The Kyiv River Port ( uk, Київський річковий порт; translit. ''Kyivskyi richkovyi port'') is the main

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Kyiv Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the seventh-most populous city in Europe. Kyi ...

, located on the right bank of the

Dnieper River } The Dnieper () or Dnipro (); , ; . is one of the major transboundary rivers of Europe, rising in the Valdai Hills near Smolensk, Russia, before flowing through Belarus and Ukraine to the Black Sea. It is the longest river of Ukraine an ...

in the

Podil Podil ( uk, Поділ) or the Lower cityIvankin, H., Vortman, D. Podil (ПОДІЛ)'. Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine. is a historic neighborhood in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. It is located on a floodplain terrace over the Dnieper betwe ...

neighborhood of the city. The port has an own fleet that serves as a shipping company. It also has departments in

Pereiaslav Pereiaslav ( uk, Перея́слав, translit=Pereiaslav, yi, פּרעיאַסלעוו, Periyoslov) is a historical city in the Boryspil Raion, Kyiv Oblast (province) of central Ukraine, located near the confluence of Alta and Trubizh riv ...

and Rzhyshchiv. The passenger part of the port has been renovated to house American University of Kyiv since 2021.

History

Since ancient times the Podil neighborhood was an important trade center, especially by water routes. Around the 19th century, steamboats started to navigate along the Dnieper, and a row of

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were built along the Right Bank of the river.

Port infrastructure

Freight and shipbuilding infrastructure

Passenger infrastructure

Kyiv River Port boasts more than 20

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stairway-equipped

mooring A mooring is any permanent structure to which a vessel may be secured. Examples include quays, wharfs, jetties, piers, anchor buoys, and mooring buoys. A ship is secured to a mooring to forestall free movement of the ship on the water. An ''an ...

s on the several kilometer-long embankment, all of which are reserved for passenger and leisure vessels. From April through October, there is a daily leisure navigation in the port, facilitated by various private operators.

Passenger terminal of the port

In 1953–1961 a new passenger terminal was built on the Poshtova Square by the architects V. Gopkalo, V. Ladny, and others. The building has a mast-like tower which resembled a steamboat tower. Building At The River (236349935)

Fleet

;Passenger * Moskva-type - 6 (all project R-51E) * Kashtan-type - 4 * Moskvich-type - 2 (all project 544) * PS-type - 1 (project 792A) ;Freight * Project 1021A - 1 * TNM-type, project 795 - 1 * Zaporozhie-type, project 559B - 1 * Generic - 2 * Project 775, 775A - 7 ;Technical * Type BT, BM - 6 * Floating dock - 1 * Floating piers - 3 * Poliarnik-type, project 1427 - 1 * Type OS, project 354U - 1 * Project 889A - 1 * Project D-120 - 1 * Admiralteets-type, project 371 - 1 * Kostromich-type, project 1606 - 1

Ownership and operations

The port was privatized in 1996 from Ukrrichflot. It is now owned by companies associated with

Mykhailo Brodskyi Mykhailo or Mykhaylo ( uk, Михайло) is a Ukrainian given name, equivalent to English Michael. Notable people with the name include: * Mykhaylo Berkos (1861–1919), Russian and Ukraine artist of Greek origin *Mykhailo Bolotskykh (born 1960), ...

and

Nestor Shufrych Nestor Ivanovych Shufrych ( uk, Не́стор Іва́нович Шу́фрич, born 29 December 1966) is a Ukrainian politician who has served in the Verkhovna Rada since 1998. Early life and education Shufrych was born on 29 December 1966 ...

.Kyiv River Port was passed to Brodskyi and Shufrych – mass media (Киевский речной вокзал достался Бродскому и Шуфричу – СМИ)

Ukrayinska Pravda ''Ukrainska Pravda'' ( uk, Українська правда, lit=Ukrainian Truth) is a Ukrainian online newspaper founded by Georgiy Gongadze on 16 April 2000 (the day of the Ukrainian constitutional referendum). Published mainly in Ukrai ...

. 19 January 2016

References

External links

Official website

List of ships
Transportation buildings and structures in Kyiv Tourist attractions in Kyiv Shipping companies of Ukraine Podilskyi District River ports of Ukraine {{Ukraine-struct-stub