Ukrainian seaports increase cargo turnover by 15% in January 2017
Published by Louise Mulhall,
Editorial Assistant
Dry Bulk,
According to the online data of the Ukrainian Seaports Authority in January 2017 the volume of cargo handling in Ukrainian seaports reached 10 3200 t, which is 14.6% more than in the similar period of 2016.
Export cargo handling totalled 8 million 094 thousand t (30.3% growth as compared to 2016), import — 1042300 (9% decrease compared with the same period in 2016).
Transit cargo handling amounted to 475 000 t (50% of the previous year’s indicators). Cabotage totaled to 39.3 000 t. Containers handling increased by 30.5% during the reporting period and amounted to 48,911 TEU.
The state port operators owned by the Ministry of Infrastructure handled 1082500 t (18.2% of total volume). Other port operators (mostly privately owned) handled 80020600 t (81.8% of total). In particular, the port operators (mostly privately owned) at USPA’s berths handled 4017000 t (41.6% of total).
Almost twofold growth was registered in specialised seaport «Oktiabrsk» (+86.6%). Furthermore, the growth of turnover showed the ports of Kherson (+33.1%), «Yuzhnyi» (+20.9%), Odessa (+20.4%), Illichivsk (+16.3%) and Mykolaiv (+14.8%).
Read the article online at: https://www.drybulkmagazine.com/material-handling/03022017/ukrainian-seaports-increase-cargo-turnover-by-15-in-january-2017/
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