Odesa maritime merchant port intends in 2015 to handle 25 million tonnes of cargo, which is 1.7 percent more than in 2014.
According to an explanatory note to the financial plan of the enterprise for 2015, the text of which has been posted on the website of the Infrastructure Ministry, transshipment of dry cargo is to be increased by 8 percent, to 21.874 million tonnes, liquid freight will drop by 27.8 percent, to 3.126 million tonnes.
Total revenues of the port are expected to reach Hr 855.5 million, which is 74 percent more than in 2014. Total expenditure in the current year will amount to Hr 561.6 million (62 percent more), in particular the share of the cost in the structure of planned expenditure will come to 38.6 percent, administrative expenses 5 percent, and other operating costs 36.7 percent, which is due to an increase in expenses on the operating foreign exchange rate and an increase in accrued income tax (15.9 percent of total expenditures).
The cost price in 2015 is estimated at Hr 217.2 million (52 percent up). The increase will take place due to a 39 percent rise in the cost of raw materials because of the higher prices of metal traders and the cost of special paint for ships; the increased cost of fuel and lubricants due to a two-fold rise in their prices, a 17 percent rise in labor costs due to the increase in consumer prices and the need to preserve qualified personnel in the company.
