RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE WT/ACC/UKR/36
3April 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-1354)
Original: English
ACCESSION OFUKRAINE
Communication from Ukraine
Thefollowing information onmaritime transport services hasbeenreceived fromtheMinistry
forForeign Economic Relations andTrade ofUkraine.
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Information onMaritime Transport Services
PartI.Market Structure
Vessels
1. Structure ofnationally-owned fleet
Types
ofVesselsNumber ofvessels Gross tonnage
Ukrain. flag Intern.
registerUkrain.
flagIntern.
register
1.DryCargo
2.Oil Tankers
3.Ferries andPassengers
4.GasCarriers
5.Chemical Tankers
6.Others:
a)research
b)auxiliary
c)cragging, tug,save719
41
41
-
-
24
50
8252
-
8
-
-
-
-
-3738073
135540
234429
-
-
142
190000
221940571907
-
115791
-
-
-
-
-
AllVessels 1017 60 4662832 687698
This structure ispresented according totheclassification ofUkrainian Ship Register on
1July1996.WT/ACC/UKR/36
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Trade Fortheyear1995
2.
Total international track,
thsd. TnsIncluding:
Carried BySea,
thsd.tns%
76277.65 39975.0 52.4%
3.
Total International Trade Carried BySea,
thsd. tnsIncluding:
Ukrainian
import/export, thsd.tns%
39975.0 2798.3/20707.0 7.0/51.8
4.
Total international track, Including:
Carried BySea,thsd. tns ByNational Flag
Vessels, thsd.tns%
39975.0 19226 48.1%
5.
Total International Trade Carried By
Ukrainian FlagVessels, thsd. tnsIncluding:
Home Trading, thsd.tns Gross Trading,
thsd. tns
19226 11000 14177
6. Organisation ofCargo
Total International Trade Carried
bySea,thsd. tnsIncluding
ByLiner Shipping,
thsd.tnsByDryBulk
Shipping, thsd.tnsByliquid
Bulk, thsd.tns
39975.0 1243.0 2038.0 116.0
7. Theshare ofconferences andconsortia inlinershipping isestimated lessthan0.1%.
8. Nolineroperator towhattheU.N. lodeofConduct forLiner Conferences applicable.
9. There isonlyonebilateral Ukraine -Bulgaria Agreement which regulates thetransportation
ofcargo byFerries: twoUkrainian Vessels andtwoBulgarian vessels.
10. 100petoflinerCargo istheContainerised Cargo.
11. 90petofthecontainerised linercargo iscarried bymeans ofmultimodal transport arrangements.WT/ACC/UKR/36
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Ports andAuxiliary Services
12.
Total National PortTraffic Including:
Ports of: Including:
Illychivsk, Izmail,
Odessa, Yuzhniy,Container Bulk
Nikolaev, Kherch,
MariupolVessels Carriers
13313 1563
2886
1783
417
423
1148-- --
13. AnyCompany registered inUkraine nomatter extend offoreign interest canperform:
- Container station anddepot services
- Maritime Agency Services
- Maritime Freight Forwarding Services
- Maritime Cargo Handling Services
- Storage andWarehousing Services
- Customs Clearance Services
- Maintenance andrepair ofvessels.
14. Therearewholly-ownedbyforeignersUkrainianCompanieswhichperformactivitiesmentioned
inpoint 13.
PartII.Regulatory Structure
General
1.
Cabinet ofMinisters
Government
Ministry ofTransport
Minister
Responsibility forallkinds ofTransport
Deputy Minister
Responsibility formarine andriver
transport, ports, ship-repair yards,
scientific research andinstitutes
State Department ofMerchant
Marine andRiver Transport
Executive Body
2.and3.Nospecial regulations forbulk, orlineroranyother scheme oftransportation.WT/ACC/UKR/36
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4. Thebestdescription isattached hereto chapter 1"General Rules" oftheSection 5"Maritime
Transportation" ofthe"Maritime Code ofUkraine" (tobesubmitted).
(Clauses 128,129,130,131,132)
5. Thebestdescription isattached hereto Chapter 1"Legal status andfunctions ofseaport“of
thesection 4"SeaPort" oftheMaritime Code ofUkraine (tobesubmitted).
(Clauses 73,74,75,76,77,78,79,80,81,82,83,84,85)
6. Thedefinition isgiven intheattached Clause 1"Objectives ofNavigation ofUkraine" ofthe
Chapter 1"General Rules" ofSection 1"General Provisions ofMaritime Code ofUkraine" (tobe
submitted).
(Clause 1)
7. There isnospecial definition "national shipping enterprise". Shipping enterprise likeanyother
enterprise isdefined bytheLawofUkraine about enterprises. Themainrequirement totheenterprise
isitsregistration inUkraine.
8. Nomeasures limiting access tothenational shipping market.
9. Nomeasures restricting supply anykindofmaritime services.
10and11. Theonlycondition ofgranting Ukrainian flagpresented inClause 32"National Identity
ofaVessel. Right forsailing Under theStateflagofUkraine" ofaChapter 2"Registration ofVessels
andrightforflagofUkraine" ofSection 2"Vessel" oftheMaritime Code ofUkraine(to besubmitted).
12. VesselsunderUkrainianflagarechargedtonnagedues~20%lessincomparisonwiththevessels
which exercise theRegimen oftheMostly Favourable Nation.
Noother preferences tothenational vessels.
13. Allofthem.
14. According tosome ports regulation pilotage andshore-based operational services only.
15. Allofthem.
16. Nodiscriminatory measure which restrict access tosea-ports.
17. Nomeasures.
18. Nomeasures.
19. Nomeasures.
20-22. Seeanswer toprint9ofPartI.
23-26. Noother measures withtheexclusion ofthe"convenient" flags. Present Statepolicy isgranting
reciprocal tothevessels ofanyflagonthebasisofrespective bilateral Inter-Governmental Agreement
withtheexclusion oftheStates ofthe"flag ofconvenience".WT/ACC/UKR/36
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Government procurement
27. There isnoinUkraine thedefinition of"commercial" andthere isnoanyprocedure forthe
procurement ofsuchcargo.
28. National cabotage, pilotage, andtugoperations intheterritorial waters aregranted toUkrainian
flagonly.
Competition Law
29. Nopractical application ofanti-monopoly Lawtothemaritime transport sector.
Shipping Conferences
30. Nospecial legislation onconferences regulations.
31-34. Same at30.
Shipper/Carrier Relations
35. Maritime Code ofUkraine.
36. Seeattached Section 5"Carriage bySea"oftheMaritime Code ofUkraine.