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Mariupol

Mariupol is a city on the north coast of the Sea of Azov at the mouth of the Kalmius river, in the Pryazovia region of Ukraine. Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, after two months of fighting it occupied the port city. During the action, the city suffered high infrastructural damage.

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...

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...

Mariupol-Nogaro ports cargo traffic to double by end-2019

Nogaro, Italy (PortSEurope) November 23, 2018 – The cargo traffic between the port of Mariupol and the Italian Porto Nogaro will double by the end of 2019 to...

Italy’s Nogaro, Ukraine’s Mariupol ports to sign cooperation agreement

Nogaro, Italy (PortSEurope) November 15, 2018 – Ukrainian port of Mariupol plans to sign a cooperation agreement with Italy’s inland port of Nogaro,...

Ukraine reopens tender for dredging services at Berdyansk and Mariupol ports

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) August 2, 2018 – The Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) has reopened the procedure for open bidding for the...

USPA tenders Berdyansk and Mariupol ports dredging contract

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) June 1, 2018 – The Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) has restarted the procedure for open bidding for the...

Igor Barskyi appointed chief of Mariupol Sea Port

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) April 29, 2018 – Igor Barskyi has been appointed Chief of Mariupol Sea Port. Igor Barsky has worked in the maritime...

Ukraine reports results of 2017 dredging activities

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) March 30, 2018 – The Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) has presented the results of dredging...

USPA presents development plan to mayors of seaports

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) March 27, 2018 – The Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) has presented a draft of a strategy for the development of...

USPA issues dredging tender for Mariupol and Berdyansk seaports

Azov, Ukraine (Ports Europe) March 1, 2018 – Five companies have responded to a tender for the dredging of the approach channels and in the water areas...

Ukrainian ports see improved January 2017 cargo traffic

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 2018 – In January 2018, cargo handled in the sea ports of Ukraine was 10.8 million tonnes, up 10.9%...

Draft updated for Strategy for the Development of Seaports of Ukraine for the period up to 2038

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) January 12, 2018 – The Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) has started the process to update Strategy for the Development...

USPA announces Mariupol and Berdyansk ports dredging tender

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) December 27, 2017 – The Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) has announced a tender procedure for the selection of a...

Prime Minister claims reduction of port charges to raise Ukraine’s ports competitiveness

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) September 14, 2017 – The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, under the policy of development of transit potential of Ukraine...

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