27.02.2009, 14:18
RF maritime transport carried 35.7 mln t of cargo in 2008, a 27-pct increase, y-o-y In 2008, maritime transport of the Russian Federation carried 35.7 million tonnes of cargo (+27%, year-on-year). Foreign trade transportation increased by 34% to 27.3 million tonnes, coastal trade transportation – by 8% to 8.5 million tonnes. In the reported period, cargo turnover of maritime transport grew by 21.5% to 85 bln t-km. Liquid bulk cargo, metal and coal account for 22%, 20% and 15% of total cargo volume transported by Russian vessels, press center of RF Transport Ministry cites Aleksandr Davydenko, head of RorMorRechFlot (Russia’s Federal Agency of Marine and River Transport), as saying at the Agency’s enlarged meeting. According to Davydenko, the volume of cargo delivered by maritime transport to the Far North totaled 3.6 million tonnes (+6%, year-on-year). "In 2009 we expect to preserve the level of 2008,” Davydenko underlined.
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