UKRFERRY ENVISAGES IMPLEMEMTING CONTAINER SHIP TRANSPORTATION IN ILYICHEVSK-POTI DIRECTION
Noyan Tapan
Feb 5, 2008
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 5, NOYAN TAPAN. Ukrferry company (Ukraine) envisages
to implement container ship transportation as well in Ilyichevsk-Poti
direction. The chairman of the Union of Manufacturers and Businessmen
of Armenia Arsen Ghazarian announced this at the February 5 round
table organized by the union at the suggestion of the embassy of
Ukraine. However, according to him, for the Armenian side it may not
be a full alternative to the current - ferry one as the transportation
cost is quite high.
A. Ghazarian said that Ukrferry has been implementing ferry-railway
transportation between Ilyichevsk-Poti and Ilyichevsk-Batumi ports
for 7 years. In his words, Ilyichevsk-Poti ferry may transport 108
freight cars, while Port Kavkaz-Poti ferry may transport 40-45 freight
cars. According to the union chairman, the low tariffs envisaged in
the latter case are not used because the ferry is not fully loaded
during a trip.
In the past 10 months, Ukrferry transported 588 thousand tons of
cargos, including 237 tons to Armenia and from Armenia to Ukraine.
Noyan Tapan
Feb 5, 2008
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 5, NOYAN TAPAN. Ukrferry company (Ukraine) envisages
to implement container ship transportation as well in Ilyichevsk-Poti
direction. The chairman of the Union of Manufacturers and Businessmen
of Armenia Arsen Ghazarian announced this at the February 5 round
table organized by the union at the suggestion of the embassy of
Ukraine. However, according to him, for the Armenian side it may not
be a full alternative to the current - ferry one as the transportation
cost is quite high.
A. Ghazarian said that Ukrferry has been implementing ferry-railway
transportation between Ilyichevsk-Poti and Ilyichevsk-Batumi ports
for 7 years. In his words, Ilyichevsk-Poti ferry may transport 108
freight cars, while Port Kavkaz-Poti ferry may transport 40-45 freight
cars. According to the union chairman, the low tariffs envisaged in
the latter case are not used because the ferry is not fully loaded
during a trip.
In the past 10 months, Ukrferry transported 588 thousand tons of
cargos, including 237 tons to Armenia and from Armenia to Ukraine.