Ukrainian agribusiness the Epicentr Group and the family of Ukrainian MP Anatoliy Urbansky plan to build a grain terminal at Pivdenny Port in the Odessa region with a handling capacity of 5M tonnes/year.
Epicentr Group – through its division Epicentr K – and the Urbansky family both own shares in Promtekhnovatsiya LLC (Odessa).
According to Latifundist.com, the project is estimated to cost between US$160M-US$270M.
The facility would have a 5M tonnes/year handling capacity and total silo storage capacity of 250,000 tonnes, Ukrainian news agency Interfax-Ukraine wrote.
Scheduled for completion in 2026, the terminal was still at the project stage at the time of the 20 August report.
According to the report, the plans include a dedicated railway station with a throughput capacity of up to 3M tonnes/year and the ability to handle up to five freight trains (50-70 cars)/day.
The site would also feature a 2,000 tonnes/hour railcar unloading station and a 1,000 tonnes/hour truck unloading station, the report said.
A 1,600m conveyor gallery with a throughput of 1,200 tonnes/hour would connect the unloading station with the main elevators, Interfax-Ukraine wrote.
Epicentr Group’s agricultural arm Epicentr Agro is one of the largest grain and oilseed producers in Ukraine, according to its website.
Established in 2015 in the Khmelnytskyi region, the company has expanded into regions such as Vinnytsia, Kyiv, and Cherkasy.
Its activities include crop cultivation, dairy production, grain storage and seed processing.
The company produces and handles oilseeds such as sunflower and soyabeans, oilseed products, grains like wheat and corn, and niche crops, including sugar beet, buckwheat and berries.
Its agricultural infrastructure includes 16 grain elevators with a total storage capacity of 1.8M tonnes, 11 dairy farms, a certified seed plant and an agrochemical laboratory.
The company manages over 167,000ha of land across six regions of Ukraine and operates a fleet of over 1,000 vehicles, including 133 grain trucks and 50 oil trucks.
Investments in grain storage have been a core part of the company’s growth strategy, with significant expansions such as the Vapnyarskyi, Wendychanskyi, and Shepetivskyi elevators.
