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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.

Iran offers exchange of cargo with Odessa port

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) April 21, 2017 – Iran has offered Ukraine to organise the exchange of goods between the Iranian ports and Odessa with the help...

Ukrainian president says Hutchinson to enter country’s container market soon

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) April 20, 2017 – Ukraine’s president Petro Poroshenko said he expects the Hutchison Ports International to enter the...

Ukrainian ports cargo traffic rises in Q1 2017

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) April 10, 2017 – The cargo traffic in the seaports of Ukraine in January-March 2017 amounted to 32.71 million tonnes, which is...

Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority to present port infrastructure projects

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) March 27, 2017 – The Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority and the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine (ACC) have organised...

Raivis Veckagans – Efficiency and work safety are the only rules for port operators

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) March 22, 2017 – Ukrainian Seaports Authority (USPA) has specified the criteria and documents necessary to obtain the...

USPA to simplify contract documentation using FIDIC standards

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) March 21,2017 – Ukrainian Seapots Authority (USPA) has joined the Association of Engineers-Consultants of Ukraine to...

USPA presents strategy for 2017

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) March 18, 2017 – Ukrainian Seaports Authority (USPA) presented its plan of priority actions for 2017 during the meeting...

Germany supports USPA to complete construction of container terminal in Odessa

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) March 1, 2017 – State Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure Rainer Bomba has visited...

ZIM unveils restructured network

Haifa, Israel (Ports Europe) February 27, 2017 – ZIM has announced details of its new ZIM MED PACIFIC (ZMP) service, commencing April 2017.  ...

Ukraine to reduce port fees

Chernomorsk, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 23, 2017 – Ukraine’s Ministry of Infrastructure intends to reduce existing port fees and charges...

USPA to expand range of tenderers for port infrastructure development

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 20, 2017 – The Ukrainian Seaports Authority (USPA) to hold a meeting with leading regional and international...

HPC-Ukraina container terminal changes name

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 20, 2017 – The HPC-Ukraina company, part ofHamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA), which is one of the leading...

USPA to conduct financial audit in compliance with international standards

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 7, 2017 – CEO Raivis Veсkagans has stressed on the need to conduct financial audits of the enterprise and its...

USPA presents market development plans to world’s dredging companies

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 5, 2017 – Ukrainian Seaport Authority (USPA) has presented the prospective projects scheduled for current year...

Ukrainian seaports increase cargo turnover by 15% in January 2017

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 2, 2017 – According to the Ukrainian Seaports Authority in January 2017 the volume of cargo handling in...

Ukrainian seaports grain traffic declines in 2016

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) January 31, 2017 – Ukrainian seaports handled 131.998 million tonnes of grain in 2016, down by 8.7% on the year,...

USPA and Ministry of Infrastructure have common vision of port development

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) January 31, 2017 – Raivis Veckagans has held a meeting with the members of the Committee for Logistics of the European...

USPA looks for EBRD support

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) January 27, 2017 – Ukrainian Seaports Authority (USPA) has applied to the European Bank for Reconstruction and...

Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority to improve relations with dredging companies

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) January 21, 2017 – Under the leadership of new acting CEO Raivis Vetskagans, the Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA)...

LPG transit through Ukrainian railway lines, ports declines by 23.2% Y/Y in 2016

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) January 19, 2017 – The transit of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) through Ukrainian railway lines and ports decreased by...

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