At present 120 thousand kilometers of local roads in Ukraine need to be reconstructed, Minister of Regional Development, Construction, Housing and Utility Services Hennadiy Zubko has said. “At present 120 thousand kilometers of roads – the local infrastructure that we must renew. UAH 400 thousand is the cost of a central road which runs through…
Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS) is warning that an ice advisory has been issued by Odessa Sea Port Authority due to ice forming in the port harbor, the company said in its press release. From 00:00 on January 18, until further notice all vessels without ice class classification will need to present a guarantee letter to…
Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers has transferred public joint-stock company Ukrzaliznytsia to the management of the government to increase efficiency of its corporate management, Secretary of the Infrastructure Ministry of Ukraine Adnriy Haluschak has reported. He said that the government decided to bring the company’s regulations in line with the law on the specifics of the…
In January-December 2016 Vladivostok Sea Fishing Port (Vladmorrybport OJSC) handled 327,000 tons of fish cargo (up by 6.3% YoY) Transshipment of containers totaled 142,364 TEUs (+10.3%); metal scrap – 376,700 tons (+30.3%); dry bulk cargo – 926,200 tons (+51.6%). Over the year the port handled 781 vessels (including 210 vessels with fish and supplies) and…
A customs experiment introduced by the government of Ukraine in September 2015 allowed in 2015-2016 to collect an additional UAH 2.8 billion to local budgets for road infrastructure repairs, of which nearly UAH 1.5 billion was spent on road repairs and construction. According to the press service of the State Agency of Automobile Roads of…
Infrastructure Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Omelian says that more low cost airlines would operate in Ukraine in 2017. “As to the low cost airlines – this year they definitely will operate in Ukraine. This year Wizz Air will perform even more flights than it previously performed. It has significantly expanded routes from Ukraine,” Omelian said.…
In January-December 2016 Ukrainian seaport of Illichivsk handled 15,942,000 tons of cargo (down by 7.9% YoY), says the port authority. Private port operators handled 9.363 million tons of cargo (58.7% of total turnover) including 6.127 million tons of cargo handled at the terminals of Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (38.4% of total volume). Transshipment of export…