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.
Oleksandr Kubrakov: The first civilian ships used the temporary corridor in the direction of Ukrainian ports
News Release – Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine – September 16, 2023 After using the temporary corridor for the exit of ships blocked due to...
Oleksandr Kubrakov: Another ship blocked due to the war has left Odessa
News Release – Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine – September 15, 2023 The bulk carrier PUMA (Cayman Islands) left Odesa Seaport this morning...
Ships carrying products from Ukrainian metals companies have broken the sea blockade
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) September 6, 2023 – The local Metinvest Group has published a press release saying that for the first time since the...
Update: The second ship that broke Russian blockade enters Romanian waters
Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) August 27, 2023 – The bulk cargo carrier Primus (it arrived in Odessa in February 2022 under the name Polarstar),...
Second merchant ship breaks Russian blockade of Ukrainian ports
Odesa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) August 26, 2023 – The Russian Navy is becoming a laughing stock after a second bulk cargo...
Ship reaches Istanbul from Odessa using “humanitarian corridor”
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) August 18, 2023 – The first ship to use a temporary corridor to and from Ukraine’s seaports entered Turkey’s...
Russia again attacks Ukrainian Danube ports exporting grain
Izmail, Ukraine (Ports Europe) August 2, 2023 – Russia attacked Ukraine’s Danube River grain port of Izmail in the early hours of August 2 with drones....
Russia and Ukraine threaten ships sailing toward the other country’s ports
Odesa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) July 22, 2023 – Russia and Ukraine have both said that any ships heading to the Black Sea ports of the other country may be...
Russia attacks grain infrastructure at Ukrainian seaports
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) July 20, 2023 – On Monday July 17, Russia withdrew from the Black Sea grain deal, an agreement for Ukrainian to export...
Third day of bombardment of Ukrainian ports by Russia
Odesa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) July 20, 2023 – Russian missiles and drone strikes on Ukrainian Black Sea ports of Mykolaiv and Odesa continued for a third day...
Ukrainian ports of Odesa and Mikolaiv bombarded
Odesa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) July 19, 2023 – Brutally retaliating for the drone attack on the Kerch Bridge, Russia bombarded the Ukrainian Black Sea port...
Huge floating crane transferred from Odessa to Izmail
Izmail, Ukraine (PortSEurope) June 26, 2023 – Forced to reorientate cargo flow from the blocked by Russia Black Sea ports to the Danube River ports, the...
The “Game of Drones” for Russian and Ukrainian ports
Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) May 31, 2023 – Russia and Ukraine have exchanged drone attacks against their Black Sea ports in the past months, damaging...
EBRD restarts work on Ukraine’s Chornomorsk port
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) May 15, 2023 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is to restart work on Ukraine’s Chornomorsk...
HHLA sees container traffic down over 18% in Q1 2023
Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) May 15, 2023 – In the first quarter of 2023, container throughput at HHLA’s container terminals decreased overall by...
Constanta keeps up the pace of Ukrainian grain export
Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) April 12, 2023 – 3.33 million tonnes of Ukrainian grain were shipped through the Romanian Black Sea port of Constanta...
Analysis: Black Sea Container market overview 2022
Odessa, Ukraine (Informall/PortSEurope) April 3, 2023 – The Black Sea region has witnessed a considerable decline in its container market volumes, with...
The extension of the Black Sea Grain Initiative
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) March 21, 2023 – The Black Sea Grain Initiative, initially signed in Istanbul on July 22, 2022, has been extended. The...
Update – Ukrainian Bilhorod-Dniester Sea Trade Port sold at auction for $5.9 million
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) March 13, 2023 – Bilhorod-Dniester Sea Trade Port has sold at auction for $5.9 million, Alexander Slavsky, head of the...
Kernel buys terminal at Sea Trade Port Pivdennyi, Odessa
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) March 6, 2023 – Agricultural exporter Kernel has acquired an oil export terminal in Pivdennyi, Odessa. The terminal can...