Nibulon LLC, which exports 4.5 million tons of food a year, is studying concession offerings at Kherson port

Nibulon LLC, which exports 4.5 million tons of food a year, is studying concession offerings at Kherson port, Interfax-Ukraine reports. With a fleet of 67 vessels, largely river barges and tug boats, Nibulon has a string of 11 river ports on the Southern Bug and on the Dnipro. At Mykolaiv, where the Southern Bug meets the Black Sea, Nibulon has a terminal with a capacity of transshipping 5 million tons a year. Kherson is located at the mouth of the Dnipro. The Infrastructure Ministry plans to offer private companies concessions in the form of long term leases to build new cargo handling equipment and to develop infrastructure.