Black Sea grain ports · 2026

The ports, rebuilt from open data

Each port is rebuilt over about 3 × 3 km (4 × 4 km at Novorossiysk) from the public map (OpenStreetMap) and the real relief, with open EU satellite photos from May-June 2026 and from October 2026 laid over the ground and the roofs. A site is marked only when a dated public report names it: red when the damage is confirmed by two outlets or an on-record source, amber when it rests on one report or a claim. Building heights are estimated where not mapped.

In numbers · Oct 2026 - Sep 2027

Model scenario, not observed. Central case; the range of all scenarios is shown in grey.

Chornomorsk grain terminals May
Before · 26 May 2026
Chornomorsk grain terminals October
After · 3 Oct 2026
01 · Ukraine

Chornomorsk grain terminals

13 reports: 5 confirmed · 2 single source · 6 claimsi

Status now: Kernel suspended its Chornomorsk terminals on 13 July after the strikes of 10-12 July. No restart had been reported by 15 October.

Satellite photos of 26 May 2026 and 3 Oct 2026 · 737 mapped buildings (heights estimated where not mapped)

Odesa port grain harbour June
Before · 22 Jun 2026
Odesa port grain harbour October
After · 3 Oct 2026
02 · Ukraine

Odesa port grain harbour

12 reports: 3 confirmed · 5 single source · 4 claimsi · 1 linked to a specific site in the scene

Status now: Deep-sea calls to the Greater Odesa ports largely stopped after 20-22 July. A few ships still come in: one was hit while entering an Odesa-region port on 3 October. No official October count exists.

Satellite photos of 22 Jun 2026 and 3 Oct 2026 · 2,213 mapped buildings (heights estimated where not mapped)

Pivdennyi port May
Before · 26 May 2026
Pivdennyi port October
After · 3 Oct 2026
03 · Ukraine

Pivdennyi port

3 reports: 1 confirmed · 1 single source · 1 claimi · 1 linked to a specific site in the scene

Status now: Pivdennyi is one of the three Greater Odesa ports, where deep-sea calls largely stopped after 20-22 July. No operating status for its terminals was found for October.

Satellite photos of 26 May 2026 and 3 Oct 2026 · 116 mapped buildings (heights estimated where not mapped)

Izmail Danube port June
Before · 30 Jun 2026
Izmail Danube port October
After · 3 Oct 2026
04 · Ukraine

Izmail Danube port

7 reports: 4 confirmed · 1 single source · 2 claimsi

Status now: The Danube ports keep loading. Ukrainian food shipments through the Danube rose to 1.145 million tonnes in September, from 0.716 million in August.

Satellite photos of 30 Jun 2026 and 3 Oct 2026 · 2,115 mapped buildings (heights estimated where not mapped)

Novorossiysk grain terminals June
Before · 5 Jun 2026
Novorossiysk grain terminals October
After · 11 Oct 2026
05 · Russia

Novorossiysk grain terminals

6 reports: 3 confirmed · 3 single sourcei · 1 linked to a specific site in the scene

Status now: All three grain terminals halted on 12-13 August. By 30 September two of them (KSK grain terminal and Novorossiysk Grain Terminal) were operating at reduced rates (SovEcon); the third (Novorossiysk Grain Plant) was expected to need up to six months of repairs (the company said up to four). In September the terminals moved about 0.18 million tonnes of grain, against about 2.4 million a year earlier.

Satellite photos of 5 Jun 2026 and 11 Oct 2026 · 5,600 mapped buildings (heights estimated where not mapped)