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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.

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...

HHLA sees container throughput down -7.9%

Hamburg, Germany (PortSEurope) February 20, 2023 – Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) has reported that container throughput was 6.39 million TEU in...

Ukraine privatises Ust-Dunaisk Commercial Seaport

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) January 18, 2023 – The Ukrainian government has privatised, by sale, Ust-Dunaisk Commercial Seaport in the Odessa region....

EuroChem to build ammonia terminal in Russia by end-2023

Zug, Switzerland (PortSEurope) December 8, 2022 – Following the western sanctions that closed European Union ports to Russian cargo, Swiss registered...

Russian ammonia could be exported via Ukrainian port of Pivdennyi

Pivdennyi, Ukraine (PortSEurope) December 4, 2022 – A deal to resume Russian ammonia exports via Odessa, despite the heavy fighting in Ukraine, could be...

Ukraine grain export continues, exceeding 15 million tonnes

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) November 16, 2022 – Ukraine grain export continues, already exceeding over 15 million tonnes. Over the past few days, some...

Ukrainian Danube Shipping agrees grain exports via Constanta

Constanta, Romania (PortSEurope) November 2, 2022 – The Ukrainian Danube Shipping Company (UDP) has agreed with the Romanian group of companies TTS...

Russia unilaterally ends UN-brokered deal for Ukrainian grain exports

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) October 29, 2022 – Russia has unilaterally blocked the United Nations-brokered deal allowing Ukrainian grain exports from...

Ukrainian grain shipment: Information on the backlog of vessels

Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) October 26, 2022 – The Joint Coordination Centre (JCC) has provided information on Ukrainian grain shipment and the...

Ukrainian ports continue exporting grain

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) September 26, 2022 – Today, four ships left the Ukrainian ports of Odessa and Yuzhny exporting 88,170 tons of grain and...

Ukrainian ports export 4.1 million tons of grain

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) September 20, 2022 – Ukraine says that it has exported 4.1 million tons of grain since the export process started in July...

11 grain ships set to leave Ukrainian ports today

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) September 15, 2022 – A total of 11 grain ships are scheduled to leave the Ukrainian Black Sea ports of Odessa, Chornomorsk...

Ukraine to reach 1 mln tonnes of grain exported via Black Sea ports

Odessa (Ports Europe) August 29, 2022 – Since August 1, 39 dry cargo ships, including 19 blockaded in ports since the Russian invasion in Ukraine on...

Ukraine exports 594,000 tonnes of grain, mainly corn

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) August 19, 2022 – Since August 1, 24 ships Ukraine has exported 594,000 tonnes of grain, mainly corn. The total included...

Hamburger Hafen und Logistik reported revenue up +9.% in H1 2022

Hamburg, Germany (PortSEurope) August 12, 2022 – In January-June 2022, Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) reported revenue up +9.% to € 779.5...

12 ships with grain have already left Ukrainian ports under the UN-brokered deal

Chornomorsk, Ukraine (PortSEurope) August 9, 2022 – Two ships loaded with grain sailed out of Ukraine’s Black Sea port of Chornomorsk, bringing the...

The first ship with Ukrainian grain since Feb 24 left the port of Pivdenny

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) August 8, 2022 – The first ship with Ukrainian grain since February 24 has left the port of Pivdenny port today – the...

First vessel arrives at Ukrainian port where 13 ships loaded with grain are ready to leave

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) August 6, 2022 – On August 6, the first ship (Fulmar S) is to arrive in a Ukrainian Black Sea port for loading with grain,...

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