Directive of the Ukraine’s Ministry of Infrastructure dd. 16.06.2014 №255
Ukraine is closing its sea ports on the territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea for international navigation: in Yevpatoria, Kerch, Feodosia, Yalta and Sevastopol, the press-office of the Ministry of Infrastructure reports.
Directive of 16.06.2014 under № 255 On Closure of Sea Ports, registered with the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine on 24.06.2014 under № 690/25467, will come into force after it is officially published.
The said document has been adopted following the resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine dd. 30.04.2014, № 578-р covering some issues of sea and river transportation, and in compliance with the procedure for opening and closure of sea ports, approved by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, Resolution dd. 11.07.2013, № 495.
In the mid of May Ukraine informed in advance the International Maritime Organization it was going to draft the resolution on closure of the Crimean sea ports.
