26 April 2012 Employers Movement
Promoting Commercial Fleet and Shipbuilding Must Become Strategic Prospect for Ukraine
Mr. Dmitry Firtash, President of the Federation of Employers of Ukraine, thinks that Ukraine’s commercial fleet development must be catalyzed by preferences offered to shipping companies.Dmitry Firtash has shared his persuasion that such preferential treatment will help reanimate the national shipping industry, increase the budget revenues and will promote Ukraine’s export capacity.
“Ukrainian shipyards are grossly underloaded today. Investors cannot be invited there. In order to restore the shipbuilding capacity, a governmental program must be devised in Ukraine providing for benefits to shipping companies. This must be a preferential tariff,” explained Mr. Firtash.
He further remarked that quite a few Ukrainian vessels cruise under foreign flags. “Preferences must be granted for, say, 20 years to foster the development of shipping companies. We must create incentives enticing companies to register their ships in Ukraine rather than in Malta,” argues Mr. Firtash.
“Ukraine is an exporting country and if one looks at how much we ship, it will make up a very impressive number of companies that would have cruised under the Ukrainian flag. And it would be a serious contribution into the state budget,” noted Mr. Firtash.
The FEU President also said that despite a deplorable state of the fleet, Ukraine still has educational institutions training maritime professionals but the country is unable to offer decent jobs to their graduates.
“We all have to give a good thought to how we can create opportunities for promoting our shipping industry and our export potential,” pointed out Mr. Firtash.
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