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===Infrastructure=== {{Further|Transport in Ukraine}} ====Maritime==== [[File:EKr1-002.jpg|thumb|An EKr-1 multiple unit built by [[Kryukiv Railway Car Building Works|Kriukiv Railway Car Building Works]]. Rail transport [[Ukrainian Railways|is heavily used in Ukraine]]]] About 100,000 Ukrainians regularly work on foreign merchant ships, one of the largest group of Ukrainian [[Migrant worker|labour migrants]] and the sixth largest number of sailors from any country.<ref name=Seas>{{cite web|url=http://www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/123079/|title=High Seas Danger|publisher=[[Kyiv Post]]|date=24 February 2012}}</ref> They are attracted by the high salaries of more than $1,000 per month.<ref name=Seas/> Every major Ukrainian coastal city has a [[List of maritime colleges#Ukraine|maritime university]].<ref name=Seas/> ====Communications==== {{Main|Telecommunications in Ukraine|Internet in Ukraine}} Ukraine ranks eighth among the world's nations in terms of the Internet speed with the average download speed of 1,190 kbit/s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pandonetworks.com//company/news/pando-networks-releases-global-internet-speed-study|title=Pando Networks Releases Global Internet Speed Study|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130416182754/http://www.pandonetworks.com/company/news/pando-networks-releases-global-internet-speed-study |archive-date=16 April 2013 }}</ref> Five national providers of fixed (DSL, ADSL, XDSL) internet access — [[Ukrtelecom]], Vega Telecom, Datagroup, Ukrnet, Volia, and 3 national operators of mobile internet – [[Vodafone Ukraine]], [[Kyivstar]], [[lifecell]] are currently operating in Ukraine. Every regional centre and large district centre has a number of local providers and [[home network]]s. 2011 revenues from Internet service providing in Ukraine reached ₴4.75 billion.<ref name=UkPravInt15312>{{cite web|language=uk|url=http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2012/03/15/6960641/|script-title=uk:Більше половини українців не користуються інтернетом|trans-title=More than half of Ukrainians do not use the Internet|publisher=[[Ukrayinska Pravda]]|date=29 July 2012}}</ref> Over 16 million Ukrainians had Internet access in 2012, growing to 22 million in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://databank.worldbank.org/home.aspx|title=DataBank |publisher=The World Bank}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://racurs.ua/ua/n4526-polovyna-naselennya-ukrayiny-maie-dostup-v-internet.html|script-title=uk:Половина населення України має доступ в інтернет|trans-title=Half of the population of Ukraine has access to the Internet|website=racurs.ua|language=uk}}</ref> In Kyiv, 90% of the population had internet access. The mobile-cellular telephone system's expansion has slowed, largely due to saturation of the market which has reached 144 mobile phone subscriptions per 100 people.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people)|url=http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/IT.CEL.SETS.P2?locations=UA&view=chart|publisher=The World Bank|access-date=19 May 2017}}</ref>
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