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Ochamchira

Ochamchira is a coastal town on the Black Sea in Abkhazia, a region of Russia-occupied Georgia with limited international recognition. The town has faced significant challenges due to the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict, resulting in damaged infrastructure and a reduced population. It is less than 10 km north of Anaklia.

Container terminal or Russian naval base in occupied Ochamchira?

Ochamchira, Georgia (Ports Europe) November 11, 2024 – The question is what is under construction in Ochamchira Black Sea port in Georgia’s breakaway...

Container terminal in occupied Ochamchira, Georgia

Ochamchira, Georgia (Ports Europe) November 8, 2024 – The construction of the Black Sea Port Intermodal Container Terminal in Ochamchira is planned to be...

Russian navy escapes from Novorossiysk, but where to?

Gelendzhik, Russia (Ports Europe) September 18, 2024 – The Russian Black Sea navy is on the run again, leaving the country’s largest port of...

Confusion about Russian naval base in occupied Georgian port

Ochamchira, Georgia (Ports Europe) August 18, 2024 – Satellite images analysed by Bellingcat, an independent investigative collective of researchers,...

Ukraine attacks Novorossiysk port with maritime drones

Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) July 3, 2024 – Moscow claims that Russia’s Black Sea port of Novorossiysk continues operations following an Ukrainian...

Novorossiysk port hit by Ukrainian drones again

Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) May 17, 2024 – Ukraine’s sea and air drones attacked Russia’s largest port of Novorossiysk on the Black Sea in...

Analysis: Quo Vadis, Russian Black Sea Navy?

Kyiv, Ukraine (Ports Europe) March 26, 2024 – In the past several days, Ukraine reported hitting with missiles a total of four Russian Black Sea Navy...

Georgian President criticizes Russia’s naval base in Abkhazia

Tbilisi, Georgia (Ports Europe) February 6, 2024 – Pro-Western Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili again denounced Russian plan, first announced in...

Update: Russian Navy base next door to Georgia’s future Anaklia port

Pichori, Georgia (Ports Europe) December 13, 2023 – To ensure the proper functioning of the new Russian Navy Black Sea base in Ochamchira (Ochamchire) in the...

Russian navy base next door to Georgia’s future Anaklia port

Pichori, Georgia (PortSEurope) November 6, 2023 – In order to ensure proper functioning of the new Russian Navy Black Sea base in Ochamchira...

No weekend rest for Ukrainian Black Sea corridor

Odesa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) October 15, 2023 – There was no weekend of rest for Ukrainian humanitarian Black Sea corridor. Despite the continuing Russian...

Three cheers for Ukrainian Black Sea grain corridor

Odesa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) October 14, 2023 – Despite the continuing Russian drone and missile attacks on ports and grain export infrastructure in the...

Six more cargo ships to enter Odesa ports in two days

Odesa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) October 13, 2023 – Despite the continuing Russian drone and missile attacks on ports and grain export infrastructure in the...

Three more cargo ships to enter Odesa port, Russia doesn’t interfere

Odesa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) October 12, 2023 – Despite the overnight Russian drone attack on port and grain export infrastructure in Odesa port, three more...

Three more cargo ships to enter Ukrainian Black Sea ports

Chornomorsk, Ukraine (PortSEurope) October 10, 2023 – Three more cargo ships are nearing the Ukrainian Black Sea ports of the Odesa region (as of 14:30...

Two more ships sailed Ukraine’s Black Sea “humanitarian corridor”

Constanta, Romania (PortSEurope) October 8, 2023 – Two more cargo ships that left Ukrainian ports in the Odesa region on October 7 are already (18:00,...

Two more cargo ships heading to Ukrainian Black Sea ports

Odesa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) October 7, 2023 – Despite the overnight Russian supersonic Onyx missiles’ strikes that damaged port infrastructure and a grain...

Russian Black Sea navy to escape to Georgia’s breakaway region of Abkhazia?

Ochamchira, Georgia (PortSEurope) October 6, 2023 – Georgia’s breakaway region of Abkhazia, occupied by Russia since 1993, claims that is has signed a...

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