Журнал Viche 2015 №17

№17, 2015

Odesa port: in the waterway of success

Odesa port is usually named the “sea gate” of Ukraine, because it is located on the crossing of trade-routes of the East and the West in the north-western part of the Black sea, and since olden times has been leader in both the volumes of transshipments of loads and the indexes of conveyance of passengers.
Since the fundamental principles of the Law “On the Sea Ports of Ukraine” came into force, the general management and control after navigation in its water zone have been carried out by the Odesa branch of State enterprise “Administration of the Sea Ports of Ukraine” (SE “ASPU”). How is the sea industry reformed under the present not simple conditions, how are the investors attracted, how will the structure of Odesa port be reorganized? We discussed this with Mykhailo SOKOLOV, Head of Administration of Odesa Sea Port.