KIEV, July 10 – Ukraine's Transport and Communications Ministry has increased duties on services provided in Ukrainian seaports for foreign vessels.

The size of the pilot fee was increased by an average of 58%.

The pilot fee for group B self-propelled vessels voyaging abroad, including for in-port piloting, grew by 50%.

The pilot fee for piloting vessels voyaging abroad, going through the Kerch-Yenikalsky channel, grew by 58%, including fees for vessel, going through the channel from Buoy One and the Varzovsky buoy to the Kavkaz port.