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Mykolaiv

Mykolaiv, or Nikolaev, is a city near the Black Sea in southern Ukraine. Mykolaiv Sea Commercial Port (formerly Nikolaev) is one of the leading state enterprises in the transport sector of Ukraine for processing, exports, imports, and cabotage cargo, that provides transit transportation of various cargoes, both general and bulk. It is administered by state agency Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA). the port has been substantially damaged by the Russian invasion of Ukraine which started February 24, 2022. Updated: October 23, 2022.

Nibulon sends first coaster ship from Izmail to Turkey

Izmail, Ukraine (Ports Europe) November 21, 2024 – Grain trader Nibulon has sent its first coaster ship carrying 7,000 tons of soybeans from the inland...

Russia and Ukraine threaten ships sailing toward the other country’s ports

Odesa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) July 22, 2023 – Russia and Ukraine have both said that any ships heading to the Black Sea ports of the other country may be...

Third day of bombardment of Ukrainian ports by Russia

Odesa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) July 20, 2023 – Russian missiles and drone strikes on Ukrainian Black Sea ports of Mykolaiv and Odesa continued for a third day...

Ukrainian ports of Odesa and Mikolaiv bombarded

Odesa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) July 19, 2023 – Brutally retaliating for the drone attack on the Kerch Bridge, Russia bombarded the Ukrainian Black Sea port...

Ukraine’s NIBULON sees exports down by -164%

Kiev, Ukraine (PortSEurope) December 21, 2022 – Figures released by NIBULON show the continued impact of Russia’s war on Ukraine. From 1 January to 15...

Russian ammonia could be exported via Ukrainian port of Pivdennyi

Pivdennyi, Ukraine (PortSEurope) December 4, 2022 – A deal to resume Russian ammonia exports via Odessa, despite the heavy fighting in Ukraine, could be...

NIBULON calls for Ukrainian grain deal to be expanded

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) November 17, 2022 – NIBULON has called for Ukrainian grain deal to be expanded ahead of its extension due on November 19....

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...

Ukraine loses €155 million per day due to blocked ports

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) April 25, 2022 – Ukraine loses €155 million per day due to blocked ports, according to Ukrainian media. All the...

Update: Ukrainian ports, no new mines spotted in the Black Sea

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) April 10, 2022 – The Ukrainian Black Sea port of Kherson is still controlled by Russian occupying army, while in the last two...

Russia continues attacks against Ukrainian ports; no naval mines spotted in the Black Sea

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) April 4, 2022 – Russian missiles strikes again hit Ukrainian Black Sea ports of Odessa and Mykolaiv/Nikolaev (on the large...

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...

USPA publishes statement on effects of Russian Black Sea activity on its ports

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 18, 2022 – Numerous questions and inquiries from the media about the economic consequences of military...

Mykolaiv Sea Port increases January 2022 cargo handling

Mykolaiv, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 15, 2022 – In January 2022, Mykolaiv Sea Port increased cargo transshipment by 60.8% to 3.2 million tonnes,...

Ukraine’s Nibulon ships over 5.64 million tons of agricultural products in 2021

Yuzhny, Ukraine (Ports Europe) January 14, 2022 – Grain trader Nibulon handled more than 5.64 million tons of agricultural products in 2021. A number of...

NIBULON moves traffic from roads to water

Mykolaiv, Ukraine (Ports Europe) September 29, 2021 – In August 2021, the company transshipped 442,100 tons of cargoes using its own floating cranes and...

Oleksandr Kubrakov: We attract investments in port infrastructure due to reduction of dividends and concession projects

The Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine Oleksandr Kubrakov spoke about the plans for the development of the port economy of Ukraine. This took place at a...

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