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	September 28, 2011 Deputy chairman of the Sevastopol mountains. Administration Arabadji Vladimir during a meeting with the Plenipotentiary Ambassador of France to Ukraine Jacques Faure said that Sevastopol must begin to develop as a seaport of Ukraine. "If Sevastopol, having such a beautiful bay, originally started to develop not as a closed naval base, like the Odessa-free, whereas today it would be many times richer" - said Arabadji. He added - "The basic economics still must serve the port, rather than tourism, which is a month or so 05/04 seasons. Sevastopol city authorities believe that they should start to our city to develop as a sea port, thereby grow the commercial port terminals, so now Sevastopol needed investment. " Deputy Chair noted that in the Crimea there are great universities that are able to provide the necessary staffing industry. Sevastopol is optimistic about the prospects for a seaport - in October of this year's planned Ukrainian-Czech Forum, based on which will be discussed this matter.
	August 7, 2011 For the first eight months of 2011 handling of transit cargo in the ports of Ukraine grew by 21%, as it became known from the message Infrastructure Minister Borys Kolesnikov. These figures are much smaller than pre-crisis figures ONAKO they are the first evidence of growth in transit from the beginning of the crisis. This increase handling, according to Kolesnikov, can be attributed to global economic recovery to end the crisis. In addition, Ukraine in this year's job on the return transit to its ports, offering its partners the company to discount rates of 18 - 50%. Thanks to the iron ore, oil and oil products from Russia and Kazakhstan could increase transit significantly. The main competitor to the actual Ukrainian ports at this time is the port of Novorossiysk, but domestic companies offer their prospective clients a good discount, high speed of receiving and loading cargo on the ship. It should be recalled that in the period January-July the Ukrainian enterprises of transport was transported 462.4 million tons of cargo - that's 10% increase compared to the same period last year.
	June 23, 2011 The Cabinet of Ministers ordered to open in the commercial port "Southern" point of control across the border "Vizirka." The website of the Cabinet of Ministers of this order was posted on July 22, 2011 under number 591-p. This item is designed specifically for the international maritime freight transport. Maritime transport port "South" was founded in 1978 and is located on the estuary Ajalyk. Today it is the deepest Ukrainian port, general slowness moorings which is approximately 2.6 km. In the first five months of this year the port "Southern" has increased its cargo. If we compare the same period last year with the current, is that the rate in 2011 exceeded 2010 figures by 14.6%.

	February 16, 2011 Odessa Maritime Training Centre and its Kherson branch part of the Ukraine MRM project. The Swedish Club Academy is pleased to announce that the Odessa Maritime Training Centre and its Kherson branch today have signed an MRM licence agreement, thereby joining forces with Marlow Navigation Ukraine and the Kherson State Maritime Institute in the major project to roll out MRM in the Ukraine. On 15 February 2011, about 20 MRM Workshop Leader candidates from all institutions will meet in Odessa for an MRM Workshop Leader training day.






	April 08, 2010 MAR Inc., Rockville, Md., is being awarded a maximum amount $30,000,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract in support of the Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center, Port Hueneme, for the operation, maintenance, and repair of the M/V Independence, including providing research, development, testing, and evaluation of undersea surveillance systems, load handling systems, acoustic array systems, cable system components, cable and system survivability studies, installation methods, test vessel support, and training range establishment and maintenance. Work will be performed in Port Hueneme, Calif. The term of the contract is not to exceed 60 months, with an expected completion date of April 2015. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The contract was competitively procured as a 100 percent small business 8(a) set-aside via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online Web site, with one proposal received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Specialty Center Acquisitions, Port Hueneme, Calif., is the contracting activity (N62583-10-D-0363). General Dynamics, National Steel and Shipbuilding Co., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $10,000,000 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-09-C-2229) for System Design Part 2 efforts associated with the Mobile Landing Platform program. Work will be performed in San Diego, Calif. (58.2 percent); Beloit, Wis. (7.3 percent); Busan, South Korea (5.7 percent); Pittsburgh, Pa. (5.6 percent); Houston, Texas (5.0 percent); Annapolis, Md. (4.0 percent); Norfolk, Va. (2.0 percent); Belle Chasse, La. (0.7 percent); Mobile, Ala. (0.5 percent); New York, N.Y. (0.4 percent); Deerfield Beach, Fla. (0.2 percent); Georgetown, S.C.(0.2 percent); Houma, La. (0.2 percent); Clovis, Calif. (0.1 percent); New Orleans, La. (0.1 percent); Rochester, N.Y. (0.1 percent); Stevensville, Md. (0.1 percent); Ogden, Utah (0.1 percent); Old Saybrook, Conn. (0.1 percent); Pensacola, Fla. (0.1 percent); and other various locations. Work is expected to be completed by August 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command in Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.
	April 07, 2010 Wärtsilä has received several orders for propulsion systems from Russian organizations recently. The most recent contracts include repeat orders for integrated electro-propulsion packages for new state-owned Multipurpose Salvage Vessels, which are part of a national program to develop Russia's transportation system over the next five years. Last year, Wärtsilä was contracted to deliver an integrated electro-propulsion package for a state-owned Multipurpose Salvage Vessel (MPSV) being built at the Nevsky Shipyard in Schlisselburg, close to St Petersburg. Wärtsilä has now received repeat orders for similar propulsion packages for two more identical MPSVs. The newbuildings have been contracted by the Nevsky Shipyard in accordance with an order placed by Federal State Enterprise "Gosmorspassluzhba". The design for the new vessels was developed by the Marine Engineering Bureau - Design - SPB and the ships are being built to the classification requirements of the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping. They will have an overall length of 239.5 ft, a beam of 54.5 ft and a design draught of 14.7 ft. With a service speed of 15 knots, an oil recovery capacity of 766 cubic metres and a bollard pull of 70 tonnes, they will be used for marine pollution control, salvage and diving operations, offshore standby and rescue services. Delivery of the first MPSV is scheduled for November 2010. Wärtsilä's scope of supply for each MPSV includes four Wärtsilä 20 generating sets, each with an output of 1370 kW, and medium-voltage electric propulsion (main generators, electric motors, frequency converters, PMS). When selecting a partner for this project, Wärtsilä's ability to supply an integrated total propulsion system was an important consideration. Other significant factors included Wärtsilä's ability to meet the MPSV's unique technical requirements, and a willingness to work closely with both the vessel's designers and the customer during equipment engineering.
	March 31, 2010 On March 31, 2010 the roof at the HDW Shipyard in Kiel, Germany slid open to reveal to the daylight the what is claimed to be the world’s largest solar powered vessel, a wavepiercer catamaran named Planet Solar. Appearing small against the back drop of the giant crane hoisting her to the water and the enormous ship building halls she was assembled in, the 101.7 ft long, 52.5 ft wide carbon fiber craft was launched a few hours later into the Kiel fjord, floating to her lines and looking more like a misplaced space ship than an ocean going yacht. Penned by New Zealand’s LOMOcean Design (formerly Craig Loomes Design Group) and constructed by Knierim Yachtbau of Kiel, this unique craft is intended not only to serve as the ultimate ‘green’ motoryacht, but also - under the auspices of the eponymously named Planet Solar organization - to be the first vehicle of any kind to circumnavigate the globe under solar power alone. Over the course of its eighteen month gestation period, the project has served to highlight not only the capabilities of current photovoltaic solar cell technology, but also the state of the art in wavepiercer catamaran hull design, of carbon fiber propellers and efficient electric motors, plus the best of advanced composite shipbuilding and the latest in lithium ion battery technology. The combination of these technologies allows the 85 tonne craft to run at a passagemaking speed of approximately seven knots from just 20kW of installed power. To put it into perspective, imagine a 100-ft yacht of any kind being propelled at seven knots by just a 25 hp outboard motor. Of significant importance to her owner was that this boat should be supportive of passengers and crew in relative comfort – Planet Solar is not a stripped out race boat, optimized solely for the circumnavigation - rather she is a spacious motor yacht, with an interior arrangement offering six double cabins, each with ensuite bathroom, a large saloon and dining area plus a spacious aft deck and separate crew quarters. Sunbathing space is however at a premium, with over 5,380 sq ft of the deck surface covered in solar cells, with just a blister style wheelhouse breaking the expanse of blue-black paneling. Fitting of the side and transom solar panels and dockside commissioning will occur in coming weeks. The circumnavigation is scheduled for mid 2011.