More than 12 terminals are being built on the Ukrainian section of the Danube

Photo: Port Izmail, illustrative.

Currently, there will be more than 12 new terminals on the Ukrainian section of the Danube River to increase the capacity of local ports.

More than 12 terminals are currently being built along the Ukrainian coast of the Danube. Some terminals have already been built, said said Deputy Minister of Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development Yurii Vaskov.

According to him, there is currently a simplified law for the construction of new terminals, adopted last year, and local authorities are ready to offer land plots for construction – so the procedure is very simple.

Currently, many market participants are creating logistics infrastructure on the Danube due to insufficient capacities for grain storage and export. In particular, “Nibulon” is building a new terminal in Izmail; agroholding “Kernel” acquired the river terminal “Danube Prom Agro” in the port of Reni. UDP, Asket-Shipping, Danube Logistics Group, etc. are also developing infrastructure on the Danube.

Also earlier, Minister of Infrastructure Oleksandr Kubrakov spoke about the first results of the launch of additional port capacities on the Danube, in particular:

• operation of more than 20 new sea terminals;

• new transshipment technologies using floating cranes, mobile transloaders, storage vessels as floating warehouses, and other means;

• use of new temporary warehouses equipped with scales and laboratories.

In May, the ports of the Danube region handled more than 3 million tons of cargo, and this is an absolute record for them. This year, Ukraine plans to process at least 20 million tons of cargo through the Danube.

Despite the fact that today the ports of Izmail, Reni, Ust-Dunaisk have used almost all available capacity for transshipment of cargo, there is potential for further development. In particular, it is about modernization and renewal of port infrastructure, attraction of investments for the construction of new terminals and dredging. The need for investments for Ukrainian ports on the Danube is at least $120 million.