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The Head of the State Service of Maritime and River Transport of Ukraine (Maritime Administration) Vitalii Kindrativ has fired the Head of one of the key state-owned enterprises, which is part of the orbit of the Ministry of Infrastructure.

Grain producers faced a choice: either to overpay UAH 200-300 (USD 7.59-11.38) for the transportation of a ton of grain, or to postpone the deadlines for fulfilling contracts.

Ukraine is replenishing its fleet. Two research vessels will arrive in Odesa soon, and the Navy will become larger by two American Island-class cutters. But that is not all.

In August, the ports of Pivdennyi, Olvia and Reni set cargo handling records. Olvia is preparing for a concession, Reni is increasing capacity, but not solving financial problems, and Pivdennyi continues to lead in all areas.

The Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine has announced a focus on deregulation of procedures in the port industry.

Over the past two weeks, the Seafarer’s account has been “resurrected” twice. But eventually, it is still unclear whether the State Register of Seafarers of Ukraine has really fully resumed its functions, or whether this is the renewal of a fraudulent scheme that was previously eliminated by the SBU.

SE “Mariupol Commercial Sea Port” is implementing measures to increase capacity and cargo traffic. Is MCSP able to keep pace with its own financial plan?

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.

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.

The port (now a sea trade point) of Khorly is located on the shore of the Karkinitsky Gulf of the Black Sea in the Kherson region.