UKRANIAN legislation which regulates the relations concerning arrest of vessels, is rather imperfect and makes arrest of a vessel in Ukrainian ports difficult. The relations related to arrest of vessels in Ukraine are regulated by Articles 41-47 of the Me

The Government of Ukraine is still viewed as considering shipping to be just to top up the budget. But last year everyone had hoped that it would finally give some support to national carriers. There were many signs of this but no concrete steps were take