Source: Central Bank
Risoil S.A. will increase the transshipment capacity of the grain terminal of JV Risoil Terminal LLC in Chornomorsk seaport (Odesa region) from 15,000 tonnes to 22,000 tonnes of grain per day.
According to the company, it began work on assembling the Neuero ship loader. Its productivity is 1,000 tonnes per hour.
This equipment was designed by the order of Risoil in view of environmental standards, as well as the technical characteristics of berth No. 11.
Risoil is also building a marine gallery. All the preparatory works have been finished. It is planned to complete all the stages and commission new facilities in August-September.
Risoil S.A. was established in Geneva (Switzerland) in 2000. Its core business is logistics of oil, bulk and general cargo in the ports of the Black Sea, sale and production of vegetable oils, trade in grain and oilseeds in containers, storage and processing of agro-industrial products.
Risoil Terminal in Chornomorsk seaport was commissioned in 2016.
Freight handling at Ukrainian seaports in January-May 2018 totaled 54.3 million tonnes, which is 2.13% less than a year ago, according to data from the Ukrainian Sea Port Authority.
According to its data, the volume of transshipment of imported cargo increased by 16% and amounted to 9.05 million tonnes.
The volume of transshipment of exported cargo decreased 7.35%, to 39.71 million tonnes. Handling of transit freights rose by 11.2%, to 4.824 million tonnes and handling of coastal freight rose by 49.3%, to 714,730 tonnes.
Transshipment of liquid freight fell by 9.78%, to 4.3 million tonnes, that for bulk freight – by 8.35%, to 36.95 million tonnes and for packaged cargo grew by 25.5%, to 13.05 million tonnes.
Container flow at Ukrainian seaports in January-May 2018 grew by 36.9%, to 325,035 TEU, and processing of containers in weight rose by 34.4%, to 4.274 million tonnes.
In general, the seaports of Ukraine processed 4,855 vessels in January-May 2018, including 1,026 in May.
The decline in cargo turnover is attributed to the reduction in grain handling by 4.9%, caused by unfavorable prices for it on the global market in this period, as well as a 15.5% decrease in ore turnover due to a decrease in ore mining by ore-dressing plants, the authority said.
“The upward pace of imports continue to be recorded for the following cargo: ore (17.8% up), transshipment of which amounted to 3 million tonnes and coal – 2.4 million tons (4.1% up), the largest increase in imports showed ferrous metals (18% up) – 6.8 million tonnes, including 4.1 million tonnes of rolled metal (4.1% up) and 1.3 million tonnes of pig iron (85.5% up),” the authority said.
During the reporting period, 3,130 ship journeys were made on the Dnipro River, which is 287 journeys, or 8.7% more than a year earlier.
A total of 316,800 tonnes of metal products were transported along the Dnipro (6.2% growth compared with the corresponding period of 2017), as well as 683,600 tonnes of grains (a decrease of 7%), 17,300 tonnes of oil products (an increase of 5.2%) and 902,000 tonnes of construction materials (an increase of 24.3%) and other goods.
Credit Agricole Bank (Kyiv) has decided to pay UAH 428.025 million of dividends ($16.36 under the exchange rate of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) as of the date when the decision was made), including UAH 700 for privileged shares.
The bank reported in the information disclosure system of the National Commission for Securities and the Stock Market, the decision was approved at a general meeting of the bank’s shareholders held on June 7.
UAH 0.35 will be paid per ordinary and privileged share.
The list of holders of privileged shares was made on January 31, 2018 and that for ordinary shareholders the list will be approved on June 22, 2018.
Payment of dividends for privileged shares started on June 8 and for ordinary shares it will start on June 23, 2018, but no earlier than the full payment to the holders of privileged shares.
Credit Agricole Bank was founded in 1993. Credit Agricole S.A. on January 1, 2018 owned a 99.9961% stake in PJSC Credit Agricole Bank.
The consumer confidence index of Ukrainians after a two-month positive trend in May this year improved by another 1.5 points, to 62.9 compared with the April indicator, while in annual terms it grew by 4.9 points, according to monthly research by GfK Ukraine. Ukrainians were optimistic about unemployment – the corresponding index sank by 5.3 points compared to April 2018, to 125.5, according to the study.
Positive dynamics was also shown by the index of propensity to consume: this indicator grew by 3.7 points from the previous month, to 69.8, GfK Ukraine said.
“This index received the most positive dynamics in the following groups: lower than average income, in the cities with the population of more than 100,000 people and in the group of elderly people. This result might be associated with the end of the heating season and releasing funds in these groups,” the report on the website of the group reads.
The third month in a row, Ukrainians remain optimistic about economic growth. The index of expectations of the country’s economic development over the next five years increased most of all, by 2.7 points, to 70.1, while the index of expected changes in personal financial standing showed an increase of 1.7 points, to 61.2. In general, the index of economic expectations in May rose by 1.6 points, to 64.6, although Ukrainians remain neutral as for the growth of the country’s economy in the coming year – this index rose by 0.5 points, to 62.5.
The index of current personal financial standing rose by 1.4 points, to 60.3, although Ukrainians were neutral in relation to this indicator – the figure grew by 0.8 points, to 50.9.
