Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) will carry out operational dredging of the Bug-Dnieper-Lyman Canal (BDLC) and Kherson Sea Canal (KSC) to support their technical characteristics and operating conditions, UkrAgroConsult reported.
Navigation will be banned due to the construction of the Kerch bridge for the period from August 28 to August 31, 2017, as reported on the site of the Russian-controlled administration of the seaports of the Black Sea.
Russia has violated the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) by limiting navigation to Ukrainian ports of the Azov Sea due to the construction of the Kerch bridge, the Ministry of temporarily occupied territories and IDPs Ukraine reported.
Russia has banned the movement of ships in the Kerch Strait on Wednesday, August 9, citing maritime safety measures in relation to the construction of a bridge aimed to connect mainland Russia with the occupied Crimean Peninsula.
Ukrainian Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine Volodymyr Omelyan has announced that two companies from the United States have shown interest in the development of river navigation in Ukraine, according to the Center for Transport Strategies (CFTS).