MIU

The team of the Ministry of Reconstruction held a final meeting, during which the relevant managers presented the progress in their directions for the past year and plans for the future.

More than 700 seafarers applied to the Shipping Administration in the first month of the service for obtaining a seafarer’s record book by mail.

The movement of ships continues through the Ukrainian maritime corridor, both to the exit and to the entrance to the ports of Odesa region.

The Ministry of Infrastructure wants to increase the pilotage fee in the ports of Izmail, Reni and Ust-Dunaisk by 20%.

The project of the USAID Agency “Economic Support of Ukraine” will support export infrastructure development projects of Ukraine.

On July 4, the Cabinet of Ministers appointed a new state secretary of the Ministry of Development of Communities, Territories and Infrastructure of Ukraine.

Currently, five large companies are showing interest in concession projects in the Chornomorsk seaport.

The State Service of Maritime and Inland Water Transport and Shipping of Ukraine has implemented a number of changes this year — from reforming the department itself to digitizing services for seafarers. USM spoke with the head of the Shipping Administration, Yevhenii Ignatenko, about structural changes, corruption in the industry, and the department’s future plans.

In Ukraine, they are ready to provide shipowners, charterers and operators with guarantees of compensation for damages. UAH 20 billion has been allocated for such measures in the 2023 state budget.

The Russian Federation recently blocked the registration of the incoming fleet to all ports of Ukraine.