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Documents for seafarers extended until mid-2022
The operational period of certificates and seafarers’ passports issued in Ukraine was extended til June 30th, 2022. The official reason is Covid-19, without mentioning the blocked State Register of Seafarers.
Ever Given passes the Suez Canal again
Four months later, the container ship Ever Given crosses the Suez Canal again.
9 people rescued from a sinking sailing ship off the coast of Odesa (PHOTOS)
On Thursday, August 12th, a cutter from the Marine Search and Rescue Service has rescued 9 people from a broken sailing catamaran off the coast of Odesa.
“Odesa Maritime Academy” will cooperate with the Panama Maritime Administration
Auxiliary registrar of the Panama Maritime Administration Evgeny Sukachev has met with the rector of the National University “Odesa Maritime Academy” Mikhail Miyusov. The purpose of the meeting was the possibilities of cooperation between NU OMA and PMA.
Ukraine and Romania will be connected by a new ferry line
The main goal of creating a new ferry line across the Danube is to simplify the communication between the Ukrainian city of Kilia and the Romanian city of Chilia Veche.
Ukraine needs $20 billion of investments to develop gas production in the Black Sea
Naftogaz is looking for investors to explore and develop new gas reservoirs in the Black Sea.
Ukrainian cruise vessel “Princessa Dnepra” has been sold to Russia
The vessel “Princessa Dnepra” sailed from Kherson and is now heading to the port of Kavkaz.
Zelenskyy signed a law on administrative responsibility for overloading trucks
Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed the law “On Amendments to the Code of Administrative Offenses of Ukraine regarding certain issues of the implementation of dimensional and weight control.” Earlier, the law was adopted in the Verkhovna Rada (Parliament) of Ukraine.
The State Register of Seafarers in Ukraine will start working in at least two months
The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) returned the State Register of Seafarers under the control of the MIU, but has not yet been able to resume its work. The restart may take at least two months.
Yuzhny port transshipped 9 million tons of cargo in seven months
According to the results of January-July, the cargo turnover of SE “Commercial Sea Port “Yuzhny” amounted to 9.132 million tons, including export cargo – 6.274 million tons.
