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)
ESPO: A harmonised implementation of the ban on Russian vessels from EU ports should be ensured preventing “port shopping” by Russian ships
Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) April 13, 2022 – The European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) supports the European Union’s 5th sanction package against...
Delo Group offers to move general cargo to West
Increasing the transportation of foreign trade cargo, primarily containerized cargo, in the eastern direction is the main way to minimize the negative effects...
Ukrainian port of Olvia hit by missiles; fighting continues in Mariupol despite Russian claim for full control of the port
Olvia, Ukraine (PortSEurope) April 12, 2022 – The Ukrainian Black Sea port of Olvia, near Mykolaiv, was hit by missiles on April 10, a second bombardment...
Ukraine: Rail and river transport to replace Black and Azov Sea ports
Reni, Ukraine (PortSEurope) April 11, 2022 – Ukrainian grains and metals exporters, faced with a total Russian blockade of the country’s Black and Azov Sea...
Poor railway infrastructure hampers Constanța efforts to replace war blocked Ukrainian ports
Constanța, Romania (PortSEurope) April 11, 2022 – Romania’s largest Black Sea port of Constanta, which is also the nearest port to war-torn...
Ukrainian government to guarantee insurance payments to cargo vessels damaged in the war in its stretch of Danube River
Reni, Ukraine (PortSEurope) April 11, 2022 – With all its Black and Azov Sea ports paralysed after the Russian invasion in the country, Ukraine now...
Update: Ukrainian ports, no new mines spotted in the Black Sea
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) April 10, 2022 – The Ukrainian Black Sea port of Kherson is still controlled by Russian occupying army, while in the last two...
USA sanctions Russia’s state-owned United Shipbuilding Corporation
Washington, USA (PortSEurope) April 8, 2022 – Yesterday the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) redesignated...
What the fifth EU round of sanctions against Russia means for European ports
Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) April 7, 2022 – Two days ago, President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, announced the European...
New sanctions: Russian vessels and trucks to be prevented from accessing the EU
Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) April 5 – Russian vessels and trucks would be prevented from accessing the EU, according to the European Commission (EC)...
Port of Barcelona’s humanitarian aid logistics hub has received more than 243 tonnes of material for the Ukrainian
The Port of Barcelona’s humanitarian aid logistics hub has received more than 243 tonnes of material for the Ukrainian people in three weeks –...
Georgian government claims Anaklia deep sea port project will go ahead
Tbilisi, Georgia (PortSEurope) April 3, 2022 – The Anaklia deep sea port project in western Georgia will go head and there is renewed investor interest,...
Russia continues attacks against Ukrainian ports; no naval mines spotted in the Black Sea
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) April 4, 2022 – Russian missiles strikes again hit Ukrainian Black Sea ports of Odessa and Mykolaiv/Nikolaev (on the large...
Sanlorenzo Shipyard reassures on exposure to Russian customers
La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) April 3, 2022 – Luxury yachtmaker Sanlorenzo S.p.A. has published a press release stating that its exposure to Russian...
Russian missiles strikes fuel storage facilities near the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Odessa
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) April 3, 2022 – Russian missiles strikes have destroyed fuel storage facilities near the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Odessa....
Ukraine is looking at Romania’s Constanta port as a way to export farming products such as grain.
Constanta, Romania (PortSEurope) April 1, 2022 – The Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine is looking at Romania’s Constanta port as a...
Proposal for Ukraine to be admitted to the Three Seas Initiative
Constanta, Romania (PortSEurope) March 31, 2022 – A joint statement by the chairpersons of European parliaments’ foreign affairs committees has...
Another naval mine spotted drifting in the Black Sea
Constanta, Romania (PortSEurope) March 28, 2022 – A naval mine was observed in the Black Sea by a fishing boat on March 28 about 70 km from Romanian Capu...
Serbia considers Albania’s port of Durres for oil imports after EU sanctions against Gazprom Neft
Durrës, Albania (PortSEurope) March 28, 2022 – Landlocked Serbia is looking for ways to use the Albanian port of Durres for oil imports from the Middle...
Port of Constanta has new geopolitical and commercial importance
Constanta, Romania (PortSEurope) March 24, 2022 – The crisis in Ukraine has raised the profile of the Port on Constanta, giving it new geopolitical and...