Thank you for visiting web-site of Shipping Company “Ukrferry” (SC “Ukrferry”) We hope it will help you to find the information you need, to get acquainted with the company, to learn of the present day of the company and some prospects for the future.

Our company was established in 1995 by a team of specialists in the filed of marine transportation and evolved into one of the largest maritime transport enterprises in Ukraine over the past 19 years. As an evidence of the role the company plays, SC Ukrferry was awarded the status of a “National Carrier”.

Here comes some background on SC “Ukrferry”: Regular ferry services within the Black Sea area are the main field of activity of SC “Ukrferry”. The network of ferry services created by the company secures regular car-rail ferry connections from North to South and from East to West along the following most important Black Sea directions:

Port of Illichevsk (Ukraine) – Port of Batumi (Georgia)

Port of Kerch (Ukraine) – Port of Poti (Georgia)

Port of Illichevsk (Ukraine) – Port of Derince (Turkey)

Port of Illichevsk (Ukraine) – Port of Varna (Bulgaria)

Port of Varna (Bulgaria) – Port of Poti (Georgia)

The vessels of the company, namely Geroi Shipki, Geroi Plevny, Greifswald accept railcars, trucks and autos, semitrailers, containers, heavy machinery (including tracked vehicles), palletized, project and heavyweights and oversize cargoes for carriage. Passengers with luggage, autos, motorbikes and bicycles are also carried.

Our fleet is permanently supervised by internationally recognized international classification societies being members of International Association of Classification Societies (IACS), such as Russian maritime Register of Shipping, Germanischer Lloyd, Bureau VERITAS and complies with strict requirements of safety in shipping the classification societies, Flag State and corresponding international conventions produce.

With the purpose of further developing of ferry services SC “Ukrferry” is actively participating in the events of international transport cooperation, such as TRACECA and “Marine highways of Black Sea and Caspian Sea”.

Besides providing marine ferry services SC Ukrferry is also engaged in providing a full scale of freight forwarding services for various kinds of inbound, out bound and transit cargoes coming through the ports of Ukraine, Georgia, Bulgaria, Turkey, rail and truck freight forwarding, container and intermodal shipping, agency services and ship management services.

The company has not restricted itself to marine shipping only. “Ukrferry” incorporates a number of companies handling various fields of business. For example, Ukrferry Tour, as one of the companies connected with Ukrferry, is among the leaders in Ukraine in selling marine and river cruises for most international cruise lines and providing travel services for foreign tourists including hotel reservation and excursion program in Odessa and Ukraine.

Crewing (crew manning) of vessels of foreign shipowners is another successfully developing filed of activity. Ukrainian seafarers, particularly marine officers are highly appraised abroad and we are cooperating successfully in this field with a number first class marine shipping companies and managers in Germany who provide Ukrainian seafarers with excellent work environment aboard modern vessels of various types. SC Ukrferry is trying to diversify her activities and open for new prospective fields of business.

If you can come up with a new interesting idea we’ll feel interested to consider it and we’ll be glad to start mutually beneficial cooperation.

Hundreds of large, medium-sized and small companies in Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Russia, Belorussia, Moldova, Kazakhstan, countries of European union, Turkey and many other countries are our clients. We are proud that the giants of national economy such as Mariupol steel factory, Azovstal, Interpipe, Dneprotyazmash, Ukrspezexport, AVK, Obolon, as well as famous transnational companies like DHL, Peugeot, Kuehne&Nagel, Militzer&Muench, Arcelor Mittal and many other are among our customers. Nevertheless, small clients whom we strive to offer convenient terms are just as important for us.

Increasing business efficiency, positive responses from our customers, retaining and increasing the number of working places in our company are the first priority. But this list is not complete. Marine transport has always been one of the key branches of Ukrainian economy. It has always been a guarantee of strategic economic and political interests of the state, as well as an assurance of employment and well-being for tens of thousands of seamen and their families. Understanding the problems our society is facing today we try to the best of our abilities not to stay away from searching for a solution. We treasure our city, people, culture and traditions. That’s why SC “Ukrferry” from the very inception is participating in cultural and social events supporting many projects aimed at restoring culture and intellectual development, environment protection, history preservation, broadening international cooperation and mutual understanding.

Once again we’d like to thank you for visiting our site. Should you require transportation of any cargo, vehicle, should you will to make a sea cruise or just interested in any other service of our company or the information provided at out web-site, or maybe you just wish to propose an offer or express a claim to the service we or our agents extend – just take time to write to us! We feel indebted for any request or comment and will try to respond within short period of time.