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Shipowners from Turkey more often “come” to the ports of Great Odesa
The largest number of vessels that entered the ports of Odesa region in August belonged to shipowners from Turkey and Greece. Andriy Klymenko, head of the Monitoring Group of the Institute of Black Sea Strategic Studies, announced this. In August 2024, 231 vessels were involved in the export of grain and other cargoes from the…
Ukraine plans to receive UAH 3.2 billion from property privatization in 2025
The State Property Fund of Ukraine plans to raise funds through auctions for the sale of large and small privatization objects. In 2025, Ukraine plans to receive proceeds from the privatization of state property in the amount of UAH 3.2 billion. This is stated in the draft bill on the state budget-2025. To ensure successful…
Heavy floods on the Danube did not affect the work of the UDS
As a result of the floods on the Danube, shipping problems are recorded in Austria and Slovakia. So far, the natural disaster has not affected the work of the UDS in any way. USM was told about this by the Ukrainian Danube Shipping Company. The UDS noted that it was difficult to work in the…
Ukraine exported more than $19 billion worth of goods through the maritime corridor
During the year of existence of the Ukrainian maritime corridor, Ukraine exported goods worth more than 19 billion US dollars. From August 2023 to August 2024, Ukraine exported goods worth $19.2 billion (85.9 million tons) by sea. This is stated in the draft law on the state budget for 2025. Ukraine, in particular, sent $15.8…
More than 557 million from the state budget are planned to be allocated for the station “Akademik Vernadskyi”
The government plans to allocate UAH 557.6 million for conducting scientific research at the Antarctic station “Akademik Vernadskyi”. This became known from the draft bill on the state budget-2025. In particular, the explanatory note to the draft law states that among the main priorities of supporting the implementation of scientific and scientific and technical activities…
Ukraine will allocate more than 400 million for inland waterways in 2025
From the draft law on the state budget-2025, it became known that the government plans to spend more than UAH 400 million on the functioning of inland waterways in 2025. This is reported by USM with reference to the explanatory note to the bill draft. In particular, they plan to spend UAH 409.1 million, of…
The Magura V5 marine drone has been turned into an art object
Artist Rustem Skybin decorated the Magura V5 marine drone with a Crimean Tatar ornament. Now, as noted in the Defense Intelligence, one of the drones that will destroy Russian ships will have a Crimean Tatar combat ornament. “The artist based it on the Crimean or Kefinian tulip, which symbolizes a young man, a defender. The…
During two years, Russia destroyed 280 objects of the port infrastructure of Ukraine
Russian attacks on the civilian infrastructure of Ukraine are systemic in nature and could lead to starvation for a million people. This opinion was expressed by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy during the conference “United for Justice. Accountability for the Attacks against Civilian Objects”. “The destruction of grain terminals and port infrastructure causes economic…
Officials of the Ukrainian holding are building a factory for ships of the Russian Federation, SBU
Officials of the Ukrainian holding are building a ship repair plant for Russian warships. The Security Service has collected evidence on the top management of the Ukrainian construction holding, which is involved in working for the enemy, the SBU reported. According to the investigation, since the beginning of the full-scale war, an organized group led…
It will take 2-3 years to restore the ecosystem of the poisoned River Seim
Scientists say that it may take 2-3 years to restore the ecosystems of the Seim and Desna rivers, despite the fact that the situation is under control. The quality of water in the River Seim, poisoned by the Russians, is gradually improving, and the movement of pollution in Desna is slowing down, the Ministry of…
