Chornomorsk ferry terminal heads to concession, pitched in Gdańsk on 24 June
The Chornomorsk ferry terminal concession is heading to tender. Ukraine’s Ministry for Development has finished the external approvals for the public-private partnership covering the port’s ferry complex and will pitch it to investors in Gdańsk on 24 June, the day before the Ukraine Recovery Conference 2026 opens in the same city.
What is being offered
The presentation targets a specific room: strategic port operators, investment funds, lenders and insurers. According to the Center for Transport Strategies, organisers will walk participants through the project’s key parameters, the state’s plan for the port infrastructure and the mechanics of the tender. The deal was structured with the Ministry for Development, the IFC and the EBRD, which keep the selection transparent.
This is a separate track from the bigger Chornomorsk container terminal concession, which is already in competitive dialogue. Together they signal the same direction: the state keeps the assets, a private operator brings the capital. For shippers, a modernised ferry and rail-ferry link widens how rolling and project cargo can reach the Odesa hub alongside conventional container shipping.
The Gdańsk session is an investor pitch, not an award. Tender documentation is ready, but timelines, conditions and the eventual operator are still ahead — nothing changes for current calls at Chornomorsk.
We agent vessels and arrange freight forwarding across the working hub of Odesa, Chornomorsk and Pivdennyi, so we follow these PPP moves for what they change on the quay — see all services.
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