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)
Over 100 sea mines in Black Sea found – U.S. Navy
Varna, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) September 13, 2024 – The U.S. Navy has reported that over 100 sea mines have been located by US military reconnaissance...
Update: Russian missile hits ship with Ukrainian grain in Black Sea
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) September 13, 2024 – Russia’s strategic bombers hit a Saint Kitts and Nevis-flagged bulk carrier with a missile during...
Cargo turnover of Ukrainian ports up in August 2024
Kiev, Ukraine (Ports Europe) September 13, 2024 – In August 2024, cargo turnover of Ukrainian ports was 7 million tons, more than twice as much as in...
Russia hits ship with Ukrainian grain in Black Sea
Kyiv (Kiev), Ukraine (Ports Europe) September 12, 2024 – Russia’s strategic bombers hit a Saint Kitts and Nevis-flagged bulk carrier with a missile...
Rostov-on-Don port oil storage is also burning after Ukrainian drones attack
Rostov-on-Don, Russia (Ports Europe) August 29, 2024 – The Atlas oil storage facility in Russia’s river/sea port of Rostov-on-Don was attacked by...
“Back in the USSR” for key Russian port
Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) August 24, 2024 – Russia’s largest sea port of Novorossiysk on the Black Sea was included in the list of companies that...
Update: Kavkaz port still closed after fuel ferry for occupied Crimea sank
Kavkaz, Russia (Ports Europe) August 23, 2024 – Russia’s third largest Black Sea port of Kavkaz (Caucasus) continues to be closed after a ferry carrying 30...
Ukraine sinks a ferry carrying fuel to occupied Crimea
Kavkaz, Russia (Ports Europe) August 23, 2024 – A ferry carrying 30 fuel tanks sank in Russia’s Black Sea port of Kavkaz (Caucasus) on August 22 after...
Confusion about Russian naval base in occupied Georgian port
Ochamchira, Georgia (Ports Europe) August 18, 2024 – Satellite images analysed by Bellingcat, an independent investigative collective of researchers,...
Storage of fuels banned in Kavkaz port, last railway ferry lost
Kavkaz, Russia (Ports Europe) July 28, 2024 – Russia’s Federal Security Service (the successor of the Soviet KGB) has banned the storage of fuels and...
Ukraine’s Kernel increases grain processing in H1 2024
Kiev, Ukraine (Ports Europe) July 26, 2024 – Kernel, the country’s largest producer and exporter of grains, has published its financial reports for...
Ports in Ukraine increase exports on first half of 2024
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) July 17, 2024 – In the first half of 2024, the ports of Ukraine increased the volume of transshipment cargo by 1.6 times...
The new EU Black Sea Synergy report
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) July 16, 2024 – The European Commission (EC) and the European External Action Service have adopted the 4th...
Four NATO countries’ ports linked in a Harmonized Military Mobility Corridor
Washington, United States (Ports Europe) July 12, 2024 – Greece, Bulgaria, and Romania have decided to establish a Harmonized Military Mobility Corridor,...
Ukraine attacks Novorossiysk port with maritime drones
Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) July 3, 2024 – Moscow claims that Russia’s Black Sea port of Novorossiysk continues operations following an Ukrainian...
Turkey, Bulgaria and Romania start anti-mine operation in Black Sea
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) July 2, 2024 – With a six-month delay, NATO members Turkey (Türkiye), Bulgaria and Romania on July 1 sent their demining...
Naval mine destroyed near Turkey’s Zonguldak port
Zonguldak, Turkey (Ports Europe) July 1, 2024 – A Ukrainian-made sea mine has been detected 60 meters off the Turkish coast in the beach area of the...
MSC cancels its first scheduled trip to Odessa since war started
Odesa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) June 27, 2024 – Switzerland-based container operator MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A. cancelled the first scheduled...
EU adopts 14th package of sanctions against Russia – ports effects
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) June 25, 2024 – The European Union has adopted the 14th package of sanctions against Russia for its invasion of...
EU adopts 14th package of sanctions against Russia
European Commission – Press Release – EU adopts 14th package of sanctions against Russia for its continued illegal war against Ukraine,...