The Cabinet of Ministers appointed the acting head of the Shipping Administration
11.02.2026 - 09:21
The Cabinet of Ministers has appointed the Acting Head of the State Service for Maritime and Inland Water Transport and Shipping.
This is stated in the Cabinet of Ministers’ Order dated February 6, 2026 No. 131-r.
According to the document, the government temporarily, from February 10, 2026, assigned the duties of the Head of the Shipping Administration to the First Deputy Head of this department, Yuriy Volodymyrovych Kononenko.
The order states that Yuriy Kononenko will hold the position until the appointment of the Head of the Shipping Administration in the established manner.
Recall that in February 2025, Yevheniy Ignatenko was dismissed from the post of Head of the Shipping Administration of Ukraine. The duties of the Head of the department were temporarily assigned to Mykola Kravchuk. In July 2025, the government appointed Kravchuk as Head of the department.
On February 9, Mykola Kravchuk announced that he was resigning from the post of Head of the Shipping Administration. And the very next day, the Ministry of Development appointed Mykola Kravchuk to the post of Head of the State Enterprise “Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority.”
