The ranking of Ukraine’s biggest ports emerges from statistics for 2018 cargo volumes

The ranking of Ukraine’s biggest ports emerges from statistics for 2018 cargo volumes released by the Seaports Administration. The top five are: Yuzhne (Odesa region) – 43 million tons; Mykolayiv – 29 million; Odesa – 21.7 million; Chernomorsk (Odesa region) – 21.5 million; and Mariupol (Donetsk region) – 5.9 million. With Odesa’s volumes down 10% last year, the ‘Pearl of the Black Sea’ – now plagued by corruption allegations – seems fated to fall this year to fourth place.