ODESA, NOVEMBER 7th, 2011, CONTEXT-PRICHERNOMORIE — Port of Yuzhny underwent certification audit as to the port’s labour security management system’s conformity with the international standards, Context-Prichernomorie correspondent reports.

The press service of the Yuzhny Port informed today, 7 November.

According to the press service, the port has been one of the few in the Odesa region and the first among Ukrainian ports to have passed certification audit for compliance with the OSH management system (SMS) to international standards. The certificate, which the port will soon receive, confirms that the OSH covers all production and management of occupational health and safety is high.

INFORMATION: Commercial Sea Port of Yuzhny is situated in the North-West area of the Black Sea, on the ice-free Adzhalykskiy Liman and is a cargo operation turnover leader (20 million 698 thousand 600 tons in 2005). Main transportation directions: the Black Sea and the Mediterranean basins, the USA, Latin America, Middle East, South-Eastern Asia. All cargo, storage and auxiliary operations are carried out in the port. There work specialized complexes in the port for operation of mineral fertilizers, liquid chemicals, export overload berths for general and bulk cargoes.