Tariffs setting state of affairs at the Ukrainian maritime companies
Abstract
Following the state of affairs analysis of the maritime industry and the crisis level of the Ukrainian economy, the authors of the research have defined key prerequisites for developing the latest innovative system of tariffs setting in Ukrainian seaports, which include: structural changes to the maritime companies; the need to review and verify the current rates of port charges for economic feasibility; considering the worldwide trends and relationship system for the port charges management in the countries of the European Union; the need to pay attention to the formation of alternative sources for public port infrastructure maintenance and development; taking effective measures to expand Ukraine’s presence in global logistics, using the transit potential; development of the latest government strategy to develop maritime transport companies and logistics infrastructure. The authors have analyzed the main legislation and regulations, which are required bases to form proposals in the course of transforming tariffs setting system at public maritime companies. A comprehensive analysis performed of seaports operation and key aspects defined: the need to create a sectoral document to form competitive tariffs; present inconsistency between the objectives of the maritime companies and the state; present bureaucratization in developing effective tariffs due to a number of problematic issues in the activities of maritime companies; off-balance financial planning; compliance with the current system of tariffs setting concept of consumption; the presence of a subjective nature in the tariffs setting development system; the presence of a disproportion in the distribution of interests between the state and the business; the impossibility identified of developing a full-fledged KPI system as a tool to monitor public spending efficiency.
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