Odessa
The Port of Odessa is the largest Ukrainian seaport and one of the largest ports in the Black Sea. Along with its younger satellite ports of Chornomorsk and Yuzhny, Odessa is a major freight and passenger transportation hub in Ukraine. Since the end of February 2022, the port has been closed due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Ukrainian ports handled record 97.2 mln tonnes of cargo in 2024
Kyiv, Ukraine (Ports Europe) January 7, 2025 – Despite frequent Russian missile and drone strikes, Ukrainian Black Sea ports handled a record 97.2 million...
Dramatic increase of cargo via Ukrainian ports in 2024
Kyiv, Ukraine (Ports Europe) December 31, 2024 – Statistics from war-torn Ukraine are often confusing. This is why Ports Europe tries to report all of them...
HHLA Odessa terminal resumes waterside container handling
Odesa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) December 30, 2024 – Container Terminal Odessa (CTO), part of Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA), resumed container...
CMA CGM returns to Ukraine with Piraeus-Istanbul-Odessa line
Odesa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) December 28, 2024 – The French company CMA CGM, one of the three largest container shipping operators in the world, will...
Port of Constanta sees reduced handling of Ukrainian grain, Jan-Nov 24
Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) December 18, 2024 – In January-November 2024, the Port of Constanta handled 6 million tonnes of Ukrainian grain, down...
Odesa ports handled 90 mln tonnes of cargo in Jan-Nov’24
Odesa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) December 3, 2024 – Ukraine’s Black Sea ports in the Odessa region handled 89.8 million tonnes of cargo from January to...
Governor of Odessa visits Venice
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) December 2, 2024 – The governor of Odessa Oblast in Ukraine, Oleg Kiper, has led a delegation to the port of Venice. The...
Greater Odessa ports increase turnover in Jan-Sep 2024
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) November 15, 2024 – From January to September 2024, the ports of greater Odessa reported increased turnover. Danube ports...
Kernel annual report comments on port status in Ukraine
Kiev, Ukraine (Ports Europe) November 4, 2024 – Ukraine’s leading grain trader has published its annual report for the year to June 30, 2024. It...
Russia destroys Odessa port facilities
Odesa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) October 31, 2024 – On 6, 7, and 9 October 2024, Russia attacked the ports of Greater Odessa with missiles and drones. Nine...
Maersk launched new container feeder line to Ukraine
Odesa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) October 29, 2024 – In defiance of continuing missile strikes against Ukrainian Black Sea ports, Danish giant shipping and...
Two more cargo ships hit by Russian missiles in Odesa port
Odesa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) October 14, 2024 – Russian ballistic missiles hit and damaged on October 14 two cargo vessels in Ukraine’s largest Black Sea...
Second ship in two days hit by a Russian missile in Odesa port
Odesa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) October 8, 2024 – Russian ballistic missiles hit a second cargo ship in as many days in Ukraine’s largest port of Odessa...
74 mln tonnes of cargo handled by Odessa ports in Jan-Sep 2024
Odesa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) October 7, 2024 – Ukraine’s Black Sea ports in the Odessa region handled 74 million tonnes of cargo from January to September...
Ferries are endangered species in the Black Sea
Varna, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) October 5, 2024 – The once booming ferryboat services market in the Black Sea is almost extinct. Out of more than 10...
New Russian missile strike on Odesa port
Odesa, Russia (Ports Europe) September 21, 2024 – A Russian strike with an Iskander-M mobile short-range ballistic missile on September 20 damaged the...
MSC cancels its first scheduled trip to Odessa since war started
Odesa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) June 27, 2024 – Switzerland-based container operator MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A. cancelled the first scheduled...
Odessa ports handle more grain, Constanta less
Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) June 21, 2024 – In January-May 2024, the Port of Constanta handled 3.5 million tonnes of Ukrainian grain. This is down...
Odesa ports exported 50 mln tonnes of cargo in 9 months
Odesa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) June 3, 2024 – The Black Sea corridor, created by Ukraine’s Navy on August 2023, has ensured the export of 50 million tonnes...
45 mln tonnes of cargo via the Ukrainian Black Sea Corridor
Odesa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) May 12, 2024 – Since August 2023, during the nine months of operation of the “Ukrainian Black Sea Corridor”,...