{{Infobox port | name =Port of Chornomorsk | image =Illichivsk port.jpg | image_size = | image_caption = | country =Ukraine | location =Chornomorsk, Odesa region | coordinates ={{Coord|46|19|44|N|30|39|34|E|display=title|region:UA_type:waterbody}} | opened =1958 | operated = | owner = Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority | type =Natural/Artificial | sizewater = | sizeland = | size = | berths = | wharfs = | piers = | employees = | leadershiptitle =Chief | leader = Vyacheslav Voloshyn | blankdetailstitle1 =Chief engineer | blankdetails1 = | blankdetailstitle2 = | blankdetails2 = | blankdetailstitle3 = | blankdetails3 = | arrivals = | cargotonnage = | containervolume = | cargovalue = | passengertraffic = | revenue = | profit = | blankstatstitle1 =employees | blankstats1 = | blankstatstitle2 = | blankstats2 = | blankstatstitle3 = | blankstats3 = | website =[http://uspa.gov.ua/ilk/ Official website] }}

The '''Port of Chornomorsk''', or '''Sea Port of Chornomorsk''' ({{langx|uk|Морський порт Чорноморськ|translit=Morskyi port Chornomorsk}}), is a port in the city of Chornomorsk, Ukraine. It is located on the north-western shore of Black Sea at Sukhyi Estuary, to the south-west from Odesa.

The Port of Chornomorsk is a universal seaport. Across the estuary in the village of Burlacha Balka is located the Illichivsk Fishing Seaport and the Illichivsk ferry, while further inland is located the ship maintenance factory.

== History == The area around the port began to be developed at the end of the 18th century by German colonists and settlers from the Russian Empire, who established small farmsteads near the Sukhyi Estuary (which became known as Bugovy Farms).<ref name="or">{{cite news |title=Port “Ch”: unknown story |url=https://en.usm.media/port-ch-unknown-story-2/ |access-date=12 January 2026 |work=Ukrainian and World Shipping News - Ukrainian Shipping Magazine - Ukrainian and World Shipping News |date=10 November 2020}}</ref> These were renamed Ilyichevsky Farm in 1927, and finally, in the late 1940s, construction began on Shipyard No. 490 within the estuary.<ref name="or" /> The development of the actual port began in 1956 on the initiative of the Black Sea Shipping Company (BLASCO), and in October 1957 BLASCO formally issued an order to construct a new seaport and dredging work began.<ref name="or" /> In 1958 the cranes were commissioned, and the first vessel, the ''Ukraine'', entered the port on August 1958.<ref name="or" /> In January 1961 the port was granted the status of an independent commercial seaport of the first category, and then the highest category in 1967.<ref name="or" /> Throughout the 1970s, an automated control system, a ferry line, an interport base, and a specialized ro-ro complex was commissioned.<ref name="or" /> Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, further modernization continued as a new container terminal was commissioned in 1995.<ref name="or" />

The city Chornomorsk, where the port is located, used to be named Illichivsk; due to decommunization laws, Chornomorsk gained its current name in February 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2015/05/15/7068057/|title=Poroshenko signed the laws about decomunization|date=May 15, 2015|website=Ukrainian Pravda|language=Ukrainian|access-date=April 21, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/265988.html|title=Poroshenko signs laws on denouncing Communist, Nazi regimes|date=May 16, 2015|website=Interfax-Ukraine|access-date=April 21, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-32267075|title=Goodbye, Lenin: Ukraine moves to ban communist symbols|last=Shevchenko|first=Vitaly|date=April 14, 2015|website=BBC News|access-date=April 21, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.unian.info/society/1255225-decommunisation-continues-rada-renames-several-towns-and-villages.html|title=Decommunisation continues: Rada renames several towns and villages|date=February 4, 2016|website=UNIAN|access-date=April 21, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2016/02/4/7097833/|title=Rada de-communized Artemivsk as well as over hundred cities and villages|date=February 4, 2016|website=Ukrainian Pravda|language=Ukrainian|access-date=April 21, 2016}}</ref> Major dredging work was carried out between 2018 and 2020, which increased the depths of the port's water area to 14.6 meters for Panamax vessles.<ref name="or" /> During 2024, the port was fined 2 million hryvnias by the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine for "abuse of its dominant position in the market", which was made under Article 50 of the Law of Ukraine.<ref>{{cite news |title=АМКУ оштрафував Чорноморський порт на 2 мільйони гривень |url=https://24tv.ua/agro24/chornomorskiy-port-amku-naklav-shtraf-2-milyoni-griven_n2696747 |access-date=12 January 2026 |work=24 Канал |date=29 November 2024 |language=uk}}</ref>

In 2025, Ukraine announced a 40-year concession plant for the port, which covers its container and terminals, which the Ministry of Development delegation stated was in order to modernize and expand the existing terminals.<ref name="lease">{{cite news |title=Ukraine Plans to Lease Out the Black Sea Port of Chornomorsk |url=https://maritime-executive.com/article/ukraine-plans-to-lease-out-the-black-sea-port-of-chornomorsk |access-date=12 January 2026 |work=The Maritime Executive |date=4 May 2025 |language=en}}</ref> The First and Container Terminals of the port, however, will remain under state ownership.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ukraine launches largest port investment project: Details and prospects |url=https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/ukraine-launches-largest-port-investment-1756926237.html |access-date=12 January 2026 |work=RBC-Ukraine |date=3 September 2025 |language=en}}</ref> The lease project was prepared with the help of the International Finance Corporation and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.<ref name="lease" /> The project is expected to have a hnadling capacity of up to 760,000 TEU and more than 5 million tons of cargo annually.<ref name="lease" /> The first meetings for the commission on the decision of determining the investor of the port were held in September, and led by Deputy Minister of Community Development, Andriy Kashuba.<ref>{{cite news |title=Concession of Chornomorsk port attracts interest of over 40 intl port operators and investors - Ministry of Development |url=https://en.interfax.com.ua/news/economic/1105101.html |access-date=12 January 2026 |work=Interfax-Ukraine |date=16 September 2025 |language=en}}</ref> ==See also== * UkrFerry

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==External links== {{Commons category|Port of Chornomorsk}} * [http://seaport.com.ua Official website] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110804025321/http://www.morrichflot.gov.ua/ua/ Ukrmorrichflot State Administration website]

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