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Eurobonds for infrastructure: don’t be shy about it
Now, when the course to update the infrastructure has started, and there is not enough money, foreign borrowing is a faster way.

Berth №3 will be repaired in the port of Mariupol
In the Mariupol seaport, the hydrotechnical part of the berth №3, which is on the balance sheet of the Mariupol branch of the State Enterprise “USPA” (Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority), is being reconstructed.

Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority plans to set Eurobonds
Oleksandr Golodnitskiy, the Head of the State Enterprise “Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority”, said that the USPA plans to set Eurobonds if it fails to reduce dividend payments to the state from 80% to 30%.

Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of freight: how shipping has affected the alcohol industry
Did you know that Hennessy barrels will be delivered on sailing vessels again? Or that divers are retrieving 200-year-old bottles from sunken ships around the world? And the fact that without shipping there would be no rum, Madeira wine, the usual gin or India Pale Ale?
USM shares how shipping has impacted the alcohol beverage industry.

Svyataya Olga leaves the Mykolaiv shipyard
Today, on July 26th, three bridges will be opened in Mykolaiv – the vessel “Svyataya Olga” with a tug will leave the aquatorry of the SE “Mykolaiv Shipbuilding Plant”.

The vessel, on which seafarers from Crimea were working, was not allowed into the port of Pivdenny
The border guards of the Odesa branch of the State Border Guard Service did not let 12 seafarers with Russian passports issued by the occupying authorities of the Crimean Peninsula.

Digest about technological innovations in the field of logistics and supply chains
Andrey Lander, founder of Codeska DHL, announced a partnership with the Bulgarian drone development company Dronamics. DHL is already engaged in the transportation of documents and small cargo using UAVs in Germany, Tanzania and China.

British icebreaker James Clark Ross will arrive in Odesa in September
The exploration icebreaker James Clark Ross, which Ukraine has acquired by the decision of the Cabinet of Ministers, will arrive at the port of Odesa in September this year.

Ukrainian Navy became participants of Breeze-2021 in Bulgaria
Representatives of the Ukrainian Navy took part in the multinational exercise Breeze-2021, organized by Bulgaria, which took place in the eastern part of the Black Sea.

Vitaly Kindrativ became the new Head of the Maritime Administration
Today, at the Cabinet of Ministers meeting , a new Head of the State Service of Maritime and River Transport was nominated.

Two pontoons have returned to Izmail port (PHOTOS)
Two out of four repaired pontoons were returned from Kherson to the Izmail Sea Terminal. The pontoons have already been installed in their regular places.

Laguna-Reni is suing the Cabinet of Ministers and the Ministry of Energy for the oil terminal in the port of Reni
Laguna-Reni plans to achieve the cancellation of the transfer of the property complex of the oil terminal in the Reni seaport to the Ministry of Energy.

The Ukrainian crew on the vessel has been delayed with salary payments for five months
The crew of the tanker GAS ATHENA has not received salaries for five months. All requests from the team to the management remain unanswered.

Ukraine exported the first million tons of grain of the new harvest
The volume of grain exports from Ukraine since the beginning of 2021/22 MY has reached more than 1 million tons.

Odesa yachtsmen, convicted in Georgia, have been dismissed
Odesa yachtsmen Yuri Khomich and Vladimir Dyachenko were dismissed. Prior to that, the seafarers has spent 8 months in a jail, after which they were sentenced to 4 years in prison.

Exports of Ukrainian soybeans hit a minimum over the past seven years
Taking into account the current rate of soybean shipments and the conjuncture of this segment, analysts have lowered the forecast for the export of soybeans from Ukraine in 2020/21 MY to 1.55-1.6 million tons. This is 39% less than last season and may become the lowest export volume in the last seven years.

“Ukroboronprom” has developed a new strategy for the development of the shipbuilding industry
A meeting of the working group on the development of shipbuilding took place at Ukroboronprom. During the meeting, a draft Strategy for the development of the shipbuilding industry of Ukraine for the period up to 2030 was formed.

Smuggling and ports: why do criminals choose Ukraine?
Drugs, cigarettes and many other goods are smuggled, most often, to the countries of the European Union. And Ukraine, being at the intersection of several international transit routes, is becoming a real paradise for smugglers.