Tag: seaport
In the first part of his interview with the CFTS, we ask Volodymyr Omelian whether a technocrat or a politician makes a better minister, his main objectives, and what his predecessor left for him in the anecdotal "three envelopes."
Ukrtransbezpeka sent additional teams of inspectors to the Odesa, Mykolaiv, and Kherson regions on May 10 to organize operation of 24-hour portable weighing scales.
The Ukrainian Port Authority and the port of Batumi (Georgia) will share experiences on strategic port development, attraction of investments, and implementation of quality systems in the port operations and shipping safety.
Singapore will advise Ukraine on development of the port industry. Representatives of the two countries exchanged views on improvement of the bilateral legal framework in the area of maritime merchant shipping and air traffic.
he Metinvest group has added a new ship of the Handysize class from the ship owner Canbaz Group (Turkey) to the fleet of its shipping lines.
Container traffic through the Moldovan port of Giurgiulesti increased by 3% to 9,912 TEU and container exports through it increased by 42% in 2015, compared with 2014.
Stevedoring companies engaging in cargo handling at the Odesa seaport completely stopped importation of iron-ore concentrate and its subsequent transshipment onto vessels in January.
Georgia is planning to construct 18 km rail line to projected deep-water port Anaklia. The first trains will run in 2019.
The Moldovan Ministry of Transport has presented draft amendments that provide for reorganization of the "Moldova Water Registry" and the "Giurgiulesti Port Captain's Office" to create the Moldovan Maritime Agency.
Deputy Infrastructure Minister Yurii Vaskov outlined the priority areas of development of the Mariupol port. The priorities include restoration of railway infrastructure and development of coastal shipping.
Moldova’s Transport Minister Iurie Chirinciuc has inspected the progress of the repair works on a segment of the Chisinau-Giurgiulesti national highway, which is being performed by Pa & Co International (Romania).
Repair of roads leading to the terminals of the seaports in Mykolaiv will be financed in conjunction with stevedoring companies. UAH 47 million is necessary for this purpose.
Cargo transhipment at the Mariupol seaport (Donetsk region) reduced by 45.2% to 1.196 million tons in the first quarter of this year, compared with the corresponding period of last year.
The volume of cargo transhipment at Ukrainian seaports reduced of by 10.5% to 32.073 million tons in the period of January-March this year, compared with the same period last year.
The Molino company (Turkey) proposed to investors a project for construction of a modern grain transshipment complex with high-speed loading of vessels.
The state-owned Berdiansk seaport handled 514,000 tons of cargo in the first quarter of 2016, which is 5% more than the target.
Active commercialization and privatization of stevedoring assets will allow attraction of about USD 2 billion in investments and modern technologies.
On 24 March, the Environment Ministry granted the Mariupol seaport an indefinite permit to dredge the waters and approach channel of the Mariupol seaport throughout the period of the port’s operation.
Ukrainian ports are losing the competition on the world market - their services are four times more expensive than the services of Chinese and Brazilian ports and even the services of the Romanian port of Constanta. What can be done not to scare but attract cargoes?
A memorandum of cooperation between the Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority and the Bulgarian Ports Infrastructure Company (the Bulgarian counterpart of the USPA) was signed during a working visit to Bulgaria by experts from the Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority.