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14 June 2016

Ukraine To Create Maritime Administration

The Ministry of Infrastructure is working to reform the maritime industry, which should result in creation of the Maritime Administration of Ukraine.

Infrastructure Ministry To Introduce Permanent 50% Discount On Port Charges For Transshipment Of Transit Cargoes

The Ministry of Infrastructure intends to introduce a permanent 50% discount on port charges for processing of transit goods.

9 June 2016

Ukraine Expands Network Of Air Links With Lithuania And Czech Republic

The State Aviation Service has reached agreement on increasing the number of destinations for direct flights between Ukraine and two EU countries (the Czech Republic and Lithuania).

LEO Express To Increase Number Of Cheap Bus Services From Ukraine To Europe

LEO Express, a Czech transport company, is considering increasing the number of bus services on the Košice-Uzhhorod-Mukacheve route.

Passenger Traffic Through Kharkiv Airport Increases 1.5-Fold In May

Passenger traffic through the Kharkiv international airport increased by 56% to 53,400 in May 2016.

8 June 2016

Motor Sich To Sell License For Modernization Of Multi-Purpose Mi-8 And Mi-2 Helicopters To Kazakhstan

The Motor Sich company is preparing to sell a license for modernization of the Mi-8 and Mi-2 multipurpose helicopters and a license for overhaul of Mi-8 helicopter engines to Kazakhstan.

Container Ship That Will Open New Panama Canal Being Processed In Odesa

COSCO Shipping Panama, a 300-meter container ship flying the flags of the Marshall Islands, moored at the Odesa port’s Khlibna Havan harbor at about 14:00 on 6 June.

Ukrzaliznytsia To Rename Railway Stations

The Ukrzaliznytsia public railway company has announced details of the procedure for renaming railway stations as part of the government’s de-communization process.

7 June 2016

Yuzhny Port’s Railway Capacity To Increase 1.5-Fold

The Odesa Railway, a division of the PJSC Ukrzaliznytsia, plans to increase the throughput capacity of railways in the direction of the Yuzhny seaport to 78 pairs of trains from the current 52.

Ukraine And Three Countries Agree Single Tariff For Railway Freight From India

The railways of Georgia, Iran, Azerbaijan, and Ukraine have reached agreement on a single tariff for railway freight being transported from India to Europe through these countries.

Polish Company To Include Chornomorsk And Odesa In Europe-Turkey Transport Route

The PKP LHS company will conclude an agreement with companies from Ukraine, Georgia, and Turkey on the organization of inter-modal transport from Europe to the East in the near future.

Slovenia Offers Ukraine Sea Route To Asia Via Suez Canal

The optimal sea route for delivery of products and cargo from Southern and Eastern Europe, including Ukraine, to Central Asia and further to the East passes through Slovenia and the Suez Canal.

6 June 2016

Passenger Traffic Through Boryspil Airport Reaches Highest Volume In Three Years

Passenger traffic through the Boryspil international airport increased by 13% to 2.82 million in the period of January-May 2016.

Ellinair Launches Thessaloniki-Odesa Weekly Flights

The Ellinair airline (Greece) has launched its first flight on the Thessaloniki-Odesa route this year.

3 June 2016

Heads Of All Ukrainian Ports To Be Selected Via Competitions This Year

Infrastructure Minister Volodymyr Omelian has said that the heads of all Ukrainian seaports will be selected via competitions this year.

Another Polish Citizen May Be Appointed To Ukrzaliznytsia’s Board

Polish citizen Ireneusz Wasilewski, a former employee of the PKP Cargo company, may be appointed onto the board of the Ukrzaliznytsia public railway company.

Liebherr To Develop Integrated Air System For An-132 Aircraft

The Antonov state aircraft manufacturing enterprise has concluded a contract with Liebherr-Aerospace Toulouse SAS.

Infrastructure Ministry In Talks With International Companies On Construction Of Kyiv-Odesa Direct Railway

The Ministry of Infrastructure is holding preliminary talks with international companies on the possibility of constructing a direct railway line from Kyiv to Odesa.

2 June 2016

Ukraine And Greece Discussing Launch Of Ferry Service

Ukraine and Greece are discussing the launch of a ferry service between the two countries. Infrastructure Minister Volodymyr Omelian announced this.

Cabinet Appoints New Board Of Ukrzaliznytsia

The Cabinet of Ministers has appointed Wojciech Balczun as Ukrzaliznytsia’s new head as well as the new board of the company proposed by him.

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"Each Time, We Are a Bit Like Magellan:" An Interview with the Captain of the Icebreaker Noosfera on Working in Antarctica

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The Great Shipping Retreat: Why Major Lines Still Avoid Ukrainian Ports
Kerem Şahinboy
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