In the given section we would quote the content of the detailed instructions, which a ship agent ought to inform the master of the vessel/shipowner in cases when a vessel sails for loading or discharging to one of Ukrainian ports. In the notification given below there is important information which could help a master of the vessel to avoid the problems connected with observance of quite strict demands which are made to a vessel from the side of State Inspection for Protection of the Black Sea, local Custom Authorities and Sanitary Inspections. Nevertheless as our quite abundant experience shows that in spite of such ship agents’ notifications, at least one half of the vessels entering Ukrainian ports face the given challenge and in our opinion there are two main reasons for that: Not all ship agents put an accent in their notifications to the fact that non-observance of the local demands may result in considerable penalties. A lot of masters/ship-owners of the vessels entering our ports are busy with preparing the vessels for cargo operations and they are lacking of time to become familiarized with the ship agents’ recommendations. As long as we can see, our site is quite  frequently attended by a great number of ship-owning companies, therefore we decided to allocate here a standard text, which is usually sent to the master of the vessel by experienced and professional agents. In this text we italicize in bold type those recommendations which we advise to pay additional attention at as non-observance of those recommendations is exactly the cause of great number of rising difficulties. PRE-ARRIVAL INFORMATION Please advise us via telex/e-mail following pre-arrival information: - master's name - reg. Owners co. - IMO number - loa, sdwt, grt, nrt, call sign - length, breadth, depth moulded as per tonnage certificate - port of registry and reg no. - draft on arrival/departure    fyi  density of sea water at Odessa 1.009-1.013 - is vsl equipped with