KIEV, Aug. 4 – A vessel with 80,000 tons of coal from South Africa is being unloaded at Illichivsk port, Deputy Prime Minister Valeriy Voschevsky said at a roundtable meeting in Kiev on Tuesday.

"The first vessel with 80,000 tons of coal from South African whose price is $65 per ton is now being unloaded at Illichivsk port. More shipments will arrive," he said.

He did not elaborate on which contract and which customer the coal is related to.