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Pivdennyi

Pivdennyi Seaport (prior to 2017 it was named Yuzhnyi) is a commercial seaport in the Ukrainian city of Yuzhne near Odessa, on the Black Sea coast.

Qortia resumes grain shipments from Ukraine’s Pivdennyi port

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) May 2, 2024 – Qortia AG (Switzerland), a trading and logistics company, has resumed grain shipments from Ukraine’s...

Russian ballistic missiles again hit Ukraine’s Pivdennyi port

Pivdennyi, Ukraine (Ports Europe) April 21, 2024 – Two ballistic missiles hit the territory of Ukraine’s Black Sea port of Pivdennyi (Yuzhny, Yuzhnyi)...

Ukrainian ports defy war and difficulties in 2023

Odesa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) December 28, 2023 – The total cargo turnover of all Ukrainian ports in 2023 is expected to be 57 million tonnes. This is...

No weekend for Ukraine’s Black Sea humanitarian grain corridor

Odesa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) December 2, 2023 – Since the launch of the temporary maritime humanitarian corridor in the Black Sea on August 8, almost 200...

New claims for mine explosion near a ship in the Black Sea

Pivdennyi, Ukraine (Ports Europe) November 19, 2023 – A sea mine exploded on November 16 very close to Liberia-flagged Georgia S bulk carrier transporting...

115 ships have used Ukrainian humanitarian corridor since August

Odesa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) November 17, 2023 – Since the launch of the temporary maritime humanitarian corridor in the Black Sea on August 8, 115...

Bulk carrier ship hit by Russian missile in Ukrainian port of Pivdennyi

Pivdennyi, Ukraine (PortSEurope) November 8, 2023 – Liberia-flagged bulk carrier ship Kmax Ruler (91,800 DWT) was hit by a Russian missile in the...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Fifth convoy with Ukrainian grain has left Odessa ports

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) August 12, 2022 – Today, the fifth convoy with grain products left the Odessa ports of Chornomorsk and Pivdenny. It...

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...

USPA publishes statement on effects of Russian Black Sea activity on its ports

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 18, 2022 – Numerous questions and inquiries from the media about the economic consequences of military...

In January Ukrainian seaports handled 14.96 million tons of cargo, up 4.9 million tons (+49%)

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 3, 2022 – In January this year Ukrainian seaports handled 14.96 million tons of cargo, up 4.9 million tons (+49%)...

Ukraine’s Pivdennyi port sees cargo traffic up over 34% in 2021

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) January 12, 2022 – In January-December  2021, the port of Pivdennyi handled 53.47 million tons of...

Ukrainian ports handled 2.9% less containers in 2021

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) December 27, 2021 – In January-November 2021, the sea ports of Ukraine handled 924,100 TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit),...

Ukraine’s Pivdenny seaport increases November grain traffic

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) December 10, 2021 – In the month of November, Pivdenny seaport handled 1.34 million tons of grain, a monthly record for the...

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