KYIV. Nov 19 (Interfax-Ukraine) – An agreement on providing Ukraine with a $560 million loan from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) of the World Bank Group to finance the development of the road sector will be signed on November 19, according to an announcement on the website of the Ukrainian government.
As reported, the World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved the issue of this loan at the beginning of November this year.
According to the project, repair works to upgrade about 100 km of the M-03 Kyiv-Kharkiv road on the Poltava-Valky section will be funded.
“Modernization will take place under the standard of first category roads: it will be a highway with four lanes of traffic and a high level of security, including an emergency barrier in the center and, if necessary, barriers on both sides of the road,” reads the document.
The project is to be completed in 2021. As a result of its implementation a travel time between Poltava and Kharkiv will be reduced from 140 minutes to 96 minutes with the expected decrease in the number of accidents from 139 to 85 cases per year.
The loan will also help provide funding for the maintenance and improvement of road safety on about 840 km of the main national transport corridors in the country.
KYIV. Nov 19 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Zorya-Mashproekt (Mykolaiv) has supplied marine power equipment to the Indian Navy.
The press service of the enterprise reported that it finished shipping equipment for the main gas turbine unit of a ship under a contract signed in March 2015.
“A batch of gearboxes has been shipped for the customer. Earlier, a batch of engines was delivered under this contract,” the press service said.
Zorya-Mashproekt traditionally participates in the newest projects of Indian Navy. India is one of its key partners in supplying marine power plants.
At present, Zorya-Mashproekt is making products for new ships being built in a Mumbai shipyard. The sides are working on the joint design of advanced control systems.
Zorya-Mashproekt is a world famous designer and manufacturer of gas turbine equipment, and a monopolist in the CIS market on the development and production of gas turbines for warships.
KYIV. Nov 19 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Bogdan-Autotrade LLC distributor of JAC (China) and Saipa (Iran) automotive brands, part of Bogdan Corporation, will bring another low-cost Chinese car brand to the market – the Zotye.
According to the press secretary of Bogdan Corporation, Serhiy Krasulia, the product range, sale plans, prices for cars and other details of the new distribution will be announced during an official presentation on November 19.
Zoyte cars are new to Ukraine but are present on the Russian and Belarusian markets. Two models of the brand at made at a plant in Tatarstan – a C Class Z300 sedan and a midsize T600 SUV.
Chinese Zotye automaker, founded in 2003, produces a wide range of passenger cars and crossovers, as well as electric cars.
Bogdan Corporation was established in February 2005 with the aim of implementing large-scale automotive projects.
At present, the company has two modern vehicle production plants – one in Cherkasy with a capacity of 120,000-150,000 cars and one in Lutsk with a capacity of 6,000 buses and trolleybuses.
KYIV. Nov 19 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Luhansk regional military civilian administration head Heorhiy Tuka has said that Mercy Corps international organization has provided 200 grants to develop small business in the region.
“Positive: Mercy Corps international organization reports on first success in provision of international grants to develop small business in Luhansk region. A person received a grant to develop a center to grow ornamental plants in Starobilsk district, a practitioner in Novopskovsk organized provision of the ultrasound scan service, a souvenir workshop in Bilokurakine, cattle breeding in Hannivka. In general, the organization has provided 200 grants!” Tuka wrote on his Facebook page on Wednesday.
He also said that jointly with MP Natalia Veselova he continues working on drawing up amendments to the law and procedure for refunding for the apartments lost during hostilities in the east. Tuka said that over 500 houses have been destroyed in Luhansk region.
He said that restoration works in Svatove at social facilities and private houses are underway.
KYIV. Nov 18 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Kherson State Plant Pallada, part of Ukroboronprom state concern, has built a floating dock at the request of a South African company, the press service of the state concern has said.
According to the report, the order that the Kherson plant received will become one of the largest orders at the enterprise.
The company told Interfax-Ukraine that under the contract worth $10 million, the plant will provide a new composite floating dock with a lifting capacity of 8,500 tonnes for civil fleet repairs, including vessels for shelf development.
As part of the order, the plant will build a new dock.
“Today the African region operates six docks produced by Kherson State Plant, including two in the Republic of South Africa, and all they had a certain period of operation before supply,” he said.
Kherson State Plant Pallada is the world’s only shipyard specializing in building composite floating docks of the next generation for servicing civilian and military fleet ships. The warranty period of the equipment made is 50 years.
Among the customers of the company are Japan, South Korea, Finland, Bulgaria, Turkey, Algeria, Croatia, France, and South Africa.
Kherson State Plant Pallada under the decision of the government of Ukraine has been part of Ukroboronprom state concern since April 2011.
KYIV. Nov 18 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Ukraine and Bulgaria plans to resume direct train travel between Kyiv and Sofia.
The Infrastructure Ministry of Ukraine said that restoring trains between Kyiv and Sofia was discussed at a meeting of Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Andriy Pyvovarsky and Bulgarian Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Ivaylo Moskovski in Sofia on November 13.
Pyvovarsky informed his counterpart that today passengers go to Sofia via Budapest, as the through-passenger car of the Moscow-Sofia train was cancelled.
He expressed hope that active work by the railway administrations of Romania, Bulgaria and Moldova will restore the through-passenger cars of Ukrzaliznytsia on the Kyiv-Sofia route for 2016-2017.
Both ministers agreed to work on the issue at the level of railway administrations and ensure railway communications between Kyiv and Sofia in the near future.
Bulgaria reaffirmed its readiness to liberalize air transportation between the two countries and pointed out the plans of the Ukrainian airline Windrose to launch Kyiv-Sofia-Kyiv regular flights in December 2015, to run three times a week.
