Economy
Severe drought in Brazil: how will this affect Ukrainian exports?
Brazil’s government warns that the country is facing its worst drought in 91 years. USM explains how this caused the price of corn to rise and whether it will affect exports from Ukraine.
“During peak months we load 500-650 thousand tons at roads,” – Nibulon
In Nibulon they said that loading in the roadstead is more economically feasible than in ports.
River pilot services can become a natural monopoly
The Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine (MIU) has published for discussion a Draft Decision of the Cabinet of Ministers “On the definition of a specialized service provided on inland waterways by natural monopolies entities and subjected to state regulation.”
State stevedore Yuzhniy has signed a contract with Metinvest
Metinvest shall transship at least 1.2 million tons of cargo per month through the State Enterprise MTP “Yuzhniy”.
Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority and Ukrzaliznytsia are ready to increase supplies of petroleum products
The producers of petroleum products have assured that they have sufficient potential to increase the production of petroleum products. In turn, the USPA and Ukrzaliznytsya confirmed that they are ready for new volumes of supplies.
2020 Challenges: export of metal products in the seaports of Ukraine
Stark Shipping, together with USM, analyzed the transshipment of metal products in the seaports of Ukraine in 2020.
Neptunes Lines discharged at record speed at Chornomorsk
Ro-ro vessel Mediterranean Sea has been discharged at the ferry complex of the port of Chernomorsk. The process of unloading 2 700 cars took less than 48 hours.
In Ukraine, 70% of inland silos are outdated
Only 30% of Ukrainian inland silos are suitable for normal use, the rest are outdated. Gennady Klimenko, ex-general director of the silo division of Trigon Agri AS, spoke about this in a comment for AgroPolit.
