UCL1 has opened the first container line Istanbul - Kiev, which is currently the only direct service for shipping containers from Istanbul to Kiev, Ukraine, the Dnipropetrovsk Customs said.
The service started with first sailing of 190teu Mikhail Cherevko (owner Ukrrechflot), which call on April 6th to container terminal at Dnepropetrovsk river port. The ship capacity is 190 TEU (20’) or 95 TEU (40’). The boxship will be sailing in the Black Sea and on the Dnepr River.
The next sailing of the vessel from Istanbul to Dnepropetrovsk is scheduled for mid-April.