The Mariupol Sea Container Port can become the headquarters of the Naval Administration of Ukraine

Last week in Odessa, a meeting of the round table was held on the topic “Ukraine: a sea power or a country by the sea? The marine industry-problems and ways of reviving the sea fleet, the Black Sea Shipping Company "on which the issue of transferring the headquarters of the naval administration of Ukraine represented by the GP" Administration of the Sea ports "in one of the major ports of the country was actively discussed.

The participants in the round table considered three port cities - a candidate for the role of the Marine Capital of Ukraine: Nikolaev, Mariupol and Odessa. In the presence of various significant arguments for each of the ports, more than thirty delegates from the marine community and business decided to recommend the move of the naval administration to Odessa. However, the decision will be made by Kyiv, where they will certainly listen to the opinion of large business, which has not yet entered this game. As you know, in Mariupol there is an office of the company "Trade Fleet Donbass", which is owned by SCM Rinat Akhmetov.

Meanwhile, as the press service of the Ministry of Infrastructure recently reported, all Ukrainian ports require huge investments in hydraulic structures, ground infrastructure, the creation of bulk sites and other events. The amount, according to the most modest estimates, is UAH 25 billion. Moreover, these investments are needed today. The profit received by the ports, according to the Deputy Minister of Infrastructure Dmitry Demidovich, is not sufficient to modernize existing capacities.

Recall that the Mariupol Sea Trade Porta SEA reduced cargo turnover to 14 million 80 thousand tons last year, which is 6.5% less than in 2011, mainly due to a reduction in coal processing and metal rolling. At the same time, the volume of grain transshipment has almost doubled. The export of goods through the Mariupol port decreased by 5.5%, and imports increased by 5.7%.

The Mariupol port processes: metal distribution, pipes, iron ore, coal, coke, clay and clay, fertilizers of all types, equipment and container (20 - 40 foot containers) cargo. In the port, you can Buy a container and use it for its intended purpose or convert it into a warehouse or cabinet.