The Ukrainian Ministry of Transport and Communications emphasized that the new body is being created to improve the management of sea and river transport.
Consequently, the current body, the State Department of Sea and River Transport (‘Ukrmorrechflot’) will be abolished. The new organization will take over the formers functions and will work within the Ukrainian Ministry of Transport and Communications. Simultaneously Ukraine's Main State Maritime Security Inspection Service is being abolished too.
The Ministry explained that the reform is to be carried out following the policy outlined by the Minister of Transport and Communications Iosif Vinsky