By 2030, Ukraine’s Sea Ports Authority plans to get out of the stevedoring business and hand cargo handling work to private companies, through concessions or public private partnerships, Raivis Veckagans, Authority CEO,

By 2030, Ukraine’s Sea Ports Authority plans to get out of the stevedoring business and hand cargo handling work to private companies, through concessions or public private partnerships, Raivis Veckagans, Authority CEO, tells World Maritime News. At present, state stevedores handle cargo at all 13 of Ukraine’s Black Sea and Azov ports. Earlier this year, pilot projects with private stevedoring companies started in Olvia and Kherson. Veckagans says concessions “will contribute to the introduction of new technologies, automation of processes and attraction of new cargo flows.”