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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.

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%...

Ukrainian Sea Ports Association receives observer status at ESPO

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) January 27, 2018 – The Ukrainian Sea Ports Association (USPA) has received the status of observer of the European Sea...

Ukrainian ports of the Danube region are driving the dynamics of cargo turnover

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) January 19, 2018 Since the beginning of 2018, the ports of the Danube Region have significantly increased the volume of...

Government sets up the State Service for Marine and River Transport of Ukraine

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) January 18, 2018 – The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has approved the decision to establish the State Service for...

Security system in Ukrainian ports will be optimized in accordance with the law

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) January 17, 2018 – The system of protection in Ukrainian seaports this year will be optimized in accordance with the...

From January 1, 2018, Ukrainian port duty rates have been reduced by 20%

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) January 15, 2018 – The Government has supported the proposal of the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine to reduce port...

Six Ukrainian seaports see growth in 2017

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) January 15, 2018 – In 2017, six Ukrainian seaports showed steady growth in cargo turnover, and the number of seaports...

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...

In 2017 Ukrainian seaports processed almost 133 million tons of cargo

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) January 6, 2018 – From January to December 2017, Ukraine’s seaports processed 132.9 million tons of cargo,...

EBRD Ukrainian loan to improve connectivity between industrial and agricultural areas and key ports

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) January 2, 2018 – The EBRD is to make a loan to Ukraine to increase efficiency of Ukrainian Railways (JSC Ukrzaliznytsya...

Container Terminal Odessa will increase the transshipment of containers by using the COSCO Shipping Lines

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) January 2, 2018 – Container Terminal Odessa (KTO), an HHLA International GmbH company, which processed the first vessel of...

USPA to dredge Odessa port

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) December 27, 2017 – The Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) will carry out an operational dredging of Odessa seaport to...

2018 Financial plan of Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority approved

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) December 20, 2017 – The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has approved the financial plan of Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority...

Ukraine joins the Danube Transnational Programme development and a joint EU initiative for the East of Ukraine

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) December 10, 2017 – Ukraine and the European Union have signed bilateral documents in the framework of the working visit...

Ukraine reports improved Jan-Nov sea ports traffic

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) December 10, 2017 – Cargo turnover at the sea ports of Ukraine during the first 11 months of 2017 remains positive....

Ukrainian prime minister attends Tbilisi Belt & Road Forum

Tbilisi, Georgia (PortSEurope) December 4, 2017 – Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman has attended the Tbilisi Belt & Road Forum and...

European Business Association hosts logistics meeting in Ukraine

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) December 3, 2017 – The European Business Association has hosted the Infrastructure Day and the Ukrainian Sea Ports...

Ukraine to work with port of Rotterdam

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) November 27, 2017 – On November 21-23,  2017, at the invitation of the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in...

Volodymyr Omelyan meets International Maritime Organisation

Kiev, Ukraine (PortSEurope) November 27, 2017 – Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine Vladimir Omelian had held a bilateral meeting with the Secretary...

Event: Grain Terminals: New Projects, Equipment and Technologies, Odessa – November 23, 2017

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) November 14, 2017 – On November 23, 2017, the III International Conference “Grain Terminals: New Projects,...

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