Odessa, 20 OCTOBER 2016, CONTEXT-Prichernomorie — Additional income of USPA from dredging in the port «Yuzhny» has made $28 million, the correspondent of IA «Context-Prichernomorie» reports.

It was reported to the agency today, October 20, in the press service of the administration of the sea port «Yuzhny».

As noted in a press-service, the chief of the port authority Maxim Shirokov said in an interview with one of the flagship publications, after reaching a depth of 19 meters and approach precipitation is 18.5 m on the approach channel of the port «Yuzhny» additional income USPA amounted to $ 28 million.

«With the business we have negotiated and found that the Capesize, which was loaded on a 17 or 16 meters and went on a raid reheating, spending per ton about $ 7. Until July 2014, worked at a discount of 30-50%. Bids port charges have, as I said before, the most high, even taking into account all the discounts, the average rate of 1.4 USD per ton spend. However, we estimated that the abolition of discounts to the channel and the tonnage tax in view of new sediment (which allows you to not go on a raid, a fully loaded near the wall of the pier) saving one ton of $ 0.8. With the business we found mutual understanding and started this process», — said M. Shirokov.

However, the head of the port added that today the export market is greatly «hooked», Ukrainian exporters have been hard to fit into the price offered by the main consumer is China, so their volumes have dropped significantly.

«We are in the negotiation stage, looking for a way out of the situation. We are interested in increasing turnover, as it gives a great financial result. But we are not standing still and are not held only for constant freight base, we try to increase it. To do this, and try to create corresponding conditions», — stressed the head of the port authority.