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Chornomorsk

Port of Chornomorsk, or Sea Port of Chornomorsk (Ukrainian: Морський порт Чорноморськ, Morskyi port Chornomorsk) is a port in the city of Chornomorsk, Ukraine. It is located on the north-western shore of Black Sea at Sukhyi Estuary, to the south-west from Odessa. Previously known as Illichivsk.

The first ship with Ukrainian grain since Feb 24 left the port of Pivdenny

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) August 8, 2022 – The first ship with Ukrainian grain since February 24 has left the port of Pivdenny port today – the...

Ukraine is looking at adding Mykolaiv Port to the “grain corridor”

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) August 2, 2022 – The Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine is looking at the possibility of adding Mykolaiv Sea Commercial...

First ship with Ukrainian grain has left the port of Odessa

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) August 1, 2022 – The Sierra Leone-flagged cargo ship Razoni left the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Odessa on August 1 for...

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...

Çanakkale Port stores fertiliser unable to reach Ukraine

Çanakkale, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 26, 2022 – Çanakkale Port is storing nearly 15,000 tons of fertiliser which cannot be transported to Ukraine...

Ukraine’s ports infrastructure damage estimated at billions of euros

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) May 9, 2022 – Ukraine estimates the losses inflicted on its port infrastructure by Russian shelling, bombardment and...

Ukraine & Russia trade accusations of laying mines in the Black Sea, creating problems for Constanta, Varna, Burgas, Istanbul

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) March 20, 2022 – Four weeks after the start of Russian invasion in Ukraine, Russia’s Federal Security Service – FSB...

Containers delayed in Gioia Tauro by Ukraine crisis

Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) March 1, 2022 – The Russian invasion of Ukraine has led to the temporary closure of all Ukrainian Azov and Black Sea...

Russian invasion in Ukraine has only just begun – what is the future for the Ukraine’s ports and transport infrastructure after the war?

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 28 – Five days after the start of Russian invasion in Ukraine, it seems that the Azov Sea will most likely become a...

Grain traders suspend Ukrainian port operations

Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) February 25, 2022 – Agricultural trading companies Archer Daniel Midlands (ADM) and Bunge have both suspended operations...

UPDATE – Ukraine can’t use its Black and Azov Sea ports after Russian invasion; Commodities’ export affected

Mariupol, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 26 – Ukraine, invaded by Russia on February 24, became commercially a landlocked country after Moscow blocked the...

Russian invasion of Ukraine threatens grain supplies – port companies suspend activities

Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) February 25, 2022 – The Ukrainian authorities have suspended all commercial shipping from its ports, according to a report...

Kernel Holding plans $100 mln investment in Ukraine’s Chornomorsk port

Chornomorsk, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 17, 2022 – The Ministry of Infrastructure and Kernel have agreed a $100 million investment in the Port of...

ZIM adds Ukraine’s Chornomorsk port to vehicle transport service

Haifa, Israel (Ports Europe) February 7, 2022 – Israel’s ZIM Integrated Shipping Services will include the port of Chornomorsk in the Ro-Ro Vehicle...

In January Ukrainian seaports handled 14.96 million tons of cargo, up 4.9 million tons (+49%)

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 3, 2022 – In January this year Ukrainian seaports handled 14.96 million tons of cargo, up 4.9 million tons (+49%)...

Ukrainian ports handled 2.9% less containers in 2021

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) December 27, 2021 – In January-November 2021, the sea ports of Ukraine handled 924,100 TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit),...

In January-November 2021, the seaports of Ukraine handled 136.96 million tons of cargo, down -6%

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) December 6, 2021 – In January-November 2021, the seaports of Ukraine handled 136.96 million tons of cargo,...

Ukrainian seaports see cargo traffic down in January-October

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) November 3, 2021 – In the first 10 months of 2021, the seaports of Ukraine handled total cargo of 120.87 million tons of...

Chernomorsk set for the next PPP in the Ukrainian port sector

Chernomorsk, Ukraine (PortSEurope) October 25, 2021 – After successfully signing concession contracts for the ports of Kherson and Olvia, the Ministry of...

Ukraine’s Chornomorsk Port to boost its competitiveness with a PPP – EBRD and IFC assist

Chornomorsk, Ukraine (PortSEurope) October 22, 2021 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and International Finance Corporation...

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