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UkrFerry

UkrFerry Shipping Company is a ferry operator at the Black Sea, with ferry services serving Ukraine, Bulgaria, Turkey, and Georgia. The company's fleet consists of four ship type RORO and ROPAX generally with 34,000 DWT.

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Судноплавна компанія UkrFerry
TypePrivate
IndustrySea transport
Founded1995
HeadquartersOdesa, Ukraine
Key people
Oleksandr Kurlyand (President)
ProductsFerries, port services, passenger transportation, freight transportation, holidays, business travel
Revenue ₴1.899 million (2011)1
Number of employees
3002
Websitewww.ukrferry.com

UkrFerry Shipping Company (Ukrainian: СК Укрферрі) is a ferry operator at the Black Sea, with ferry services serving Ukraine, Bulgaria, Turkey, and Georgia. The company's fleet consists of four ship type RORO and ROPAX generally with 34,000 DWT.

Routes

Service suspension and resumption

Ferry services between Chornomorsk and Batumi were suspended in 2022 following the onset of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.4 In June 2024, UkrFerry announced the resumption of this route, with the first departure from Chornomorsk scheduled for 9 July and arrival in Batumi on 12 July.4

The route avoids the Crimean Peninsula, which has been under Russian occupation since 2014, and operates through a corridor in the western Black Sea.4 This corridor was established following the withdrawal of Russian naval forces from the area in 2023.4

Fleet

Vilnius Seaways source ↗
Kaunas Seaways source ↗
Ukrferri Greifswald in Batumi source ↗

Current ships

Two out of three ships are owned by the Danish DFDS. All ships built at the Mathias-Thesen Werft in Wismar as EGF-321 class ferries.

Name5 Built Tonnage Passengers Notes
Denmark Vilnius Seaways67 1987, East Germany 22,341 132 The world's largest car-rail passenger ferry according to the Guinness World Records.
Denmark Kaunas Seaways 1989, East Germany 25,606 250
Ukraine Greifswald 1988, East Germany 24,084 150
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