OREANDA-NEWS. August 31, 2012. Ukraine needs its own large sea and river fleet as well as deep water ports with the best conditions of transhipment. The Prime Minister of Ukraine Mykola Azarov said this at a meeting of the Cabinet.

That is, the requirements are derived from the ambitions of the state: to export more than 20 million tons of grain, millions of tons of fertilizer and annually extract 10 billion cubic meters of liquefied natural gas. We also have a unique transport potential of the Dnieper and the Danube, so to carry by its own vessels all that is necessary for our business partners, and all that is necessary for Ukraine - it is logical and beneficial.

"Transit potential of is a unique wealth of Ukraine - Mykola Azarov said. - But it will not work without a navy, without ports with modern infrastructure and competitive pricing for the handling of goods, without high-speed railways, modern highways, first-class airports and so on. We can build all this and do that. "

However, the Prime Minister stressed that we should to work hard for decades, and not lose a day".

Mr. Azarov also said that we should analyze how the preferences, which the Government has provided for shipbuilding, in particular tax benefits "to maximize the incentives for the industry" are operated.