Top management representatives of the Ukrainian production & investment group Smart Holding and of China Railway Construction Corporation Ltd (CRCC) met and considered opportunities of cooperation and implementation of joint investment ventures in the field of transport infrastructure and logistics.
As the Smart Holding Press Office reports, during the meeting the industrial park investment project based on the logistic hub managed by the company Naval Park in Mykolaiv was presented to Chinese party, as well as a project of the existing Ochakiv Port development, including dredging and building new infrastructure.
Smart Holding was represented by its DG and his deputies while the Chinese party was headed by CEO of the branch CRCC14 Overseas Construction and Development Co Ltd.
The sea port Ochakiv is situated at the Dnipro-Bug Liman estuary north-east of Ochakiv city in Mykolaiv Region, its facilities are capable of handling over 0.5M t of cargoes yearly. There are 5 berths in the port with the depths down to 7.35 m. As envisaged by the investment project, it is planned to create a deep-sea estuary port on the Black Sea basing on the existing small port. There are intentions to erect coal and grain complexes, as well as a terminal to tranship raw iron ore in the future port. The port’s harbourage is planned to be dredged down to 15-18 m. The 70-km underwater rail line is scheduled to be constructed as well.
The report further advises that in 2016 Smart Holding decided to establish a logistic hub in the industrial park format biased to cargo transfer of agro-sector products and metal structures in the area of Naval Park in Mykolaiv. The project anticipated integration of manufacturing, logistics, and other auxiliary operations.
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