The Port of Skadovsk ( uk, Порт Скадовськ) is located in
Skadovsk on the northern shores of
Dzharylhach Bay, which is protected from the open seas by island of
Dzharylhach
Dzharylhach ( Cyrillic: Джарилгач, also spelled as Dzharylgach) is a sand bank in Skadovsk Raion, Kherson Oblast near Crimea in Ukraine. Along with the Tendra island that lies to the west, in the past it was a spit that Greeks called "C ...
. The port operates all year around.
History
On 11 December 2015 a new ferry route opened with
Istanbul
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, Turkey.
[In Skadovsk revived ferry to Turkey]
Ukrinform
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. 11 December 2015 The ferry connection became possible after withdrawal of a Russian monopolist from the region soon after the
annexation of Crimea by Russia in 2014.
[ With government funding, the Port of Skadovsk was able to deepen the sea floor and rebuild wharfs.][ This ferry connection cost Ukraine ₴3,000,000 (]US$
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200,000).[
]
See also
* List of ports in Ukraine
References
External links
Sea Ports of Ukraine Administration website
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Ports of Kherson Oblast
1894 establishments in the Russian Empire
Ports and harbours of the Black Sea
Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority