Olvia and Kherson Concession Launched – Minister’s Act Signed

30 Авг

Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine Volodymyr Omelian has signed the act to advertise tenders on concession of the assets of the public Stevedoring Company Olvia and State Enterprise Kherson Sea Trade Port (SE KSTP). He reported it in his Facebook noting that the corresponding announcements are to be officially published soon.

Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine at its session on 14 August passed the decision to announce tenders on the public stevedores’ assets concession. Upon this Mr Omelian reminded that the work on infrastructure objects concession had been going on since 2015. “In these years we have developed a new law on concessions the new President of Ukraine has identified among those of priority for the new parliament’s voting as soon as this autumn, created the public-private partnership office SPILNO that prepared the feasibility study in line with the best West standards for a number of infrastructure assets, gone through every bureaucratic procedures, terms and conditions. We were the first to do it and did it at first. And we did it right, jointly with major public and officialpublic experts, both foreign and national, and the business”, stressed Minister.

Meanwhile, Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) has declared completion of operational dredging in Kherson Port, the total volume numbering over 400,000 m3. After the works’ fulfilment the depth of access channel (the river part) is 8.25 m, the same as the anchorage. The SE KSTP berths now are from 2.5 m (No. 7) to 8.5 (Nos. 4, 5, 6) deep again.

https://ports.com.ua/news/omelyan-podpisal-prikazy-o-nachale-kontsessii-olvii-i-khmtp

http://www.uspa.gov.ua/ru/press-tsentr/novosti/novosti-ampu/17104-kherson-stal-uzhe-chetvertym-portom-gde-ampu-zavershilo-ekspluatatsionnoe-dnouglubleniya-v-etom-godu