Ukraine: two seaports renamed

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine decided to rename two geographical objects – SE Sea Commercial Port of Illichivsk and Specialized Sea Port Oktyabrsk. The decree #46 dd. January 25, is published on the government web-portal. According to the document, the officials named the seaport of Illichivsk Chernomorsk Commearicla Sea Port, and the specialized sea…

Ukraine: throughput of seaports up in January 2017

In January seaports of Ukraine handled 10.03 million tons of cargo, up by 14.6% YoY, preliminary statistics of Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority shows. Transshipment of export cargo totaled 8.094 million tons (+30.3%), imports – 1.423 million tons (-9%), transit – 475,000 tons (-50%), inland traffic – 39,300 tons. State stevedores under the Ministry of Infrastructure…