) November 28, 2018 – Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine Volodymyr Omelyan had held an expanded meeting with the heads of...

Tension in Azov Sea affects Ukrainian ports

Mariupol, Ukraine (PortSEurope) November 26, 2018 – After years of tension building up over Ukrainian ships navigating the Azov Sea, on November 25...

Grain exports via Ukrainian seaports doubles in last five year

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) November 24, 2018 – In the last five years, the volume of grain exports through Ukraine’s seaports has...

Ukraine plans further tenders for port dredging

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) November 24, 2018 – The Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) will actively engage international companies to...

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