Economy

In Ukraine, lawyers helped a shipowner defend his right to independently choose a towing operator in one of the ports.

Polish carriers are preparing a new protest on the road to the “Yagodyn-Dorohusk” checkpoint. This was reported by the Committee for the Protection of Transport Carriers and Employers of Poland. The protest is planned to be held on May 12. “We expect that the case will go to court,” said the representative of the committee, Rafal Mekler….

The second phase will add another 70 meters of quay wall, and will also allow for an increase in transshipment capacity.

The vote on the introduction of a preferential regime for exports of steel and iron from Ukraine is to take place on May 8.

For the most part, freight rates remain at previously achieved levels. In particular, this is influenced by the long-term lack of new cargo applications.

Ukrzaliznytsia should not interfere in the competition for cargo between seaports. Deputy Director of the Department of Transportation Technology and Commercial Work of JSC Ukrzaliznytsia Valeriy Tkachov wrote about this on Facebook. “The difference in the distance of transporting grain cargo from elevators to ports has always been… and will always be… due to their geographical location….

Nibulon stated that for the money offered by the competitor, it can build almost two tugboats.

Since the beginning of the 2024/25 MY, Ukraine has exported 35 million tons of grain and leguminous crops.

JSC “Odessa Port Plant” (OPP) was fined for violating the legislation on the protection of economic competition.

Damage from the shelling of a shipbuilding enterprise in Mykolaiv amounted to over UAH 1 billion.