The Ukraine Crisis
On February 24, 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian conflict that began in 2014. Russian now controls the Azov Sea and occupies the ports of Berdyansk and Mariupol. It has also blockaded all Ukrainian Black Sea ports which are currently closed to all shipping. This category includes all aspects of the conflict affecting ports – port status and alternative export routes. (Updated 24.06.2022)
Russia’s Lavna and Sukhodol seaports added to sanctions list
Washington, United States (Ports Europe) January 13, 2025 – The United States has added the operators of the Lavna and Sukhodol seaports, OOO MTP Lavna...
Occupied Mariupol port handled 350,000 tonnes of cargo in 2024
Mariupol, Ukraine (Ports Europe) January 10, 2025 – Cargo transshipment at the Russia-occupied Ukrainian Azov Sea port of Mariupol doubled in 2024 compared...
Ukrainian drones attack Russia’s Baltic Sea port of Ust-Luga
Kiev, Ukraine (Ports Europe) January 8, 2025 – Local sources have reported that on January 4 Ukrainian drones attacked Russia’s Baltic Sea port of...
Ukrainian ports handled record 97.2 mln tonnes of cargo in 2024
Kyiv, Ukraine (Ports Europe) January 7, 2025 – Despite frequent Russian missile and drone strikes, Ukrainian Black Sea ports handled a record 97.2 million...
New Ukraine-Romania Danube bridge to be approved in 2025
Orlivka, Ukraine (Ports Europe) January 2, 2025 – After more than 10 years of talks about the construction of a bridge across the Danube River between...
Dramatic increase of cargo via Ukrainian ports in 2024
Kyiv, Ukraine (Ports Europe) December 31, 2024 – Statistics from war-torn Ukraine are often confusing. This is why Ports Europe tries to report all of them...
HHLA Odessa terminal resumes waterside container handling
Odesa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) December 30, 2024 – Container Terminal Odessa (CTO), part of Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA), resumed container...
Mobile scanners for five Ukrainian border crossings from USAID
Kyiv, Ukraine (Ports Europe) December 29, 2024 – Five mobile X-ray scanners to improve customs operations at border crossing points along Ukraine’s...
CMA CGM returns to Ukraine with Piraeus-Istanbul-Odessa line
Odesa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) December 28, 2024 – The French company CMA CGM, one of the three largest container shipping operators in the world, will...
Unexplained explosions near main Arctic naval base of Russia’s Northern Fleet
Murmansk, Russia (Ports Europe) December 21, 2024 – Two huge explosions were reported on December 19 near the main Arctic naval base of the Russian...
Oil keeps leaking from sunken Russian tankers near occupied Crimea
Kerch, Ukraine (Ports Europe) December 21, 2024 – The two Russian oil tankers that crashed on December 15 in the Kerch Strait continue to spill fuel oil...
Port of Constanta sees reduced handling of Ukrainian grain, Jan-Nov 24
Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) December 18, 2024 – In January-November 2024, the Port of Constanta handled 6 million tonnes of Ukrainian grain, down...
Ukraine’s missiles attack Azov Sea port of Taganrog
Taganrog, Russia (Ports Europe) December 12, 2024 – Ukrainian missiles have hit Russia’s Azov Sea town of Taganrog, home to the port of the same name....
Ukrainian naval drones hit gas platforms off the Crimean coast
Kyiv, Ukraine (Ports Europe) December 7, 2024 – Ukrainian naval drones hit Black Sea gas platforms off the coast of Moscow-occupied Crimea, Kyiv’s navy...
Drones’ attack in occupied Kerch – bridge closed
Kerch, Crimea, Ukraine (Ports Europe) December 6, 2024 – Following Ukraine’s early morning air and naval drone attack, there were explosions in the area of...
Odesa ports handled 90 mln tonnes of cargo in Jan-Nov’24
Odesa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) December 3, 2024 – Ukraine’s Black Sea ports in the Odessa region handled 89.8 million tonnes of cargo from January to...
Second Ukrainian drone attack in a month against Kaspiysk port
Kaspiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) November 30, 2024 – Ukraine hit, for the second time in November, Russian navy ships on November 30 in their Caspian Sea...
EU sanctions Iran’s Caspian ports of Amirabad and Anzali
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) November 20, 2024 – The European Union (EU) sanctioned Iran’s Caspian Sea ports of Amirabad and Anzali on November 18 and...
Greater Odessa ports increase turnover in Jan-Sep 2024
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) November 15, 2024 – From January to September 2024, the ports of greater Odessa reported increased turnover. Danube ports...
Ports of Stockholm to help Ukrainian ports
Stockholm, Sweden (Ports Europe) November 12, 2024 – Ports of Stockholm has been granted support from the Swedish Institute within the framework of the...