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The Batumi City Court ruled in the case against two Ukrainians who are accused of illegally crossing the Georgian state border. The men were sentenced to 4 years in prison.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Head of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping has discussed the increase of exports from Ukraine to China, as well as the participation of Chinese investors in the development of infrastructure facilities in Ukraine.

The US Navy will scrap the vessel USNS LCPL Roy M. Wheat (T-AK 3016), built by the Black Sea Shipyard.

The four-masted barque “Kruzenshtern” celebrated the 95th anniversary of its launch on June 23rd, 2021.

Representatives of the transport business and experts are now actively discussing the initiative of Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian Railways) to increase tariffs for cargo transportation.

The Ukrainian seaports administration and the State Ecological Inspection of Ukraine has signed a memorandum of cooperation.

Barva Invest has summed up the results of the marketing year 2020/21 for USM and assessed on which of the importers Ukraine should focus, which is more profitable for the exporter – wheat or corn, and in general – how  the next export season might surprise.

Alexander Gladilin, Director of Port Clearance, a customs brokerage and consulting company – about why CO technology is beneficial for equipment importers, and why it is vital for investors in industrial facilities.

A seaman’s work and life at sea is limited by the size of the vessel. And the cabin is the place where you have to live for several months in a row. The psyche of the sailor and, in many respects, the success of the voyage itself depends on how the cabin is arranged. It is good if the vessel is designed to a high standard, with large living quarters, seating areas and comfortable living conditions. However, there are a lot of vessels with small cabins, shared toilets and showers, where there are no additional amenities, for example, saunas, gyms, etc. What kind of seafarers’ cabins should be by standards and how are the things with living quarters on vessels in reality – in a review from USM.

Due to the situation in Belarus, Ukraine can assume the role of a transit country for the freight between the European Union and China. This opinion was expressed by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Vasyl Bodnar.

Today, July 7th, at a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers Andrey Pochtarev has been appointed as a State Secretary of the Ministry of Infrastructure.

Ocean carriers could be on course to make a profit of $100bn this year.

The employees of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation wanted to recruit Ukrainian fishermen who have been working in the neutral waters of the Black and Azov Seas.

American divers, who are participating in the Sea Breeze 2021 international exercises, will help the Naval Forces of Ukraine to lift-up the Burevestnik cutter. The cutter was built in the 1960s and sank in 2016 in the Prakticheskaya harbor of the Odesa port.

Cargo turnover in the seaports of Ukraine for six months has reached 66.1 million tons of cargo, which is 13.2 million tons (or 16.7%) less than in the same period last year.

From the river port of Mozyr (Belarus), two barges with a cargo of steel products has arrived to Odesa.

Last Wednesday, June 30th, Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine Oleksandr Kubrakov and Minister of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China Wang Wentao has signed an intergovernmental agreement. This will allow the approval of potential cooperation projects that will be supported by PRC funds.

SE “Odesa Commercial Sea Port” had not only returned the old tariffs for towing services, but also raised them. USM tells what tariffs the state stevedore will roll out from July 15 and how this will affect the port fleet.