A seaport in Ukraine will be put up for privatization for the first time
“Before the great war, almost everyone forgot about Ust-Dunaisk. The main investments went to other seaports. But this year, Ust-Dunaisk began to play a role in global food security. He was one of the first to resume work after the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation. has great potential for the development of Ukrainian food exports. This requires investments that can be brought by private business,” said the head of the State Property Fund, Rustem Umerov.
In short, after February 24, its port was blocked, but it resumed work already on April 1 – on that day, a ship left there for the first time. During that time, the port transferred 153,000 tons of grain for export. In addition, it processes imported goods, including salt and rice. Since April 1, the port has exceeded 58,300 tons of imported consumer goods.
For January-September 2022, Ust-Dunaisk received 848 thousand hryvnias in net profit. For January-November, he paid all over 9 million hryvnias of taxes up to the budget levels.
The port consists of three assets – the port itself in Vylkovo, Odesa region, the “Kilia” post office in one place, and the light locomotive service base on Shabash Island. Loading and unloading operations are carried out directly in the port of Kilia, located 54 km away. the Danube river.