More than 220 million was offered for the port “Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi”.
13.03.2023 - 13:25
During the privatization auction of SE “ Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Sea Trade Port”, the price increased from UAH 93.7 to UAH 220 million.
The auction for the sale of the port “Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi” took place on Monday, March 13, on the Prozorro.Sales platform.
The highest price was offered by Ukrdoninvest LLC. The starting price was UAH 93.7 million, in turn, the company offered UAH 220 million 100 during the auction.
“This is the second online auction for the privatization of ports in Ukraine. Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi port has three locations: the main facilities in the city of Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi on the shore of the estuary, a port point with access to the sea in Zatoka (behind the famous bridge) and a recreation center also in Zatoka. Currently, the enterprise works only as a “dry port”. In 9 months of 2022, 272,000 tons of cargo were transshipped here (which is 270 tons more than the previous year),” said Oleksandr Slavskyi, head of the regional branch of the State Property Fund for the Odesa and Mykolaiv regions.
At the same time, the port remains unprofitable. The buyer has also repaid debts of UAH 104 million.
“The port needs very large investments for its full-fledged development: modernization of equipment, construction of modern logistics facilities and, of course, dredging. Only a private owner will be able to start modernization, create new jobs with competitive salaries, which will give impetus to the development of both the city and business in Bessarabia and Ukraine in general,” Slavsky emphasized.
According to YouControl, the firm is part of Vitaliy Kropachev’s Ukrdoninvest financial group.
The group is engaged in the energy business, in particular coal mining and beneficiation. In particular, it owns a share of the mine “Krasnolymanska”, enrichment factories “russia” (“Kotlyarevska”), “Ukraine” and “Komsomolska”.
