Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) and Gdansk Port Authority have signed Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) envisaging their joint efforts to develop a transport corridor between the Polish port and Ukrainian sea ports of the black sea.
Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine Press Office reports that the paper was signed by Acting Chairman of USPA Oleksandr Golodnytsky and Port of Gdańsk Authority SA (PGA) President of the Board – Managing Director Lukasz Greinke, witnessed by Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine Vladyslav Kryklii and his Polish counterpart Andrzej Adamczyk, in the course of Ukrainian-Polish Economic Forum in Odessa participated by both countries Presidents Volodymyr Zelensky and Andrzej Duda.
“Among the priorities of cooperation with the Polish party is development of a transport corridor between the ports of Baltic and Black Sea. today we are commencing with the corresponding memorandum our collaboration in the framework of Gdansk – Black Sea Transport Corridor development”, Mr Kryklii informed.
According to him, the document is going to favour enlarging the trade throughput between the two countries and supporting the transport market. “Moreover, MoC will enable to maximally expand the geography of box traffic from China via Ukraine and Poland into Europe and back, to provide them by various modes and various vehicle types non-stop. While the digital corridors will help realise this potential at the top level”, he added.
As per Kryklii, in 2020 Ukraine has assigned some 5Bn UAH for the project GO Highway to connect Ukrainian and Polish ports. “This year there are 100 km already done of the 140 planned. Next year we are launching a grand-scale reconstruction of the highway M-05 Kyiv-Odessa”, noted Minister.
MoC is going as well to promote examination of cooperation opportunities in the field of ports development and operation, modern logistic services, intermodal transportations, intellectual port construction, so called green and low-emission solutions etc. Besides, it will allow studying possibilities of cooperation based on the exchange of sea industry professional experience including maritime safety, corporate management as well as pulling in the EU’s financial and technical assistance.
There will be a corresponding group established on the grounds of MoC dealing with the transport corridor Gdansk – Black Sea matters.
“This Memorandum signing is the first step towards creation of long-term and mutually beneficial relations with Poland’s major port Gdansk. We hope that the professional experience exchange between USPA and PGA will nurture not only the reciprocal transport communication and increase of trade volumes between Poland and Ukraine, but also will serve a good example of examining experience and patterns of private and public investments attraction into the port industry”, Mr Golodnitsky commented upon.
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