Pivdennyi Commercial Sea Port Coal Terminal
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Pivdennyi Commercial Sea Port Coal Terminal, (Ukrainian: МТП «Південний) previously known as Port Yuzhnyi is in the province of Odessa Oblast in south-western Ukraine.
The port handles coal, and is also the site of the TIS Coal Terminal that also handles coal.
Location
The port is in the city of Yuzhny, along the Black Sea.
Background
Pivdennyi Commercial Sea Port SE was previously known as Yuzhny, is part of the larger maritime port of Pivdennyi, also previously known as port Yuzhny, and not to be confused.
The port started operations in 1978, however it is unclear if the coal terminal started operating in 1978.[1]
State Enterprise Yuzhny Sea Port handles coal at berths No. 5 and No. 6. Terminal's export coal capacity is 6 million tonnes per year. The berths can accept vessels of up to 80,000 dead weight tonnes. Cargo is loaded immediately onto vessels with gantry cranes. Coal loading rates are 7,000 to 10,000 tonnes a day. The port warehouses can hold 600,000 tonnes of coal of different ranks at a time.[2]
The Port of Yuzhny was originally designed to export coal mined in Ukraine. However, the closure of several Ukrainian coal mines has led to an increased demand for imported coal. The port imported 294 thousand tons of anthracite and about 1 million tons of coking coal in the first 9 months of 2017.[3] In 2020, the port stated that it planned to increase its import capacity from 2.5 million tonnes to 5 million tonnes of coal per year, with target completion for the expansion in 2021-2025.[4] As reported by Ukrinform, Energy Minister Herman Galushchenko stated that 650,000 tonnes of coal from the USA, Colombia and Australia will be delivered to Ukraine by sea for the stable functioning of the 2021/2022 heating season.[5]
In 2017 the port announced its intention to build a new coal import terminal. There does not appear to have been any physical progress on the new coal terminal between 2017 and 2023.
On April 17, 2019, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine renamed the port changing it from "Yuzhnyi" to "Pivdennyi."[6]
In 2021, the port handled 1.5 million of coal, 10% below 2020 levels.[7] Total volumes handled by State Enterprise Yuzhny Sea Port in 2021 were 16.6 million tonnes.[7] Operations are significantly affected by Russia's war in Ukraine, with ships unable to reach the port.[8]
As of September 2026, the port's website states that the total throughput capacity is 15 mtpa, however no claims regarding coal have been found.[9] Previous press-releases mentioning coal are mostly about coal imports from 2017.[10]
It appears that coal was exported in 2025, however it is unclear in what volumes.[11]
Project Details
- Owner: Pivdennyi Commercial Sea Port SE
- Parent: Government of Ukraine
- Location: Yuzhny, Odessa Oblast, Ukraine.
- Total Terminal Capacity: 15 mtpa[9]
- Annual Coal Capacity (Tonnes): 6 million (exports); 2.5 million (imports)
- Status: Operating
- Start Year:
- Sources of coal:
Resources
References
- ↑ "Самый-самый порт Пивденный: от Хаммера до наших дней | Ukrainian Shipping Magazine — Новини судноплавства України та світу". usm.media. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- ↑ "BULK FREIGHT: SOME PROSPECTS FOR THE BLACK AND AZOV SEAS PORTS," Economics & Economy, Vol. 1, No. 2 (March, 2014), p.166
- ↑ ДП «Морський торговельний порт «Южний» планує будівництво нового терміналу, Yuzhny Sea Trade Port, Sep. 13, 2017
- ↑ Порт «Южний» має намір подвоїти потужності з перевалки імпортного вугілля, GMK Center, Jan. 30, 2020
- ↑ "У порту «Южний» розвантажують чергову партію вугілля". www.ukrinform.ua. December 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Pivdennyi Port". wikipedia.org/. Retrieved November 2023.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|access-date=(help)CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Перевалка грузов в портах 2021: Топ-5 трендов". cfts.org.ua. 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "First cargo ships dock in Ukraine after Russia exits grain deal". www.euronews.com. September 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 9.0 9.1 Sea Trade Port Pivdennyi. "Berths and production facilities". port-yuzhny.com.ua.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ ДП «МТП «Південний» (2017-10-27). "ДП «МТП «Південний» розвантажує два балкера з вугіллям для ДТЕК".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "МТП Південний перевалив 9 млн тонн вантажів за 8 місяців 2025 року — Центр транспортних стратегій". cfts.org.ua. Retrieved 2026-09-16.
