Nova Post announced the opening of a new 3,800-square-meter logistics hub near Chisinau (Moldova) with a throughput capacity of up to 10,000 packages per hour, having invested EUR800,000 in the facility.
According to the company’s press release on Tuesday, the new terminal operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and handles all processes—from sorting shipments to customs clearance.
Among other things, Cargo Branch No. 25 operates on the hub’s premises, handling shipments weighing over 30 kg.
It is noted that the terminal handles all types of shipments—from documents and parcels to oversized cargo.
Currently, an average of 35,000 parcels pass through the terminal daily, and the most recent record was 80,000 shipments in a single day.
“Shipment volumes in Moldova are steadily growing, and consolidating all processes in one location has enabled us to meet this demand much more efficiently,” said Serhii Shapran, CEO of Nova Post in Moldova, as quoted in the press release.
According to him, thanks to the opening of the new terminal, the company has reduced the average delivery time by two hours. Consequently, shipments to intercity destinations are dispatched twice a day, and to local branches every 2.5 hours.
The company added that the first fulfillment hub has been opened at the terminal, and a Ukrainian brand became one of its first clients.
Nova Post emphasized that the company plans to further develop its logistics infrastructure in Moldova, specifically by launching a new sorting center in Bălți.
The TAS Group is considering investments in logistics and port infrastructure, but is taking a cautious approach to this sector for now, according to the group’s founder, Serhiy Tihipko.
He said he personally visited Chornomorsk to explore investment opportunities.
“I can say that I’m not particularly fond of this sector: in my view, it’s overvalued; everyone has gotten used to the abnormally high rates that were in place at the start of the war. That won’t happen again,” said Tigipko.
In his assessment, some assets in logistics and ports may be overvalued due to the high rates that emerged at the start of the full-scale war amid a capacity shortage and the restructuring of export routes.
At the same time, TAS’s interest in logistics seems logical given the group’s presence in the agricultural sector, industry, and other sectors where transportation, storage, export infrastructure, and access to ports are crucial.
Tigipko emphasized that the group is constantly analyzing new projects and waiting for suitable opportunities for deals.
“We’re sitting and waiting for a good, big catch,” he noted.
JSC “Ukrposhta” expects to raise more than 22 million UAH from the sale of decommissioned vehicles to modernize the company’s fleet.
“Every rusty UAZ sold is a direct contribution to new long-haul vehicles, modern logistics, delivery speed, and the company’s ability to operate even when the enemy is trying to destroy the infrastructure,” Ukrposhta CEO Ihor Smilianskyi is quoted as saying in the press release.
According to him, since the start of the full-scale invasion, “Ukrposhta” has lost 426 vehicles due to shelling and the temporary occupation of territories.
It is noted that during two phases of open auctions conducted through the “Prozorro.Sales” system, the postal operator sold over 1,000 vehicles. Specifically, during the first phase, 716 vehicles were sold, bringing the company approximately 9 million UAH.
“During the second phase, another 316 vehicles were put up for auction. Forty-two auctions have already taken place, and two more are in the final stages, specifically in the Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia regions,” the press release states.
Ukrposhta noted that over 600 participants took part in the auctions, which made it possible to nearly double the final value of the lots from 7.7 million hryvnias to a projected 13.7 million hryvnias.
“The most expensive lot in the second stage was the Kyiv lot consisting of 23 Soviet-era vehicles, which sold for 916 thousand UAH. The least expensive was a Mazda 6 for 44 thousand UAH,” the company emphasized.
Separately, the national postal operator noted that it had completed 100% automation of its sorting processes and expanded its fleet with 160 new MAN and IVECO trucks.
The state-owned “Ukrposhta” reported a total profit of 106.3 million UAH for January–April, with EBITDA of 122.9 million UAH. The company’s equity reached 2.3 billion UAH without additional budgetary funding.
In January–March 2026, the company reported a net loss of 204.8 million UAH, which is 1.1 million UAH, or 0.5%, higher than in the same period of 2025, while its revenue grew by 1.1% to 13 billion 118.42 billion UAH.
AUCTION, LOGISTICS, PROZORRO.SALES, UKRPOSHTA, vehicle fleet
“Nova Poshta,” Ukraine’s leading express delivery service, has about 2,000 open positions, including 1,000 branch operators, 600 installers, 300 couriers and drivers, and another 100 in the support office, according to Anna-Maria Sabov, the company’s HR director.
“If we gain an additional platform as another recruitment channel, especially given that it will allow us to select candidates not only based on resumes but also on skills… I am confident that we will speed up the time it takes to fill vacancies,“ Sabov noted during the presentation of the launch of the first phase of the ”Obriy” digital labor market ecosystem in Kyiv earlier this week.
According to Nova Poshta’s management report, the total number of its employees in 2025 was 33,640, compared to 34,110 the previous year, while the average number of employees in 2025 was 27,570.
According to the director, the company’s current total time from the actual search to a trained candidate is about 30–35 calendar days, which includes a training phase lasting from three days to two weeks. Excluding this phase, the process would take 15–20 days.
“That’s a decent pace, but I want us to be even more productive,” Sabov emphasized.
She added that “Obriy” would provide additional value to employers if it allowed for the automation of paperwork when hiring employees, as this still requires a significant amount of time and resources.
The HR Director clarified that, overall, the recruitment department at Nova Poshta fills more than 1,000 vacancies each month, with 55 recruiters working to recruit employees for operational positions in the regions. According to her, the company plans to ensure staffing levels of about 95% during the summer to prepare for the seasonal increase in workload in September.
Sabov also reported that the company is launching a project to attract young specialists who will work on the architecture and modeling of Nova Poshta’s logistics. According to her, the company aims to make shipping cheaper and faster without compromising reliability and quality. To find such specialists, Nova Poshta plans to announce a separate campaign targeting a young audience in the near future.
“We will announce a major campaign to find such people. We want to start with five people first, so if “Obriy” can also provide, for example, a graduate’s GPA and their participation in extracurricular activities, such as academic competitions, this would be very valuable to us at “Nova Poshta” because we want to work with young people,” the director noted.
As reported, the Ministry of Economy, Environment, and Agriculture of Ukraine, in collaboration with the Ministry of Digital Transformation, has launched a closed registration for beta testing of the first tools of the new digital labor market ecosystem “Obriy,” the development and integration of which is estimated at $5–10 million for the current and next years.
The “Obriy” system will integrate information from existing job portals such as Work.ua, Robota.ua, Jooble, and others.
During the beta testing phase, “Diya” is launching its first two services: grants for professional training (reskilling and certification) of up to 15,000 UAH, as well as the option to remotely terminate employment contracts for individuals who remain formally employed in temporarily occupied territories (TOT). The launch of services for all citizens on the “Dii” platform is scheduled for July 2026.
The main activity of “Nova Poshta” is express delivery of documents, parcels, and palletized oversized cargo. Its ultimate beneficial owners are Volodymyr Poperechnyuk and Vyacheslav Klimov.
Metinvest Shipping, the logistics division of the Metinvest Group, reported a net profit of UAH 32.945 million in January–March of this year, compared to a net loss of UAH 32.944 million during the same period last year.
According to the company’s interim report, which is available to the agency “Interfax-Ukraine”, revenue from ordinary activities for this period decreased by 5.1% to UAH 492.388 million.
Retained earnings as of the end of March amounted to UAH 1.525363 billion.
In 2025, the company reported a net profit of UAH 165.097 million, whereas in the previous year there was a net loss of UAH 67.393 million, while revenue from ordinary activities for the past year decreased by 8.1%—to UAH 2,290.835 million from UAH 2,492.714 million.
The number of employees at the end of 2025 was 263, and at the end of 2024—261.
The LLC ended 2024 with a loss of UAH 67.393 million, while in 2023 it amounted to UAH 729.472 million.
Metinvest Shipping LLC has been part of the Metinvest Group since 2006. The company has branches in Mariupol (operations temporarily suspended) and Odesa. The company’s activities cover the full range of freight transportation services: organization of road and rail transport, customs clearance, freight forwarding, ship agency services, and chartering of the maritime fleet.
Metinvest Holding LLC owns a 100% stake in Metinvest Shipping LLC.
The LLC’s authorized capital is UAH 25.012 million.
Metinvest is a vertically integrated group of mining and metallurgical enterprises. Its enterprises are located in Ukraine—in the Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Dnipropetrovsk regions—as well as in European countries. The holding’s main shareholders are the SCM Group (71.24%) and Smart Holding (23.76%). Metinvest Holding LLC is the management company of the Metinvest Group.
LOGISTICS, METINVEST, PROFIT, TRANSPORTATION, Метинвест-Шиппинг
Since its launch in 2023, the Ukrainian maritime corridor has transported 200 million tons of cargo, including 118 million tons of Ukrainian grain, according to a statement by Deputy Prime Minister for Recovery and Minister of Community and Territorial Development Oleksii Kuleba.
“Behind every figure lies the hard work of Ukrainian ports, sailors, logistics specialists, railway workers, farmers, and everyone who keeps our economy running every day despite the war,” Kuleba wrote on Telegram on Thursday.
According to him, since the beginning of 2026, nearly 35 million tons of cargo have been transported through seaports, and Ukrainian products have reached 56 countries around the world.
It is noted that in April of this year alone, more than 500 drone attacks on logistics infrastructure were recorded.
“The ports were under fire practically every other day,” the post states.
Kuleba specified that since the start of the full-scale invasion, 935 port infrastructure facilities have been damaged or partially destroyed, 191 civilian vessels have been affected, and 255 people have been injured.
“Despite this, the Ukrainian maritime corridor is operational. It remains one of the key tools for supporting the national economy, ensuring exports, and Ukraine’s important contribution to global food security,” the Deputy Prime Minister emphasized.
As reported, Ukraine’s ports handled 35.8% more cargo in April 2026 than in April 2025—8.2 million tons.
According to the Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA), in total, from January to April 2026, Ukraine’s seaports handled 29.5 million tons of cargo, which is more than during the same period in 2025.
At that time, it was noted that grain accounted for the bulk of the cargo flow—16 million tons, which is 7% more than last year.
