Mariupol plants for the first time in history started to ship slabs to Odessa by sea
March 2020 Mariupol trading port for the first time in 20 years began cabotage export of cast iron in the port of South. In June, for the first time in the history of the port, short sea transportation from the Azov sea to the Black sea began to deliver General cargo and metallurgical plants - slabs. This is stated in the message on the official website of Mariupol commercial port on Facebook.
"02.06.2020 in the port of Odessa was sent the first batch of slabs from the ship "TAILWIND". Thus, for part of its cargo, the cargo owner continues to change the logistics, instead of using Railways short-sea shipping. In connection with necessity of increase in volumes of transportation, the cargo owner, the decision was taken to attract additional ship, and now, for the third shipload of slabs this month is loaded on the ship "SAKAR", - stated in the message port.
two weeks of June the port of Mariupol was loaded onto various vessels 98.8 thousand tonnes of steel products.
Earlier it was reported that the deterioration of rolling stock and locomotive fleet of Ukrzaliznici exceeds 90%, in connection with which the equipment often breaks down. According to the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine, increasing the load and irregularity of receipt of the goods recipients and the lack of rhythmic processing approach of trains to the ports led to an increase in the number of abandoned trains on the way. Because of this, the load flow of trains in the direction of Black sea ports reached a critical limit and by separate cars the delay is more than 30 days.
"Saving on repairs, Ukrzalyznitsa shows the maximum profit. However, in the long term savings on repairs will lead to the fact that transportation of goods will be and there is nothing in it. Thus, the state company that needs to provide the mobility and development of the Ukrainian business of any size and geographical location, directly prevents this", - said Vladislav Pritomanov, chief, infrastructure Office effective regulation BRDO.
Recall that ocence experts Kryukovsky car-building plant, Ukrainian enterprises can provide more than 53% of the localization construction of railway equipment.