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)
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...
Container terminal in occupied Ochamchira, Georgia
Ochamchira, Georgia (Ports Europe) November 8, 2024 – The construction of the Black Sea Port Intermodal Container Terminal in Ochamchira is planned to be...
Ukraine hits Russian navy ships in Caspian Sea
Kaspiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) November 6, 2024 – Ukraine hit, for the first time, Russian navy ships on November 6 in their Caspian Sea base of...
Ukrainian seaports report increased cargo in Jan-Oct 2024
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) November 5, 2024 – In January-October 2024, Ukrainian ports handled cargo handled 82.1 million tons, up 78.1% from 46.1...
Ukraine’s Danube ports are losing cargo
Izmail, Ukraine (Ports Europe) November 5, 2024 – Ukraine’s Danube River ports are losing cargo thanks to the success of Kyiv’s Black Sea corridor....
Ukrainian drones hit the occupied port of Berdyansk
Berdyansk, Ukraine (Ports Europe) November 1, 2024 – Ukraine attacked with drones on October 31 occupied by Russia Azov Sea port of Berdyansk, which Moscow...
Russia destroys Odessa port facilities
Odesa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) October 31, 2024 – On 6, 7, and 9 October 2024, Russia attacked the ports of Greater Odessa with missiles and drones. Nine...
More ships cross Turkish straits despite war in Ukraine
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) October 29, 2024 – The Turkish straits were crossed by 65,800 ships in January-September, the Ministry of Transport and...
Azov Sea ports on Moscow’s agenda
Mariupol, Ukraine (Ports Europe) October 28, 2024 – Russia’s Deputy Transport Minister Alexander Poshivai has met with the management of the occupied...
Two more cargo ships hit by Russian missiles in Odesa port
Odesa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) October 14, 2024 – Russian ballistic missiles hit and damaged on October 14 two cargo vessels in Ukraine’s largest Black Sea...
Second ship in two days hit by a Russian missile in Odesa port
Odesa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) October 8, 2024 – Russian ballistic missiles hit a second cargo ship in as many days in Ukraine’s largest port of Odessa...
Oil terminal in occupied Feodosia attacked by Ukraine
Feodosia, Ukraine (Ports Europe) October 7, 2024 – Feodosia sea oil terminal in Russia-occupied Ukrainian Crimea was attacked with drones in the early...
Taman ammonia terminal to receive first ship in November
Taman, Russia (Ports Europe) September 27, 2024 – The long-delayed TogliattiAzot terminal for transshipment of ammonia and fertilisers in Russia’s Black...
Second tour of NATO anti-mine operation in Black Sea
Burgas, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) September 23, 2024 – NATO members Bulgaria, Turkey and Romanian launched the second tour of their Mine Countermeasures Naval...
New Russian missile strike on Odesa port
Odesa, Russia (Ports Europe) September 21, 2024 – A Russian strike with an Iskander-M mobile short-range ballistic missile on September 20 damaged the...
Dnevnik: Russian “floating petrol stations” off Bulgaria’s coast
Varna, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) September 21, 2024 – Russian tankers Nikolay Veliki and Nikolay Gamayunov are refuelling ships leaving Bulgaria’s Black...
Ship hit by a Russian missile last week docks at the Port of Constanta
Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) September 20, 2024 – The ship hit by a Russian missile last week has docked at the Romanian port of Constanta on...
Russian navy escapes from Novorossiysk, but where to?
Gelendzhik, Russia (Ports Europe) September 18, 2024 – The Russian Black Sea navy is on the run again, leaving the country’s largest port of...