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Ukrferry is a shipping company established in 1995. The company is awarded Ukraine’s national carrier status. Under Ukrainian law, Ukrferry has the status of a designated company in implementing a number of intergovernmental agreements on the joint operation of railway ferry crossings in the Black Sea. Currently, the company is the largest ferry operator in the Black Sea Region. Today Ukrferry offers regular services along all the strategic Black Sea routes connecting Ukraine, Bulgaria, Turkey and Georgia.
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Regular ro-ro/railway ferry services Ilyichevsk (Ukraine) – Varna (Bulgaria) Ilyichevsk (Ukraine) – Poti / Batumi (Georgia) Ilyichevsk (Ukraine) – Derince (Turkey) Derince (Turkey) – Poti / Batumi (Georgia) Varna (Bulgaria) – Poti / Batumi (Georgia)
Forwarding and agency services Freight forwarding in CIS, South Caucasus and the Black Sea Region. Dooor-to-door shipping.
Crewing and technical management
Tours and cruises Selling sea cruises with the international cruise line operators to customers in Ukraine. Receiving and accommodating tourists in Ukraine. Leisure time at the top-ranked resorts.
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Ukrferry’s ferry lines in the Black Sea
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Our regularly run ferries accept railcars, trucks and cars, containers, construction machinery, project cargo and passengers for carriage
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The advantages of ferry shipping versus shipping by land
• Significant time saving
• No intermediate border stops
• No intermediate transhipment points
• Traditional safety of cargo
• Fuel economy for TIR trucks
• Year-round navigation
• Possibility to dispatch small lots of cargo
• Reduction in environmental pollution
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Safety of cargo and vehicles when shipped by ferries, insurance coverage
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Capacity: 60 passengers, 108 railcars / 90 16 metre long trucks / 700 cars Length overall – 184,215 m / breadth moulded – 26,76 m / load draught – 7,4 m / deadweight with draught 7,4 m – 12889 t
Geroi Shipki and Geroi Plevny ro-ro/railway ferries 8 Greifswald ro-ro/railway/passenger ferry
Capacity: 150 passengers, 103 railcars / 90 16 metre long trucks / 750 cars. Classification society and class: Germanischer Lloyd: +100 A5 M E2 PASSENGER / RO-RO / RAILWAY FERRY Length overall – 190,80 m / breadth moulded – 28,00 m / load draught – 6,6 m / deadweight with draught 6,6 m – 7971 t
9 Vilnius Seaways ro-ro/railway/passenger ferry
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Greifswald ro-ro/railway/passenger ferry
Cargo deck
11 Greifswald ro-ro/railway/passenger ferry
A variety of onboard services, modern interior and comfortable cabins make our passengers feel at home during their time aboard.
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Capacity: 80 passengers, 108 railcars / 90 16 metre long TIR trucks / 900 cars. Classification society: Bulgarian Register of Shipping. Length overall – 184,215 m / breadth moulded – 26,76 m / load draught – 7,4 m / deadweight with draught 7,4 m – 12889 t
Geroi Odessy ro-ro/railway ferry 13 16-17 Июня 2011 г. Тбилиси, Грузия.
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Capacity: 80 passengers, 108 railcars / 90 16 metre long TIR trucks / 900 cars. Classification society: Bulgarian Register of Shipping. Length overall – 184,215 m / breadth moulded – 26,76 m / load draught – 7,4 m / deadweight with draught 7,4 m – 12889 t Geroi Sevastopolya ro-ro/railway ferry 14 JOINTLY CONNECTING PEOPLE, MARKETS AND CULTURES…
Паромная переправа «Ильичевск – Поти / Батуми» была создана в рамках развивающегося международного транспортного коридора «Трасека» в 1996 году. Линия предоставляет не только железнодорожный и ро-ро сервис, но и предлагает услуги по перевозке контейнеров на ролл-трейлерах. С 2011 года паромное направление «Украина – Грузия» обслуживается на базисе двух еженедельных круговых рейсов, выполняемых по фиксированному расписанию .
Ilyichevsk – Poti/Batumi ferry line 15 JOINTLY CONNECTING PEOPLE, MARKETS AND CULTURES…
Railcars
TIRs
Containers
Cargo turnover at Ilyichevsk – Poti/Batumi ferry line
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Ilyichevsk – Varna ferry line 17 JOINTLY CONNECTING PEOPLE, MARKETS AND CULTURES…
Railcars
TIRs
Containers
Cargo turnover at Ilyichevsk – Varna ferry line
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Varna – Poti/Batumi ferry line 19 JOINTLY CONNECTING PEOPLE, MARKETS AND CULTURES…
Railcars
TIRs
Containers
Cargo turnover at Varna – Poti/Batumi ferry line
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Ilyichevsk – Derince ferry line 21 CONNECTING PEOPLE, MARKETS AND CULTURES…
Port of Derince (Turkey)
Port of Derince is located in Izmit Bay 70 kilometres away from Istanbul in the heart of industrial Turkey. The port has extensive road and rail networks linking it to central and southern regions of the country. Derince is the port of call at ocean lines connecting the Mediterranean with Southeast Asia (Japan, Korea, China) as well as at the European lines connecting Northern Europe (the Baltic Sea States) with the Mediterranean Region (Italy, France, Spain and North Africa). In addition, the port of Derince serves as the point of transhipment for cargoes passing through Turkey on the way to Central Asian Republics and Afghanistan.
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Port of Derince rail ferry terminal
Port of Derince rail ferry terminal is equipped with 1520 mm gauge railways having a total length of more than 2 kilometres and a linkspan bridge for rolling on/rolling off railcars to or from Geroi Shipki type ferries.
The terminal’s coastal segment provides for a single time storage of up to 70 multi-purpose 1520 mm gauge railcars and handling of up to 30 railcars carrying various cargos.
The terminal offers the following cargo handling options: 1520 mm gauge railcar –1435 mm gauge railcar, 1520 mm gauge railcar – motor vehicles, 1520 mm gauge railcar – port’s warehouse.
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Railcars
Ro-Ro cargoes Other cargoes
Cargo turnover at Ilyichevsk – Derince ferry line
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Derince – Poti ferry line 25 CONNECTING PEOPLE, MARKETS AND CULTURES…
Competitive advantages of Derince – Poti ferry line
• Lower cost as compared to carriage by road
• Possibility of loading a 1520 mm gauge railcar in Turkey under shipper’s surveillance
• No intermediate transhipment points
• Safety of cargo
• Year-round navigation
• Possibility of shipping heavyweight and oversized cargoes
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Derince – Poti/Batumi ferry line operating parameters
. Ferries are scheduled to run 3-4 times a month.
. Derince – Poti/Batumi crossing time is 60 hours.
. Average railcar turnaround time at sea (including stay at the terminal in Derince and handling in Poti/Batumi) is 15 days.
. Standard annual cargo turnover of the ferry line (including cargoes in railcars, rolling cargo and desk cargo) – 200,000 tonnes.
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Derince – Novorossiysk – Poti – Constanta ro-ro service 28 CONNECTING PEOPLE, MARKETS AND CULTURES…
Ukrferry’s Black Sea ferry lines in autumn 2013
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