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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.

Russia returns seized Ukrainian naval ships

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) November 18, 2019 – Russia has returned three small naval ships it captured in November 2018 to Ukraine, a handover that is to...

Ukraine minister discusses Odessa port investment with Rizoil

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) November 17, 2019 – Last week, Ukrainian Minister of Infrastructure Vladislav Krykliy met with representatives of Risoil...

Cargo traffic transshipment in Ukrainian ports increased more than 20% in Jan-Oct 2019

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) November 14, 2019 – In the first 10 months of 2019, cargo handling in Ukrainian ports was more than 129.8 million...

Hamburger Hafen und Logistik continues positive performance in first nine months of 2019

Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) continued its positive performance in the first nine months of 2019. The company recorded another significant increase...

River traffic should be tripled – Vladislav Krikliy

Ukraine – Ministry of Infrastructure – November 12, 2019 River traffic should triple. This was stated by the Minister of Infrastructure...

Ukraine aligns its port security system with international maritime security standards

Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) – November 8, 2019 Port security is one of the key areas of work of Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) as a...

USPA publishes Jan-Aug 2019 report – higher income, reduced profit

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) November 7, 2019 – Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) has published its results for the first nine months of 2019 Net...

Ukraine and Iran ministers look to transport cooperation

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) November 5, 2019 – On November 1, 2019, Minister of Infrastructure Vladislav Kricliy met with Ambassador Extraordinary and...

Issues in the field of transport were discussed at a trilateral meeting of representatives of Ukraine, Georgia and Belarus

On October 22, 2019 in Tbilisi, Georgia, Minister of Infrastructure Vladislav Krykliy participated in a trilateral meeting with Deputy Minister of Economy and...

Ukrainian and Lithuanian officials explore joint transport options

Vladislav Krykliy meets with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Lithuania to Ukraine Marius Yanuconis – October 15, 2019 On...

Ukraine and France discuss transport issues

Vladislav Crickley meets with French Minister of Transport Jean-Baptiste Jebbari – October 16, 2019 On October 15, 2019, Minister for Infrastructure...

Ukrainian seaports increase cargo transhipment by almost 20% in first nine months of 2019

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) October 16, 2019 – Since the beginning of 2019, transshipment has increased to 114.5 million tons, which is 19.4% more...

Ukraine dismisses further port managers

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) October 8, 2019 – Minister of Infrastructure Vladislav Krykliy has signed orders to terminate the employment of Dmytro...

Ukraine sacks sea port managers

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) October 2, 2019 – The Minister of Infrastructure, Vladislav Krykliy, has announced the dismissal of some managers of the...

Consul General of Ukraine in Barcelona visits Valenciaport

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) October 1, 2019 – The Consul General of Ukraine in Barcelona, ​​Oksana Dramaretska, and the Consul of the Consulate...

Ukraine officials meet European Business Association

I welcome a constructive dialogue with the business, – Vladislav Krikliy – September 26, 2019 The Ministry of Infrastructure is open to cooperation...

EBRD in Ukraine to discuss project investment

Vladislav Krykliy meets with Jean-Eric de Sachón, Head of the European Investment Bank, Ukraine – September 30, 2019 On September 30, 2019, Minister for...

Posco International and Orexim to open new grain terminal in Mykolaiv

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) September 25, 2019 – The grain terminal of Posco International and Orexim group was scheduled to be opened on 24 September...

Ukraine and Slovakia discuss transport improvements

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) September 25, 2019 – The Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine Vladislav Krikli met with Ambassador of the Slovak Republic...

Ukraine signs cooperation agreement with Trans-Caspian International Transport Route

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) September 17, 2019 – Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) and the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR)...

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