The total €844M are embraced by the TEN-T Investment Plan for 9 prospective infrastructural projects in the port sector up to 2030.
By Volodymyr Shemayev, USPA, Head of Strategic Planning Division
Eastern Partnership (EaP) is a foreign policy initiative by the European Union covering the six eastern neighbours of the EU – Azerbaijan, Belarus, Armenia, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine.
The initiative was formally launched at Prague EaP Summit on 07 May 2009.
EaP envisages the possibility of renewing the treaty and legal base of the EU’s relations with its eastern neighbours by way of replacing the partnership and cooperation agreements in force with agreements of association, establishment of deepened and comprehensive free trade zones (FTZ), liberalisation of the visa regime between the EU and partner states etc.
In November 2017 in Brussels at the EaP summit the 20 key priorities up to 2020 were identified, aimed to promote economy strengthening, reinforcement of connections, welfare and sustainability of the EaP region.
Among the key priorities is improvement of the transport connection both in the EaP region and between the East Europe neighbours of the EU for consolidation of economic growth and jobs creation, as well as to secure better access to main markets.
So, to realise this activity the TEN-T Investment Plan was developed with support of World Bank and in cooperation with the six EaP nations and representatives of the public.
The plan is aimed at rendering assistance to EaP nations in identifying priorities for strategic investments in transport infrastructure per sector – road, inland water, railway, airports and sea ports – for the purpose of enhancing the TEN-T network as one of the 20 results till 2020.
TEN-T Investment Plan identifies priority investments in the amount of some €12.8Bn for the 6 mentioned states. The priority projects have been developed by continuous consultations employing the strategic approach, ecological and social factors and economic viability.
TEN-T Investment Plan embraces both infrastructure projects being already realised, and those requiring preparation process, realisation of which is planned up to 2030. TEN-T Investment Plan also includes infrastructure projects that can be accomplished by 2020 and would therefore ‘rip open’ infrastructure bottlenecks and improve the TEN-T network efficacy.
In 2018 the maps of TEN-T network development in the EaP countries were known to be promulgated. In particular, 8 national ports were entered in the network in the territory of Ukraine: Yuzhny, Odessa, Mykolaiv, Mariupol, Chornomorsk – in the core network, as well as Izmaїl, Reni, and Kherson – in the comprehensive one.
Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine jointly with Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) and in the constant dialogue with EaP representatives have elaborated and entered in TEN-T Investment Plan 9 prospective infrastructure projects on the port sector up to 2030 for the total €844M, including:
• Dredging works realisation in accordance with the Feasibility Study (FS) “Reconstruction of water approaches, manoeuvre areas and operational harbourages at berths with consideration of the prospective cargo turnover at the Sea Trade Port (STP) Yuzhny”;
• Reconstruction of the Berths 5, 6, 7, 8 Complex at STP Yuzhny;
• Reconstruction of the Berths 7, 8 hydro engineering part at STP Chornomorsk;
• Reconstruction of the Berths 9, 10 at STP Chornomorsk;
• Reconstruction of the Berths 11-17 hydro engineering part at STP Chornomorsk;
• Concession project for the state enterprise (SE) Kherson STP assets;
• Concession project for SE Olvia Stevedoring Company assets;
• Concession project for assets of SE Chornomorsk STP Railway Ferry Complex;
• Concession project for assets of STP Yuzhny.
Implementation of TEN-T Investment Plan is going to require drawing private and public funds and accordingly high-quality preparation of the infrastructure projects. Therefore the plan’s existence will promote promulgating information among private investors, international financial institutions, credit agencies, and the public on the projects existing for national ports.
Engagement of funding and international technical assistance from the EU and international financial institutions in the ports and transport infrastructure on one hand gains strategic significance, and on the other hand – it represents an opportunity which corresponds the TEN-T development priorities and bilateral harmonisation of the transport networks.
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