The Ministry of Infrastructure agreed on the terms and deadlines for submitting a technical assignment for the execution of works by EGIS to prepare a preliminary feasibility study of the concession project in the seaport of Yuzhny.

This was reported by the press service of the ministry.

So, every two weeks experts from EGIS will provide the Ministry with a detailed report on the work done. The final report will be submitted on July 2.

"The exit of the state from stevedoring is a resolved issue. This process should take place in all ports. The implementation of the concession project in the port of Yuzhny is one of the most promising projects, which will be important and interesting for the state and for business, because the stevedoring company MTP Yuzhny is one of the largest in Ukraine, ". Head of the Administration of Seaports Raivis Veckagans.

According to him, in the long term, the implementation of an investment project on a concession in the South can give an increase in reloading capacity to 34 million tons per year.

The South Sea Port is located on the banks of the Adzhalyk Estuary on the northwest coast of the Black Sea and is a universal port that specializes in reloading chemical cargo and fertilizers, bulk, bulk and general cargo.

Recall that earlier the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine refused options for privatization or lease of ports, they will be transferred exclusively to the concession.

Before that, the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade supported the proposal of the Ministry of Infrastructure to transfer seaports to a concession instead of privatization.

reference. Concession is an agreement on the transfer of natural resources, enterprises and other objects belonging to the state or territorial community for temporary use to other states, foreign firms, individuals.