The Minister observed NIBULON’s unique fleet and went on board NBL-006 non-self-propelled vessel and NIBULON-4, Pereiaslavskyi tugs. NIBULON officially laid down Pereiaslavskyi tug in August 2014 under the chairmanship of the Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko. At present NIBULON’s shipyard is constructing the NBL-91 project non-self-propelled vessels intended for operation on shallow rivers, in particular along the Southern Bug. The shipbuilders has started to construct the C14938 pontoon (manufacturing order 10006) – an absolutely new shipbuilding order. The latter will be used to install a portable transshipment crane with a productivity of 5 thousand tons per day. The crane will carry out loading and unloading operations in the roads and at the transshipment terminal.
“It is one of the best companies in Ukraine; the company has Ukrainian capital and Ukrainian management. NIBULON focuses on a complete cycle of agrarian production, from the ensuring of high yields and deserved labour organization to the investment in the development of river logistics and shipbuilding. NIBULON constructs qualitatively and according to the best world standards. This company makes history of Ukraine.
The share of river logistics in Ukraine is 2%, in France – 25% and along the Mississippi River – 55%. The potential is great”, stressed Oleksiy Pavlenko.
“We are proud of NIBULON being an agrarian and shipbuilding company. Unfortunately, at present only NIBULON is reviving shipbuilding in Mykolayiv city. I am sure that today the executive and legislative authority will promote shipbuilding in Ukraine”, mentioned the Head of Mykolayiv Regional State Administration Vadym Merikov.
The Minister Oleksiy Pavlenko was impressed by work arrangement at the transshipment terminal, “The approaches that are used to control quality, logistics, automation and work arrangement reduce risks connected with possible machinations and improve quality control. If a vessel enters a port with the same grain quality as it is specified in the documentation, this, on the one hand, reduces problems of exporters and, on the other hand, improves our reputation. And the single office principle (i.e. the customs office, veterinary service, border service, sanitary service and others work here on-site and respond to issues in time) reduces corruption link and bureaucratic obstacles during paper work.
Thus, this company can be a model of work arrangement. We must follow its example. The company creates workplaces and makes assignments to the state and local budgets”.
NIBULON’s General Director, Hero of Ukraine Oleksiy Vadaturskyy thanked the Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine as well as the regional authorities for showing their attention to the issues connected with the company’s operation and development.
Thus, the Minister invited Oleksiy Vadaturskyy to participate in the first U.S.-Ukraine Business Forum in Washington (July 13, 2015) in order to present NIBULON’s investment project to develop logistics, construct elevators and fleet.
“NIBULON has invested more than USD 1.6 billion in the Ukrainian agrarian sector, including shipbuilding. Today we have created 500 workplaces at NIBULON shipbuilding and repair yard. In the 2015 navigation season, NIBULON has already transported about 1.5 million tons of agricultural commodities along the Dnipro River. The company plans to bring the transportation volume up to 3 million tons in the 2015-16 marketing year, and within the next 5 years – up to 5 million tons along the Dnipro, the Southern Bug, the Desna and other rivers in Ukraine. We plan to construct 8 river facilities in order to achieve the elevator capacity of up to 2.5 million tons within the next few years. These will be the most up-to-date elevator complexes in Ukraine. In August 01 the company will start dredging on the Southern Bug so that our new non-self-propelled vessels and the tug may transport grain to Mykolayiv city not by highways but along the Southern Bug”.