On November 3, with a majority vote the Parliament of Ukraine adopted the Law "On Sea Ports". This law was designed by people deputies from BYuT, SPU and the Party of Regions and passed the first reading back in January 2007. In preparation for the second reading the document undergone certain important changes, it included privatization, concession and lease of port infrastructure possibilities. Unfortunately, due to frequent management changes of the transport ministry the bill wasn’t adopted on second reading. It should be noted that the marine industry has long needed a new legal regulation – the ports were regulated under the Code of merchant shipping, which was adopted in 1995.
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