Transport in Ukraine
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All transportation in Ukraine
except for automobile transportation is regulated by the Ministry of Infrastructure, formerly the united Ministry of Transportation and Communications. The automobile transportation is regulated by the State Automobile Inspection (DAI) of the Ministry of Interior. The Ministry of Infrastructure includes several transportation and communication related administrations and inspections that supervise various specialized state companies. The public transportation within cities are regulated by their local administrations which are appointed by the President of Ukraine
, while submitting their reports to the related ministries of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine
. Some of the non-military transportation is also regulated by the special State Space Agency of Ukraine (DKAU). The energy-related transportation such as a pipeline gas is regulated by the Ministry of Fuel and Energy
.
The advantageous geographical position of Ukraine allows for the location of a number of International Transport Corridors on its territory, in particular :
Today the transport sector in Ukraine generally meets only the basic needs of the economy and population. The level of safety, quality and efficiency of passenger and freight transport, as well as the infrastructure's amount of energy usage, and the technological burden it places on the environment do not meet modern-day requirements.
Due to the low level of demand, the country's existing transit potential and advantageous geographical position is not fully utilised. There is thus a lag in the development of transport infrastructure, transport and logistics technologies and multimodal transport. All this has made Ukraine uncompetitive as the high costs of transport across the country make the cost of production in the country uncommonly high.
Freight and Passenger Transportation Statistics >
Transported tons of freights
Freight kilometres (thousand)
Transported passengers (thousand)
Passenger kilometres (thousand)
2000
938 916,1
19 281 619,3
2603 804,6
29 381 541.2
2002
947 263,8
20 593 133,1
3069 136,3
35 812 231.1
2004
1027 396,3
28 847 143,4
3720 326,4
47 490 401.3
2006
1167 199,6
40 566 469,9
3987 982,2
53 981 705.3
2008
1266 598,1
54 877 223,3
4369 125,5
61 302 884.5
The railways are managed by a state railway company Ukrzaliznytsia
which also is a state agency. Note that industrial railways and metro
s in cities are managed locally on a regional level.
The length of the railway network Ukraine ranks third in Europe (21.7 thousand kilometres of railways).
Ukrainian trains are usually capable of speeds up to 160 kilometers per hour, as the number of railway passengers and freight climbs, the country expects to see a significant improvement in the quality of railway transport. In addition to this the government expects to make huge investments in the railways in preparation for Euro 2012. However, there is currently not enough line capacity provided on routes to the south and the Crimea
.
Network length: (2010) broad gauge
of , ~10000 km (6,214 mi) electrified (3 kV DC and 25 kV AC) of standard gauge
, electrified
The development of public roads in Ukraine is currently lagging behind the pace of motorisation in the country. During 1990-2010 the length of the highways network hardly increased at all. The density of highways in Ukraine is 6.6 times lower than in France (respectively 0.28 and 1.84 kilometres of roads per square kilometre area of the country). The length of express roads in Ukraine is 0.28 thousand km (in Germany - 12.5 thousand kilometres in France - 7.1 thousand kilometres), and the level of funding for each kilometre of road in Ukraine is around 5,5 - 6 times less than in those locations.
This is due to a number of objective reasons, including that the burden of maintaining the transport network per capita is significantly higher than in European countries because of Ukraine's relatively low population density (76 people per square kilometre), low purchasing power of citizens (1/5 of the Eurozone's purchasing capacity), relatively low car ownership and a the nation's large territory.
The operational condition of roads is very poor; around 51.1% of roads do not meet minimum standards, and 39.2% require major rebuilds. The average speed on roads in Ukraine 2 - 3 times lower than in Western countries.
Motorways in Ukraine, 193 kilometre (2010):
Kiev
- Boryspil
| Kharkiv
- Dnipropetrovsk
State Highways
, 8080 kilometre (2009):
M01 | M02
| M03
| M04 |
M05 | M06
| M07
| M08
| M09
| M10
| M11
| M12
| M13
| M14
| M15 | M16 | M17 | M18 | M19 | M20
| M21
| M22
| M23
Note: State highways are important national routes and are not necessarily high-speed roads
The aviation section in Ukraine is developing very quickly, having recently established a visa-free program for EU nationals and citizens of a number of other 'Western' nations, the nation's aviation sector is handling a significantly increased number of travellers. Additionally, the granting of the Euro 2012 football tournament to Poland and Ukraine as joint hosts has prompted the government to invest huge amounts of money into transport infrastructure, and in particular airports.
Currently there are three major new airport terminals under construction in Donetsk
, Lviv
and Kiev
, a new airport has already opened in Kharkiv
and Kiev's Boryspil International Airport has recently begun operations at Terminal F, the first of its two new international terminals. Ukraine has a number of airlines, the largest of which are the nation's flag carrier
s, Aerosvit and UIA
. Antonov Airlines
, a subsidiary of the Antonov Aerospace Design Bureau
is the only operator of the world's largest fixed wing aircraft, the An-225.
Major airports are: Boryspil Airport
, Dnipropetrovsk Airport, Donetsk Airport
, Odessa Airport
, and Simferopol Airport
.
4400 km (2,734 mi) navigable waterways on 7 rivers, most of them are on Danube
, Dnieper and Pripyat
rivers. All Ukraine's rivers freeze over in winter (usually December through March), interrupting navigation. The river transportation is supervised by the Ukrrichflot (http://www.ukrrichflot.com/) which combines four major and one minor river ports along the Dnieper river and its estuaries.
river these ports however are considered seaports as well and are serviced by the Ukrainian Danube Ship State Company. Each port is also a separate legal entity and are governed by the Ukrmorrichflot, the Ukrainian administration for any water transportation.
s with shiplocks. The river is navigable through all its Ukrainian length.
is now abandoned due to the Chernobyl disaster
, but the waterway retains its importance as part of Dnieper–Baltic Sea
route.
The natural gas transport-system can take in a maximum of 288 billion cubic meters of natural gas per year. Its annual output capacity is 178.5 billion cubic meters, including 142.2 billion to be forwarded to European countries.
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
except for automobile transportation is regulated by the Ministry of Infrastructure, formerly the united Ministry of Transportation and Communications. The automobile transportation is regulated by the State Automobile Inspection (DAI) of the Ministry of Interior. The Ministry of Infrastructure includes several transportation and communication related administrations and inspections that supervise various specialized state companies. The public transportation within cities are regulated by their local administrations which are appointed by the President of Ukraine
President of Ukraine
Prior to the formation of the modern Ukrainian presidency, the previous Ukrainian head of state office was officially established in exile by Andriy Livytskyi. At first the de facto leader of nation was the president of the Central Rada at early years of the Ukrainian People's Republic, while the...
, while submitting their reports to the related ministries of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine
Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine
The Cabinet of Ukraine is the highest body of state executive power in Ukraine also referred to as the Government of Ukraine...
. Some of the non-military transportation is also regulated by the special State Space Agency of Ukraine (DKAU). The energy-related transportation such as a pipeline gas is regulated by the Ministry of Fuel and Energy
Ministry of Fuel and Energy (Ukraine)
The Ministry of Fuel and Energy of Ukraine , in short Minpalyvenerho , is the main body in the system of central bodies of the executive power that provides realization of a state policy in electric power-generating, nuclear-industrial, and oil-gas complexes, often referred simply as the...
.
The share of transport in the economy of Ukraine
The share of the transport sector in Ukraine's gross domestic product (according to Goskomstat) as of 2009 was 11.3%. The number of workers employed in the sector is almost 7% of total employment. The transportation infrastructure of Ukraine is adequately developed overall, however it is obsolete and in need of major modernization. A remarkable boost in the recent development of the country's transportation infrastructure was noticed after winning the right to host a major continental sport event the UEFA Euro 2012.The advantageous geographical position of Ukraine allows for the location of a number of International Transport Corridors on its territory, in particular :
- Pan-European transport corridorsPan-European corridorsThe ten Pan-European transport corridors were defined at the second Pan-European transport Conference in Crete, March 1994, as routes in Central and Eastern Europe that required major investment over the next ten to fifteen years. Additions were made at the third conference in Helsinki in 1997...
№ 3, 5, 7, 9; - Rail Co-Operation Corridors (ORC) № 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10 and
- European Transport Corridors - Caucasus - Asia (TRACECATRACECATRACECA is an international transport programme involving the European Union and 14 member States of the Eastern European, Caucasian and Central Asian region. It has a permanent Secretariat, originally financed by the European Commission, in Baku, Azerbaijan, and a regional office in Odessa,...
) and Europe - Asia.
Recent perspective
In 2009, Ukrainian infrastructure provided for the transportation of 1.5 billion tons of cargo and 7.3 billion passengers. As the global financial crisis took hold and demand for major export commodities in 2009 fell, the volume of freight traffic decreased by 17,6% when compared with figures from 2008; passenger transport fell by 12,7%.Today the transport sector in Ukraine generally meets only the basic needs of the economy and population. The level of safety, quality and efficiency of passenger and freight transport, as well as the infrastructure's amount of energy usage, and the technological burden it places on the environment do not meet modern-day requirements.
Due to the low level of demand, the country's existing transit potential and advantageous geographical position is not fully utilised. There is thus a lag in the development of transport infrastructure, transport and logistics technologies and multimodal transport. All this has made Ukraine uncompetitive as the high costs of transport across the country make the cost of production in the country uncommonly high.
Railways
Ukrzaliznytsia
Ukrzaliznytsia , also known as Ukrainian Railways, is the State Administration of Railroad Transportation in Ukraine, monopoly that controls vast majority of the railroad transportation in the country with a combined total length of track of over 23,000 km, which makes Ukrainian railroad...
which also is a state agency. Note that industrial railways and metro
Rapid transit
A rapid transit, underground, subway, elevated railway, metro or metropolitan railway system is an electric passenger railway in an urban area with a high capacity and frequency, and grade separation from other traffic. Rapid transit systems are typically located either in underground tunnels or on...
s in cities are managed locally on a regional level.
The length of the railway network Ukraine ranks third in Europe (21.7 thousand kilometres of railways).
Ukrainian trains are usually capable of speeds up to 160 kilometers per hour, as the number of railway passengers and freight climbs, the country expects to see a significant improvement in the quality of railway transport. In addition to this the government expects to make huge investments in the railways in preparation for Euro 2012. However, there is currently not enough line capacity provided on routes to the south and the Crimea
Crimea
Crimea , or the Autonomous Republic of Crimea , is a sub-national unit, an autonomous republic, of Ukraine. It is located on the northern coast of the Black Sea, occupying a peninsula of the same name...
.
Network length: (2010) broad gauge
Russian gauge
In railway terminology, Russian gauge refers to railway track with a gauge between 1,520 mm and . In a narrow sense as defined by Russian Railways it refers to gauge....
of , ~10000 km (6,214 mi) electrified (3 kV DC and 25 kV AC) of standard gauge
Standard gauge
The standard gauge is a widely-used track gauge . Approximately 60% of the world's existing railway lines are built to this gauge...
, electrified
Rail links with adjacent countries
- Belarus
- Russia
- Moldova
- Romania (break-of-gaugeBreak-of-gaugeWith railways, a break-of-gauge occurs where a line of one gauge meets a line of a different gauge. Trains and rolling stock cannot run through without some form of conversion between gauges, and freight and passengers must otherwise be transloaded...
: / ) - Hungary (break-of-gaugeBreak-of-gaugeWith railways, a break-of-gauge occurs where a line of one gauge meets a line of a different gauge. Trains and rolling stock cannot run through without some form of conversion between gauges, and freight and passengers must otherwise be transloaded...
: / ) - Slovakia (break-of-gaugeBreak-of-gaugeWith railways, a break-of-gauge occurs where a line of one gauge meets a line of a different gauge. Trains and rolling stock cannot run through without some form of conversion between gauges, and freight and passengers must otherwise be transloaded...
: / ) - Poland (break-of-gaugeBreak-of-gaugeWith railways, a break-of-gauge occurs where a line of one gauge meets a line of a different gauge. Trains and rolling stock cannot run through without some form of conversion between gauges, and freight and passengers must otherwise be transloaded...
: / plus a standard gauge cross-border cargo line)
Maps
There is also a network of suburban and regional train routes for type of local transportation connecting smaller settlements with big cities.Highways
This is due to a number of objective reasons, including that the burden of maintaining the transport network per capita is significantly higher than in European countries because of Ukraine's relatively low population density (76 people per square kilometre), low purchasing power of citizens (1/5 of the Eurozone's purchasing capacity), relatively low car ownership and a the nation's large territory.
The operational condition of roads is very poor; around 51.1% of roads do not meet minimum standards, and 39.2% require major rebuilds. The average speed on roads in Ukraine 2 - 3 times lower than in Western countries.
- Total: 169,477 km
- PavedPavement (material)Road surface or pavement is the durable surface material laid down on an area intended to sustain vehicular or foot traffic, such as a road or walkway. In the past cobblestones and granite setts were extensively used, but these surfaces have mostly been replaced by asphalt or concrete. Such...
: 164732 km (102,360 mi) (including 15 km (9 mi) of expressways); note - these roads, classified as "hard-surfaced", include both hard-paved highways and some all-weather gravelGravelGravel is composed of unconsolidated rock fragments that have a general particle size range and include size classes from granule- to boulder-sized fragments. Gravel can be sub-categorized into granule and cobble...
-surfaced roads. - Unpaved: 4745 km (2,948 mi) (2004)
Motorways in Ukraine, 193 kilometre (2010):
Kiev
Kiev
Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....
- Boryspil
Boryspil
Boryspil is a city located in the Kiev Oblast in northern Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of the Boryspil Raion , the city itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast....
| Kharkiv
Kharkiv
Kharkiv or Kharkov is the second-largest city in Ukraine.The city was founded in 1654 and was a major centre of Ukrainian culture in the Russian Empire. Kharkiv became the first city in Ukraine where the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic was proclaimed in December 1917 and Soviet government was...
- Dnipropetrovsk
Dnipropetrovsk
Dnipropetrovsk or Dnepropetrovsk formerly Yekaterinoslav is Ukraine's third largest city with one million inhabitants. It is located southeast of Ukraine's capital Kiev on the Dnieper River, in the south-central region of the country...
State Highways
State Highways (Ukraine)
State Highways in Ukraine are subdivided into three categories: International , National , and Regional . The letter's indexes are of the Cyrillic alphabet standing for they respective abbreviation in the Ukrainian language....
, 8080 kilometre (2009):
M01 | M02
Highway M02 (Ukraine)
' is a state international highway in Ukraine connecting with Hlukhiv on the border with Russia, where it connects to Russian International Highway '....
| M03
Highway M03 (Ukraine)
' is a state international highway in Ukraine connecting Kiev with Dovzhansky on the border with Russia, where it connects to Russian International Highway '....
| M04 |
M05 | M06
Highway M06 (Ukraine)
' is a state international highway in Ukraine connecting Kiev to the Hungarian border near Chop, where it connects to the Hungarian Highway '.-General overview:' is a major transnational corridor and along with ' combines into '...
| M07
Highway M07 (Ukraine)
' is a state international highway in Ukraine connecting Kiev to Yahodyn on the border with Poland, where it connects to Polish regional road '....
| M08
Highway M08 (Ukraine)
' is the shortest state international highway in Ukraine which serves as a loop route bypassing the city of Uzhhorod on the northern side. It starts at a split of E50 and E583 and ends at a border checkpoint "Uzhhorod", which is located at vulytsia Sobranetska in Uzhhorod. Across the Slovakian...
| M09
Highway M09 (Ukraine)
' is a state international highway in Ukraine which is part of the Warsaw - Lviv route. It starts as a split-off from ' coming from Lviv, then turning north it heads towards the border with Poland. The highway terminates at the border checkpoint "Rava-Ruska"...
| M10
Highway M10 (Ukraine)
' is a state international highway in Ukraine connecting Lviv to Krakovets on the border with Poland, where it connects to Polish National Road 4 ....
| M11
Highway M11 (Ukraine)
' is a state international highway in Ukraine connecting Lviv with Przemysl across the Polish - Ukrainian border, where it transits to the Polish National Road 28 .The route serves as an alternative to ' that is part of '.-Route:...
| M12
Highway M12 (Ukraine)
' is a state international highway in Ukraine connecting Lviv Oblast to the Central Ukraine, where before crossing Dnieper it continues further as '.-General overview:...
| M13
Highway M13 (Ukraine)
' is a state international highway in Ukraine connecting Kirovohrad to the border with Moldova, where before crossing Dniester it heads towards Chişinău as part of '.-Main Route:...
| M14
Highway M14 (Ukraine)
' is a state international highway in Ukraine connecting Odessa to the Russian border east of Mariupol, where it connects to the Russian Highway '.-General overview:...
| M15 | M16 | M17 | M18 | M19 | M20
Highway M20 (Ukraine)
' is the second shortest state international highway in Ukraine which connects Kharkiv to the border with Russia.-Route:...
| M21
Highway M21 (Ukraine)
' is a state international highway in Ukraine which connects Zhytomyr and Vinnytsia to the border with Moldova. The highway also connects two major transnational corridors Pan-European transportation corridor #9 and the transportation corridor "Europe-Asia"....
| M22
Highway M22 (Ukraine)
' is a state international highway in Ukraine which connects Oleksandriya, Kremenchuk, and Poltava across Dnieper river. The highway also connects two major transnational corridors that run along ' and '. Along with , M22 composes the Ukrainian portion of that also runs from Kirovohrad towards...
| M23
Highway M23 (Ukraine)
' is one of the shortest state international highway in Ukraine which connects Berehove with Khust and runs in the southern portion of the region next to the Hungarian and Romanian borders. From Berehove to the little settlement of Vylok M23 is part of couple of E-routes which drift of towards the...
Note: State highways are important national routes and are not necessarily high-speed roads
Aviation
Currently there are three major new airport terminals under construction in Donetsk
Donetsk
Donetsk , is a large city in eastern Ukraine on the Kalmius river. Administratively, it is a center of Donetsk Oblast, while historically, it is the unofficial capital and largest city of the economic and cultural Donets Basin region...
, Lviv
Lviv
Lviv is a city in western Ukraine. The city is regarded as one of the main cultural centres of today's Ukraine and historically has also been a major Polish and Jewish cultural center, as Poles and Jews were the two main ethnicities of the city until the outbreak of World War II and the following...
and Kiev
Kiev
Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....
, a new airport has already opened in Kharkiv
Kharkiv
Kharkiv or Kharkov is the second-largest city in Ukraine.The city was founded in 1654 and was a major centre of Ukrainian culture in the Russian Empire. Kharkiv became the first city in Ukraine where the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic was proclaimed in December 1917 and Soviet government was...
and Kiev's Boryspil International Airport has recently begun operations at Terminal F, the first of its two new international terminals. Ukraine has a number of airlines, the largest of which are the nation's flag carrier
Flag carrier
A flag carrier is a transportation company, such as an airline or shipping company, that, being locally registered in a given country, enjoys preferential rights or privileges, accorded by the government, for international operations. It may be a state-run, state-owned or private but...
s, Aerosvit and UIA
Ukraine International Airlines
CJSC Ukraine International Airlines , Aviyakompaniya Mizhnarodni Avialiniyi Ukrayiny) is one of the flag carriers of Ukraine, based in Kiev. It operates scheduled domestic and international passenger and cargo services to cities in western Europe...
. Antonov Airlines
Antonov Airlines
Antonov Airlines is a Ukrainian cargo airline. It operates international charter services in the world oversized cargo market. Its main base is Gostomel Airport near Kiev...
, a subsidiary of the Antonov Aerospace Design Bureau
Antonov
Antonov, or Antonov Aeronautical Scientist/Technical Complex , formerly the Antonov Design Bureau, is a Ukrainian aircraft manufacturing and services company with particular expertise in the field of very large aircraft construction. Antonov ASTC is a state-owned commercial company...
is the only operator of the world's largest fixed wing aircraft, the An-225.
Airports with paved runways
- Total: 193
- Over 3,047 m: 13
- 2,438 to 3,047 m: 53
- 1,524 to 2,437 m: 27
- 914 to 1,523 m: 5
- Under 914 m: 95 (2007)
Major airports are: Boryspil Airport
Boryspil Airport
Boryspil International Airport is an international airport located west of Boryspil, east of Kiev. It is Ukraine's largest airport, serving the major part of international flights of the country, and is one of three airports that serve Kiev, along with the smaller Zhulyany Airport and Gostomel...
, Dnipropetrovsk Airport, Donetsk Airport
Donetsk Airport
Donetsk International Airport is an airport in Donetsk, Ukraine. It was built in the 1940s-1950s and rebuilt in 1973.The airline Donbassaero has its head office located at the airport.-Airlines and destinations:-External links:/ / /...
, Odessa Airport
Odessa Airport
Odesa International Airport is an airport located southwest from the centre of Odessa, Ukraine, sometimes called "Odesa Central" ....
, and Simferopol Airport
Simferopol Airport
Simferopol International Airport is airport in Simferopol, Ukraine. It was built in 1936. The airport has two terminals - International and Local.-Airlines and destinations:-External links:* /*NOAA/NWS weather observations*ASN...
.
Airports with unpaved runways
- Total: 244
- 2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
- 1,524 to 2,437 m: 11
- 914 to 1,523 m: 13
- Under 914 m: 217 (2007)
Waterways
Danube
The Danube is a river in the Central Europe and the Europe's second longest river after the Volga. It is classified as an international waterway....
, Dnieper and Pripyat
Pripyat River
The Pripyat River or Prypiat River is a river in Eastern Europe, approximately long. It flows east through Ukraine, Belarus, and Ukraine again, draining into the Dnieper....
rivers. All Ukraine's rivers freeze over in winter (usually December through March), interrupting navigation. The river transportation is supervised by the Ukrrichflot (http://www.ukrrichflot.com/) which combines four major and one minor river ports along the Dnieper river and its estuaries.
Notable riverports on Danube
Located on the DanubeDanube
The Danube is a river in the Central Europe and the Europe's second longest river after the Volga. It is classified as an international waterway....
river these ports however are considered seaports as well and are serviced by the Ukrainian Danube Ship State Company. Each port is also a separate legal entity and are governed by the Ukrmorrichflot, the Ukrainian administration for any water transportation.
- IzmailIzmailIzmail is a historic town near the Danube river in the Odessa Oblast of south-western Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of the Izmail Raion , the city itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast....
- ReniReni, UkraineReni is a small town in the Odessa Oblast of western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Reniysky Raion , and is located in the Bessarabian historic district of Budjak. The settlement was founded around 1548, acquiring city status in 1821.The current estimated population is around...
- VylkoveVylkoveVylkove is a small city located in the Ukrainian part of the Danube Delta, at utmost South-West of Ukraine, on the border with Romania. Administratively it is part of the Kiliyskyi Raion of the Odessa Oblast .- Geography :...
Dnieper
Dnieper within Ukraine is a regulated system of reservoirs separated by damDam
A dam is a barrier that impounds water or underground streams. Dams generally serve the primary purpose of retaining water, while other structures such as floodgates or levees are used to manage or prevent water flow into specific land regions. Hydropower and pumped-storage hydroelectricity are...
s with shiplocks. The river is navigable through all its Ukrainian length.
Notable riverports on Dnieper
- CherkasyCherkasyCherkasy or Cherkassy , is a city in central Ukraine. It is the capital of the Cherkasy Oblast , as well as the administrative center of the surrounding Cherkasky Raion within the oblast...
- DnipropetrovskDnipropetrovskDnipropetrovsk or Dnepropetrovsk formerly Yekaterinoslav is Ukraine's third largest city with one million inhabitants. It is located southeast of Ukraine's capital Kiev on the Dnieper River, in the south-central region of the country...
- KakhovkaKakhovkaKakhovka is a port city on the Dnieper River in the Kherson Oblast of southern Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of the Kakhovsky Raion , the city itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast, and is located at around .It is home to the KZEZO as well as the Tavria...
- KremenchukKremenchukKremenchuk is an important industrial city in the Poltava Oblast of central Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of the Kremenchutskyi Raion , the city itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast, and is located on the banks of Dnieper River.-History:Kremenchuk was...
- Kiev River TerminalKiev River PortThe Kiev River Port is the main river port of Kiev, located on the right bank of the Dnieper River in Podil, historic and administrative raion of the city.-History:...
- Nikopol
- Zaporizhzhia
Pripyat
Notable riverport ChernobylChernobyl
Chernobyl or Chornobyl is an abandoned city in northern Ukraine, in Kiev Oblast, near the border with Belarus. The city had been the administrative centre of the Chernobyl Raion since 1932....
is now abandoned due to the Chernobyl disaster
Chernobyl disaster
The Chernobyl disaster was a nuclear accident that occurred on 26 April 1986 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine , which was under the direct jurisdiction of the central authorities in Moscow...
, but the waterway retains its importance as part of Dnieper–Baltic Sea
Baltic Sea
The Baltic Sea is a brackish mediterranean sea located in Northern Europe, from 53°N to 66°N latitude and from 20°E to 26°E longitude. It is bounded by the Scandinavian Peninsula, the mainland of Europe, and the Danish islands. It drains into the Kattegat by way of the Øresund, the Great Belt and...
route.
Merchant marine
- Total: 193 ships ( or over) totaling /
- Ships by type: bulk carrier 6, cargo shipCargo shipA cargo ship or freighter is any sort of ship or vessel that carries cargo, goods, and materials from one port to another. Thousands of cargo carriers ply the world's seas and oceans each year; they handle the bulk of international trade...
145, container shipContainer shipContainer ships are cargo ships that carry all of their load in truck-size intermodal containers, in a technique called containerization. They form a common means of commercial intermodal freight transport.-History:...
3, passenger shipPassenger shipA passenger ship is a ship whose primary function is to carry passengers. The category does not include cargo vessels which have accommodations for limited numbers of passengers, such as the ubiquitous twelve-passenger freighters once common on the seas in which the transport of passengers is...
6, passenger/cargo shipCargo shipA cargo ship or freighter is any sort of ship or vessel that carries cargo, goods, and materials from one port to another. Thousands of cargo carriers ply the world's seas and oceans each year; they handle the bulk of international trade...
4, petroleum tankerOil tankerAn oil tanker, also known as a petroleum tanker, is a merchant ship designed for the bulk transport of oil. There are two basic types of oil tankers: the crude tanker and the product tanker. Crude tankers move large quantities of unrefined crude oil from its point of extraction to refineries...
9, refrigerated cargo ship 11, roll-on/roll-off 7, specialized tanker 2 (2007)
Major seaports
- Berdyansk (Sea of Azov)
- IllichivskIllichivskIllichivsk is a port city in the Odessa Oblast of south-western Ukraine. The city is designated as its own separate raion within the oblast, and is located at around .-Geography:...
(Black Sea) (Ukrferry: Odessa — IstanbulIstanbulIstanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...
/ HaifaHaifaHaifa is the largest city in northern Israel, and the third-largest city in the country, with a population of over 268,000. Another 300,000 people live in towns directly adjacent to the city including the cities of the Krayot, as well as, Tirat Carmel, Daliyat al-Karmel and Nesher...
/ VarnaVarnaVarna is the largest city and seaside resort on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast and third-largest in Bulgaria after Sofia and Plovdiv, with a population of 334,870 inhabitants according to Census 2011...
) - KerchKerchKerch is a city on the Kerch Peninsula of eastern Crimea, an important industrial, transport and tourist centre of Ukraine. Kerch, founded 2600 years ago, is considered as one of the most ancient cities in Ukraine.-Ancient times:...
(Black Sea) (Port KrymPort KrymPort Krym is a port in Ukraine. It is located on the western shore of Kerch Strait, in the north-eastern part of Kerch city. Next to the port is located a train station "Krym" as well as a customs/border checkpoint....
located in a close proximity) - MariupolMariupolMariupol , formerly known as Zhdanov , is a port city in southeastern Ukraine. It is located on the coast of the Azov Sea, at the mouth of the Kalmius River. Mariupol is the largest city in Priazovye - a geographical region around Azov Sea, divided by Russia and Ukraine - and is also a popular sea...
(Sea of Azov) - Mykolayiv (Black Sea)
- Port of OdessaPort of OdessaThe Port of Odessa is the largest Ukrainian seaport and one of the largest ports in the Black Sea basin, with a total annual traffic capacity of 40 million tonnes...
(Black Sea) - SevastopolSevastopolSevastopol is a city on rights of administrative division of Ukraine, located on the Black Sea coast of the Crimea peninsula. It has a population of 342,451 . Sevastopol is the second largest port in Ukraine, after the Port of Odessa....
(Black Sea) - SkadovskSkadovskSkadovsk is a port city on the Black Sea in the Kherson Oblast of southern Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Skadovsky Raion ....
(Black Sea) (part of Skadovsk seaport are also the Port Khorly and Port Henichesk) - TheodosiaTheodosiaFeodosiya is a port and resort city in Crimea, Ukraine, on the Black Sea coast. During much of its history the town was known as Caffa or Kaffa .- History :...
(Black Sea) - YaltaYaltaYalta is a city in Crimea, southern Ukraine, on the north coast of the Black Sea.The city is located on the site of an ancient Greek colony, said to have been founded by Greek sailors who were looking for a safe shore on which to land. It is situated on a deep bay facing south towards the Black...
(Black Sea) - Bilhorod-Dnistrovsky SeaportBilhorod-Dnistrovsky SeaportBilhorod-Dnistrovsky Commerce Seaport is a port in the city of Bilhorod-Dnistrovsky, Ukraine. It is located on the north-western shore of Black Sea at Dniester Estuary, to the south-west from Odessa....
(Black Sea) (part of Bilhorod-Dnistrovsky seaport is also the Port Buhaz located in ZatokaZatokaZatoka may refer to:* Zatoka, Lesser Poland Voivodeship in Poland* Zatoka, Odessa Oblast in Ukraine...
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Other notable seaports
- Donuzlav (Black Sea)
- Chornomorske (Black Sea)
- KhersonKhersonKherson is a city in southern Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Kherson Oblast , and is designated as its own separate raion within the oblast. Kherson is an important port on the Black Sea and Dnieper River, and the home of a major ship-building industry...
(Black Sea) - OchakivOchakivOchakiv is a city in the Mykolaiv Oblast of southern Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of the Ochakivsky Raion , the city itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast, and is located on a peninsula in the Black Sea, at the entrance to the Dnieper Rivers's estuary,...
(Black Sea) - Yevpatoria (Black Sea)
- Yuzhny (Black Sea)
Pipelines
- natural gasNatural gasNatural gas is a naturally occurring gas mixture consisting primarily of methane, typically with 0–20% higher hydrocarbons . It is found associated with other hydrocarbon fuel, in coal beds, as methane clathrates, and is an important fuel source and a major feedstock for fertilizers.Most natural...
33721 km (20,953 mi) (2007) - crude oil 4514 km (2,805 mi) (2007)
- petroleum productsPetroleumPetroleum or crude oil is a naturally occurring, flammable liquid consisting of a complex mixture of hydrocarbons of various molecular weights and other liquid organic compounds, that are found in geologic formations beneath the Earth's surface. Petroleum is recovered mostly through oil drilling...
4211 km (2,617 mi) (2007) - ammoniaAmmoniaAmmonia is a compound of nitrogen and hydrogen with the formula . It is a colourless gas with a characteristic pungent odour. Ammonia contributes significantly to the nutritional needs of terrestrial organisms by serving as a precursor to food and fertilizers. Ammonia, either directly or...
The natural gas transport-system can take in a maximum of 288 billion cubic meters of natural gas per year. Its annual output capacity is 178.5 billion cubic meters, including 142.2 billion to be forwarded to European countries.