Ukraine started unloading the 3rd ship coal from South Africa
Ilyichevsk port in Odessa region after a short break, resumed receiving and processing vessels With coal from South Africa, last Saturday in Ukraine brought about 78 thousand tons of South African coal, informs the state enterprise " Illichivsk seaport ".
" On the evening of January 10, under the treatment to the dock? 1 had brought the ship Rosco Poplar. This is a bulk carrier length 225 and a width of 32 meters. In the process of loading the dockers-machine operators first terminal port is supposed to unload 77 910 tons of coal, according to the report. As underlined by the port, unloaded daily about fifteen thousand tons of coal. The end of discharge is expected on January 16.
Deliveries of coal from Ukraine to South Africa are carried out in Accordance With the intergovernmental agreement. From the beginning of November 2014 in the port of Illichivsk profit 3 vessels With coal: Scotian Express, Bottiglieri Challanger and currently Rosco Poplar.
Ukraine is experiencing a Shortage of gas and coal for heat and electricity production. Gas country saves by reducing procurement in the Russian Federation. The shortage of coal is also connected With the power operation in the Donbass, where is the vast number of coal mines in the country.
however, the main Prosecutor's office of Ukraine (PGO) is investigating the fact of increase in the price of South African coal after its delivery to the site of Ukraine. Authorized Prosecutor's office told us that the coal was delivered to the port of Ilyichevsk Odessa or for the price to $ 86, and at the same time, the cost of coal from South Africa in the same period in the same ports of Western Europe did not exceed $ 70. CHP coal from South Africa has already been reported and costs $ 130. The prosecutors believe the price at which you purchased coal from South Africa, inflated, however, willing to listen to arguments.
in early December, the Director of the organization "vital-press" was arrested for embezzlement because of purchases of low-quality coal from South Africa. Former acting Minister of energy and coal industry of Ukraine Yuriy Prodan was interrogated as a witness.