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Trolls and blue marlins: how vessels transport unique cargo
USM tells how a 255-year-old mansion was transported on a barge, how ten tugboats hauled the world’s heaviest drilling platform, whether one vessel is capable of transporting an aircraft carrier, and how Ukrainian ports handle oversized cargo.
“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.
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.
Contraband from China for UAH 7 million (USD 260.8 thousand) was smuggled through the Odesa port
An employee of the Odesa customs let through the goods from China in the port for UAH 7 million (USD 260.8 thousand) without paying a duty.
Ukrainian and Georgian navies have conducted joint exercises in the Black Sea
Joint exercises of the Ukrainian and Georgian navies of the PASSEX type have been carried out in the waters of the Black Sea.
The court ruled to collect more than UAH 22 million (USD 819.8 thousand) from the USPA
State Enterprise “USPA” lost a case to Gidrobud Ukraine LLC and will have to pay the company over UAH 22 million (USD 819.8 thousand).
Ukraine will receive an exploration vessel from Belgium
Belgium, in terms of the signed memorandum, plans to pass the 1984 exploration vessel Belgica to Ukraine. She will be used for environmental monitoring of the Black Sea.
