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On Thursday, August 12th, a cutter from the Marine Search and Rescue Service has rescued 9 people from a broken sailing catamaran off the coast of Odesa.

USM tells how a 255-year-old mansion was transported on a barge, how ten tugboats hauled the world’s heaviest drilling platform, whether one vessel is capable of transporting an aircraft carrier, and how Ukrainian ports handle oversized cargo.

Auxiliary registrar of the Panama Maritime Administration Evgeny Sukachev has met with the rector of the National University “Odesa Maritime Academy” Mikhail Miyusov. The purpose of the meeting was the possibilities of cooperation between NU OMA and PMA.

The main goal of creating a new ferry line across the Danube is to simplify the communication between the Ukrainian city of Kilia and the Romanian city of Chilia Veche.

Naftogaz is looking for investors to explore and develop new gas reservoirs in the Black Sea.

The vessel “Princessa Dnepra” sailed from Kherson and is now heading to the port of Kavkaz.

Prices for Ukrainian wheat in August has increased by $5 per ton. Specialists of Barva Invest analyzed for USM situation which awaits Ukraine in the future, what will affect the pricing and whether we will see a “dip” in wheat prices.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed the law “On Amendments to the Code of Administrative Offenses of Ukraine regarding certain issues of the implementation of dimensional and weight control.” Earlier, the law was adopted in the Verkhovna Rada (Parliament) of Ukraine.

The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) returned the State Register of Seafarers under the control of the MIU, but has not yet been able to resume its work. The restart may take at least two months.

According to the results of January-July, the cargo turnover of SE “Commercial Sea Port “Yuzhny” amounted to 9.132 million tons, including export cargo – 6.274 million tons.

An employee of the Odesa customs let through the goods from China in the port for UAH 7 million (USD 260.8 thousand) without paying a duty.

Joint exercises of the Ukrainian and Georgian navies of the PASSEX type have been carried out in the waters of the Black Sea.

State Enterprise “USPA” lost a case to Gidrobud Ukraine LLC and will have to pay the company over UAH 22 million (USD 819.8 thousand).

The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has distributed a video of the first large-scale exercises of the Naval Forces.

Belgium, in terms of the signed memorandum, plans to pass the 1984 exploration vessel Belgica to Ukraine. She will be used for environmental monitoring of the Black Sea.

The construction of an open storage warehouse is in process at berth №9 of SE “CSP “Yuzhny”, 85% of the work has already been completed.

The grain harvest in 2021 will be almost the largest in the entire history of Ukraine’s independence. More grains was collected only in 2019.

MIU has appointed new Heads for two branches of the Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority. In addition, a competition was announced for the posts of Heads of three state ports and the State Enterprise “Ukrvodput”.