Tag: seaport
Ukraine essentially failed to achieve its privatization target this year despite the fact that 2015 was declared the year of the large-scale privatization, the State Property Fund’s Ihor Bilous wrote in a column.
An advisory mission from the International Maritime Organization (IMO) was in Ukraine from December 14 to 18 to assess the performance of the functions of a flag state, port state, and coastal state by Ukraine.
The general director of the Klaipeda State Seaport Authority, Arvydas Vaitkus, discusses the recipe for successfully attracting transit cargoes and development of cooperation with Ukraine.
Approve the Ministry of Infrastructure’s reduction of the rate of port charges by 50% for vessels carrying goods on transit, excluding administrative charges
The Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) has denied information about Russian blockade of vessels in the Kerch Strait. Berdyansk and Mariupol seaports accept vessels according to the schedule.
The state-owned Yuzhny port has achieved a record speed while processing the Bulk China vessel. The Bulk China vessel with a cargo of anthracite coal from South Africa was processed at a berth at the Yuzhny port in 57 hours.
Terminals at Ukrainian seaports increased transshipment of grain by 13.8% to 32.92 million tons in the period of January-November this year, compared with the same period last year.
The coal is being delivered based on a direct bilateral agreement that was signed with the international trader Mercuria Energy Trading SA at the end of September 2015.
A memorandum on cooperation between the Ministry of Infrastructure and a Chinese trade association was signed at the forum.
The net profit of the state-owned Administration of Seaports of Ukraine (ASU) amounted to UAH 3.35 billion in the period of January-September 2015, which is 2.8 times more than its net profit in the same period of last year.
Seaports in continental Ukraine increased cargo handling by 1.9 percent to 131.76 million tons in the period of January-November this year, compared with the corresponding period of last year.
Ukrzaliznytsia has extended the capacity of the Black Sea-Beregovaya railway segment by 10 million tons of cargo per year with money from private investors - TIS and Borivage.
Ukraine's Ministry of Infrastructure is proposing involvement of consultants in a large-scale project for technical audit of ports and port waters, market research into cargo traffic, and preparation of state stevedoring companies for privatization.
The project involves expansion of the capacity of the terminal and its storage capacity, the cost is estimated at USD 69 million.
According to Pyvovarskyi, the International Finance Corporation is also ready to join the project.
Processing of export goods increased by 1.6% to 30.610 million tons and processing of import goods increased by 39.5% to 4.138 million tons.
He stressed that the necessary funds exist and that performance of the dredging work would depend on preparation of the necessary technical documentation by seaports.
The cost of logistics in Ukrainian ports is about 40% more than the cost of the same services in Germany and 30% more than the cost in the United States
The total project cost is USD 130 million.
The Red Sage, a Capesize cargo ship, has arrived at the Ilyichevsk port with a cargo of coking coal from Australia intended for the Metinvest holding. The total size of the ship's cargo is 177,600 tons.