Economy

During the week, the share prices of most Ukrainian agricultural companies traded on the Warsaw Stock Exchange decreased.

The parties discussed joint projects for the development of water transport as a key element of post-war reconstruction.

The work of port logistics was affected by the seasonal slowdown in export activity at the end of the marketing year.

ARMA reported that together with the Shipping Administration, they foiled an attempt to hijack the arrested Russian ship Emmakris III.

A company that exported Ukrainian agricultural products through the port of Odesa region evaded taxes.

Despite limited demand for tonnage, shipowners in the Black Sea continue to keep freight rates at a stable level.

The company shared that negotiations with other port operators are ongoing.

In early May, the Ukrainian publication “Telegraf” published two articles on the same day criticizing the terminal concession project in the port of Chornomorsk. Loud statements about the “dismissal of port workers” and “backroom discussions” attracted the attention of other media outlets of a similar nature: the “Fakty”, “Gordon”, UNIAN.
Whether the author of both articles was driven by ordinary ignorance or a more cynical motivation — we do not know. However, we want to explain in an accessible way why such concession statements are fake and manipulated. USM analyzed the manipulative takes from both articles — with the help of Andriy Sokolov, the director of Ukrainian Shipping Magazine.

The court granted the prosecutor’s request to transfer a foreign vessel to the ARMA.

The shipping company “Ukrferry” has revealed what promising routes for ferries can take through Ukrainian ports.