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Last Wednesday, June 30th, Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine Oleksandr Kubrakov and Minister of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China Wang Wentao has signed an intergovernmental agreement. This will allow the approval of potential cooperation projects that will be supported by PRC funds.

SE “Odesa Commercial Sea Port” had not only returned the old tariffs for towing services, but also raised them. USM tells what tariffs the state stevedore will roll out from July 15 and how this will affect the port fleet.

Next year, the United States will transfer Mark-6 high-speed combat cutters to Ukraine.

The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has ordered the development of a naval version of the R-360 rocket of the ZhK-360MC “Neptune” complex for surface ships of the Ukrainian Navy.

A complex for basing and servicing the ship-boat staff, diving and assault training for the maritime guard of the State Border Service in Odesa will be built.

Maersk Saudi Arabia has entered into a strategic partnership with King Abdullah Port to jointly create the Maersk Integrated Logistics Hub. The logistics hub will cover as a hub serving local petrochemical exporters.

At the end of June, the executive service of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine recovered almost UAH 3 million (USD 109.5 million) from SE «Reni Commercial Sea Port», which the company owed its employees.

The SBU (Security Service of Ukraine) counterintelligence service exposed the scheme of attracting immigrant workforce from Ukraine by the Russian Federation – they want to use them at the facilities of the Russian military-industrial complex.

The harvest of grains and oilseeds in Ukraine in 2021 may reach record volumes and exceed 100 million tons.

The Ministry of Infrastructure plans to spend part of the funds that will be received from the port concessions on upgrading the port infrastructure.