Port of Illichivsk (Chornomorsk)

🇺🇦 Ukraine

Black Sea · Container Terminal

🟡 Elevated instability CII 70/100

UA has an elevated Country Instability Index (70/100). Active conflict, governance disruption, or proxy-war involvement create operational and reputational risk for vessel operators.

🟡 Low disruption Estimated arrival delay ~4h · Disruption score 18/100
UN/LOCODE
UAILK
Country
🇺🇦 Ukraine
Port Type
Container Terminal
Ocean Region
Black Sea
Latitude
46.3000° N
Longitude
30.6600° E

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Joint War Committee listing

Listed area

Illichivsk (Chornomorsk) is inside a Joint War Committee listed area (circular JWLA-035, 16 September 2026):

A call here normally needs prior notice to war underwriters and may carry an additional premium; how the listing applies is agreed contract by contract.

Source: Joint War Committee circular JWLA-035, 16 September 2026 (LMA/IUA), JWC Listed Areas for hull war, piracy, terrorism and related perils.

Regional Risk Context — Black Sea

Illichivsk (Chornomorsk) in Ukraine sits in the most volatile maritime environment in the world. Since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the Black Sea has been a theatre of active naval conflict — mine strikes, missile attacks on port infrastructure, and interference with commercial shipping are a daily operational reality. The Joint War Committee has designated extensive portions of the basin as a listed area, and war risk premiums have escalated dramatically. Russia's Black Sea Fleet has attacked Ukrainian port infrastructure and commercial grain vessels with cruise missiles and drones; the UN-brokered Black Sea Grain Initiative collapse left operators without a formal de-confliction mechanism. Access through the Bosphorus and Dardanelles is controlled by Turkey under the Montreux Convention.

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Sea Distances

Routed sea distances from Illichivsk (Chornomorsk) to the principal global hubs, computed by ArcNautical's routing engine — around land and through the canals a ship actually uses, not great-circle.

Port State Control Context

Ukraine is a multi-MoU jurisdiction (its port states participate in more than one regional PSC programme). Vessel-level detention probability for calls at Illichivsk (Chornomorsk) is computed by ArcNautical's scoring engine using flag performance, vessel age, deficiency history, and ownership opacity rather than a regional aggregate.

Vessel Mix

No port calls were observed at Illichivsk (Chornomorsk) between 29 Apr 2026 and 5 Aug 2026. This reflects the reach of the terrestrial AIS network behind this page — coverage is densest in Northwest Europe and thins elsewhere — and is not a statement about traffic at Illichivsk (Chornomorsk). The feed has delivered no positions since 5 Aug 2026, so these figures will not change until it resumes.

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