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Today, on May 18th, an extraordinary meeting of Verkhovna Rada (Parliament) of Ukraine of the ninth convocation took place, at which, in particular, the issue of dismissing Vladislav Krykliy from the post of Minister of Infrastructure was considered.

On Friday, May 14th, the Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine Vladislav Krykliy submitted his resignation. USM has prepared a chronology of the minister’s activities and achievements, in particular in the field of water transport.

At a meeting on May 17th, the government approved the candidacy of the chairman of Ukravtodor Alexander Kubrakov for the post of Minister of Infrastructure.

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. and Mitsui E&S Machinery, Ltd. signed an agreement, according to which they will use the loading and unloading port equipment on hydrogen fuel.

Cases of imported malaria among sailors have become more frequent in Ukraine.

The Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine Vladislav Krykliy has submitted his resignation.

In Singapore, FueLNG, in cooperation with the Singapore Maritime and Port Authority (MPA), has completed the bunkering of an LNG tanker.

Interlegal and Maersk Line will carry out an online conference under the topic “Container Transportation in Georgia: Market, Claims and Freight Issues”.

The Ukrainian Ministry of Energy and the Qatar oil and gas company Qatar Petroleum signed a Memorandum of Understanding on energy cooperation in April.

The Russian dry cargo vessel “Port Olya-4” ran aground in the northern part of the Caspian Sea and blocked the movement of ships.

The “Aist” launch crew boat was enrolled in the Ukrainian Navy. The watercraft was taken over by the Naval Base in Berdyansk.

The State Service of Maritime and River Transport of Ukraine (Maritime Administration) has published order № 234 “On the announcement of a competition for the positions of the civil service of category “B”, dated May 7, 2021.

Back in 2019, the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine (MIU) has presented a kind of development plan and tasks under the promising title “To Do List”. It captured the main plans for 2020 and the next 5 years, however, not all points and goals were achieved, and the main problems in implementation were the eternal bureaucracy and lack of state budget funds.

On Monday, May 10, the US Coast Guard cutter USCGC Hamilton has entered the port of Odessa.

Livestock vessels are a fairly quick way to transport live cargo by sea, but not always everything goes according to plan. Animals need to be provided not only with a place, but also with food, water, air, and most importantly, it is necessary to monitor the health of livestock. Not all vessels cope with this task, which leads to many problems – animals die, get sick, and sometimes a whole herd is infected, which in the end is simply sent to slaughter.

Oil production in the UK sector is slowing, while in the Norwegian sector, the recent launch of the Johan Sverdrup field will lead to multi-year production highs, Gibson said.

Stark Shipping, together with USM, analyzed the transshipment of metal products in the seaports of Ukraine in 2020.

Ro-ro vessel Mediterranean Sea has been discharged at the ferry complex of the port of Chernomorsk. The process of unloading 2 700 cars took less than 48 hours.