# Ust-Dunaisk (UA UDY)

**UN/LOCODE:** UA UDY  
**Country:** Ukraine  
**Water Body:** Black Sea; North Atlantic Ocean  
**Harbor Size:** Very Small  
**Harbor Type:** Coastal (Natural)  
**GPS:** 45.4667, 29.7000

About half a million tonnes of cargo moved through Ust-Dunaisk in 2024 — a 70% drop from the previous year, and a reminder of how exposed this Danube-mouth port is to the war. Established in 1978 as a lighter-transhipment base in Zhebriyanska Bay, it specialises in transferring grain between seagoing ships and Danube river craft for Ukraine, Moldova and the EU. There is no rail connection — the nearest station is some 42 km away — so feeder and onward movements rely on road and inland waterway. Container and conventional general-cargo operations are effectively absent; the working profile is dry bulk, chiefly grain, handled at anchorage. Forwarders with Danube grain should also look at Izmail and Reni, and at Romania's Constanța for larger sea-going tonnage.

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