UkraineSeaPorts

Tuesday, June 6

Ukraine is preparing for sea exports without a grain agreement and will compensate war-damaged ships. The Ministry of Infrastructure reported that the government had approved a procedure for indemnifying civilian vessels entering its ports for damages. Launching the damage compensation mechanism will ...

The Ukrainian Danube ports set a historical record for cargo handling. In May, they processed more than three million tons of cargo, the Administration of Sea Ports of Ukraine (USPA) reported. As noted by Yuriy Lytvyn, head of USPA, world-renowned companies are already i...

Wednesday, May 31

One of the largest container companies is considering investment in a Ukrainian seaport. Danish transport and logistics group A.P. Moeller-Maersk is interested in the concession of the container terminal in the port of Chornomorsk, the Administration of Sea Ports of Ukraine reported. The ...

Monday, May 15

Ukraine will transfer control of the Chornomorsk port terminals. Preparations for the transfer of the first and fifth container terminals are underway, the Ministry of Infrastructure reported. The first stage involves the development of the technical and economic s...

Tuesday, April 4

The sea port blockade limited the export of Ukriane’s most valuable goods. The NYT emphasized that the blocked exports of steel, grain, fertilizer, and other goods created food shortages, raised prices, and contributed to global insecurity. The newspaper noted that the UN-br...

Wednesday, March 29

Ukrainian business says that unblocking the ports will provide Ukraine 10% to GDP and $18B in revenue. According to the Ukraine Federation of Employers, this would allow the restoration of more than 500,000 jobs and provide UAH 135B in annual tax revenue. In addition, the restoration of the ports’...

Wednesday, January 18

A Ukrainian seaport was privatized for triple the starting price. The Ust-Dunaisk seaport was sold at auction on Tuesday, January 17, for UAH 201M ($5.5M). The privatization of a seaport took place for the first time in the history of Ukraine, reported the State Pr...

Wednesday, November 16

Ukraine wants to expand the grain corridor to the ports of Mykolaiv and Olvia. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has proposed to Ukraine’s partners to expand the grain export initiative to the Mykolaiv and Olvia ports in the Mykolaiv region. “Our export grain initiative s...

Tuesday, June 28

Russian invaders have seized and blocked 15 Ukrainian ports. Three Ukrainian ports operating on the Danube handled almost 1.3 million tons of cargo in May. According to Deputy Head of the Seaports Administration Dmytro Barinov, “In total, there are 18 po...

Thursday, June 2

Unblocking seaports will allow Ukraine to reduce the decline in the GDP. Ukraine’s GDP will fall by 30% in 2022, but unblocking seaports would reduce the economic downturn to 22-25%, according to Dragon Capital Chief Economist Olena Belan. According to her, “A...

Tuesday, May 24

The naval coalition suggested lifting the Russian blockade from Ukraine’s seaports. Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis has proposed the creation of a naval coalition to lift the Russian blockade on Ukrainian grain exports across the Black Sea, reported the Guardian. &...

Friday, February 4

In January, Ukrainian seaport cargo turnover increased by 49%. In January 2022, 14.96 million tons of cargo were handled by port operators in all Ukrainian seaports, which is 49% (4.9 million tons) higher than in January of last year. In January 2022, port operat...

Wednesday, January 12

The port of Olvia has set a new absolute record for cargo handling. In 2021, 5.15 M tons of cargo (+ 31.6%) were transshipped in the harbor, which is 1.24 M tons more than as actualized last year, reported port administration. The Ukrainian agricultural sector on the ...

Tuesday, December 28

In 2021, the Seaport Olvia processed five million tons of cargo , reported cfts.org. During this period, 369 ships were processed in the harbor. In the areas of shipment processed cargo: 4.45 mln tons of export, 416,260 tons of cabotage, 138,73 tons of imported, a...

Monday, December 6

Ukraine will hold 4 concession tenders for the management of seaports in 2022. The Ministry of Infrastructure announcement was reported in ukrinform referred to the concession projects being implemented in Berdyansk, Izmail, Odesa, and in three terminals of the Black Sea port. A...

Thursday, November 4

The cargo turnover of seaports decreased by 8.5% this year. In January-October 2021, seaport operators in Ukrainian handled 120.872 mln tons of cargo, which is 11.25 mln tons or 8.5% less than in the same period last year, announced the Ukrainian Sea Ports Aut...

Friday, September 17

DP World TIS – Pivdennyi has been servicing the weekly L74 service of the Maersk. The terminal received the first Safmarine Nuba, handling a total of 638 containers. In June Maersk announced the consolidation of all shipping to Ukraine at one container terminal, choosing DP World T...

Thursday, July 22

During the first half of this year, Ukraine’s seaports handled 16.7% less cargo that during the first half of last year. Of the 66 million tons of cargo, the biggest decline was in ores – down 16.3% to 18.8 million tons – and grain – down 27.6% to 16.9 million tons. Due to high world commodity prices, Ukraine this...

Wednesday, July 7

Ukraine’s seaports handled 16.7% less cargo in the first half of this year than during the same period last year. Of the 66 million tons, ore accounted for 19 million tons – down 16% — and grain was 17 million tons – down 27.6%. Overall export cargo was 50.4 million tons – down 16.4%. Despite the volume dro...

Friday, May 28

To promote private investment in Ukraine’s sea ports, the Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority plans to focus on dredging and allow companies build and maintain berths through concessions. With each berth costing $20-50 million to build, the state-owned authority does not have the capital to meet demand, Andriy Gaydutsky, chair of the Authority’s supervisory board, told the Ukrainian Po...

Tuesday, April 27

Cargo tonnage handled by Ukraine’s seaports dropped by 20.5% during the first quarter, compared to January-March 2020, Ports of Ukraine has reported. The drop to 32.6 million tons is largely blamed on last year’s weak grain harvest. Reflecting the larger size of ships docking at Ukraini...

Wednesday, April 7

Ukraine’s seaports handled 20.5% less cargo tonnage during the first quarter of this year than during the same January-March period last year, reported the Sea Ports Administration. The big factor in the drop to 33 million tons was a 37% decrease in grain export volumes, to 8.6 million tons. Ore exports were down by 12%, to 9 million tons. D...

Wednesday, February 24

The EBRD will loan Kyiv €50 million to buy new subway cars The EBRD will loan Kyiv €50 million to buy new subway cars, Mark Magaletsky, deputy head of the bank’s Ukraine office, said yesterday. Mayor Klitschko said the City Council has voted to provide local ...

More than a shopping list, the Forum provided a to do list for infrastructure projects committed for this year. More than a shopping list, the Forum provided a to do list for infrastructure projects committed for this year. Here are highlights. Roads will follow tomorrow.

Railroad stations Railroad stations concessions to private operators. First in line are: Kyiv-Passenger and Vinnytsia. Next in line are: Dnipro-Main, Kharkiv-Passenger, Mykolaiv, Chop and Khmelnitsky. Minister Krikliy ...

Seaport concessions: Seaport concessions: Chornomorsk ferry, Chornomorsk container; Odesa passenger; Berdyansk, Izmail and Mariupol. Last year’s concessions to private foreign investors of parts of Kherson and Olvia, in M...

Ski resorts: Ski resorts: Construction starts this year on two resorts in the Carpathians – Borzhava in Zakarpattia, and Slavske in Lviv. Austrian investors interested in Borzhava.

High speed rail High speed rail: China, Italy, South Korea and Turkey are interested in building a fast train network across Ukraine. “The only tool for building high-speed train networks is a concession – to r...

EU rail gauge EU rail gauge: Preliminary work on restoring a 20 km section of EU narrow track to connect Uzhhorod with Chop, the Ukrainian border town with rail ties to Hungary and Slovakia. By rebuilding this Haps...

Electrification: Electrification: The European Investment Bank has promised to finance the electrification of tracks to Lysychansk and Severnodonetsk, Kava said. This would almost cut in half – to eight hours — ...

River locks River locks: The European Investment Bank and the Infrastructure Ministry are preparing an agreement to rebuild the locks on the six dams of the Dnipro cascade. “This year is a preparatory year for us...

The Finance Ministry depressed yields on five out of six bonds sold yesterday at auction The Finance Ministry depressed yields on five out of six bonds sold yesterday at auction, the Ministry reports on Facebook. For the hryvnia bonds, yields ranged from 9.2% for 3-month bonds to 12.05% f...

“Given still light positioning, there is a potential for ongoing massive foreign inflows into UAH bonds,” “Given still light positioning, there is a potential for ongoing massive foreign inflows into UAH bonds,” ICU predicted yesterday in a 20-page report on the government hryvnia bond market, “UAH bonds ...

The Prosecutor General’s Office yesterday charged Oleksandr Dubilet, former CEO of PrivatBank, with forgery and embezzlement of the equivalent of $5 million The Prosecutor General’s Office yesterday charged Oleksandr Dubilet, former CEO of PrivatBank, with forgery and embezzlement of the equivalent of $5 million on the day before the bank was declared ins...

In the embezzlement case, prosecutors charged two other former executives of PrivatBank. In the embezzlement case, prosecutors charged two other former executives of PrivatBank. After it was declared insolvent, the bank was bailed out with $5 billion in public money. One of the former exe...

Kolomoisky and his business partner Gennadiy Bogolyubov were not charged in the embezzlement case. Kolomoisky and his business partner Gennadiy Bogolyubov were not charged in the embezzlement case. But they are under investigation in the United States for allegedly laundering money from Ukraine to ...

PrivatBank, Ukraine’s largest and most profitable bank, is moving aggressively into the cashless economy. PrivatBank, Ukraine’s largest and most profitable bank, is moving aggressively into the cashless economy. Last month, despite almost three weeks of lockdown, Ukrainians made 137 million cashless payme...

With the support of a €200 million soft loan from the European Investment Bank, 29 cities across Ukraine will receive almost 1,000 mass transit vehicles With the support of a €200 million soft loan from the European Investment Bank, 29 cities across Ukraine will receive almost 1,000 mass transit vehicles – buses, trolley buses and trams, Infrastructur...

Wednesday, January 6

Despite the global recession, the volume of goods going through Ukraine’s seaports was virtually unchanged in 2020 Despite the global recession, the volume of goods going through Ukraine’s seaports was virtually unchanged in 2020 compared to 2019, according to Ukraine’s Sea Ports Authority. Last year, Ukraine’s po...

Despite the global recession, the volume of goods going through Ukraine’s seaports was virtually unchanged in 2020 Despite the global recession, the volume of goods going through Ukraine’s seaports was virtually unchanged in 2020 compared to 2019, according to Ukraine’s Sea Ports Authority. Last year, Ukraine’s po...

The combination of dropping grain exports and expanded terminal capacity may force down costs in Ukraine’s Black Sea ports The combination of dropping grain exports and expanded terminal capacity may force down costs in Ukraine’s Black Sea ports, reported AgriCensus in a story headlined: “Ukraine’s terminals compete...

The combination of dropping grain exports and expanded terminal capacity may force down costs in Ukraine’s Black Sea ports The combination of dropping grain exports and expanded terminal capacity may force down costs in Ukraine’s Black Sea ports, reported AgriCensus in a story headlined: “Ukraine’s terminals compete...

Despite Ukraine’s recession, sales of new cars in Ukraine fell by only 3% yoy Despite Ukraine’s recession, sales of new cars in Ukraine fell by only 3% yoy, to 85,500 in 2020, reports Ukrautoprom, the car industry association. In December was the year’s record month, with Ukrai...

Despite Ukraine’s recession, sales of new cars in Ukraine fell by only 3% yoy Despite Ukraine’s recession, sales of new cars in Ukraine fell by only 3% yoy, to 85,500 in 2020, reports Ukrautoprom, the car industry association. In December was the year’s record month, with Ukrai...

Cracking down on overloaded trucks, Highway Safety inspectors stopped 700,000 vehicles in 2020, fining 14,000 drivers nearly $5 million Cracking down on overloaded trucks, Highway Safety inspectors stopped 700,000 vehicles in 2020, fining 14,000 drivers nearly $5 million, reports Infrastructure Minister Vladyslav Krikliy. This year, K...

Cracking down on overloaded trucks, Highway Safety inspectors stopped 700,000 vehicles in 2020, fining 14,000 drivers nearly $5 million Cracking down on overloaded trucks, Highway Safety inspectors stopped 700,000 vehicles in 2020, fining 14,000 drivers nearly $5 million, reports Infrastructure Minister Vladyslav Krikliy. This year, K...

The EU plans to invest €100 million in opening five new Ukraine-Poland border check points in Lviv region The EU plans to invest €100 million in opening five new Ukraine-Poland border check points in Lviv region, according to Maksym Kozytsky, head of Lviv Regional State Administration. To be completed ove...

The EU plans to invest €100 million in opening five new Ukraine-Poland border check points in Lviv region The EU plans to invest €100 million in opening five new Ukraine-Poland border check points in Lviv region, according to Maksym Kozytsky, head of Lviv Regional State Administration. To be completed ove...

Passenger traffic through Lviv Airport dropped by 60% yoy in 2020, to 878,000 passengers Passenger traffic through Lviv Airport dropped by 60% yoy in 2020, to 878,000 passengers, Tetyana Romanovska, the airport director, tells Avianews. By promoting Lviv as an air cargo hub, the state-own...

Passenger traffic through Lviv Airport dropped by 60% yoy in 2020, to 878,000 passengers Passenger traffic through Lviv Airport dropped by 60% yoy in 2020, to 878,000 passengers, Tetyana Romanovska, the airport director, tells Avianews. By promoting Lviv as an air cargo hub, the state-own...