The Odesa regional office of the State Property Fund (SPF) has invited fresh tenders for lease of assets on the books of the state-owned Chornomorsk Commercial Seaport. The relevant announcement was published in the official Privatization Bulletin (No. 45) on June 4. The SPF previously invited tenders for lease of the assets in in early May.

According to Volodymyr Shemaiev, the head of the strategic planning and development department at the Ukrainian Seaports Authority, the State Property Fund studied the level of demand during the previous tender. "If only one company had submitted an application, an agreement would have been signed with that company. Obviously, the State Property Fund received applications from several interested companies. Therefore, tenders have been invited for lease of the assets located in the rear of the berths Nos. 7-10,” Shemaiev said.

The assets include administrative and service buildings, a box, a workshop, a building housing weighing facilities, crane tracks, an open storage area, a warehouse (building), and an electromechanical shop. The assets occupy a total area of 113,100 square meters.

According to the announcement, an independent valuation put the value of the assets at UAH 192.133 million (excluding VAT).

The starting lease rate is UAH 2.507 million per month (excluding VAT).

Bidding will take place at the address 15, Velyka Arnautska Street, Odesa (room 1112) at 10:00 on the 11th calendar day after the publication of this information in the Privatization Bulleting.