In the first quarter of 2008, stevedoring companies of the Leningrad region handled 24.2 million tonnes of cargo (+2.6, million tonnes), press center of the Leningrad region’s Government reports. In the reported period, port Primorsk exported 18.1 million tonnes of oil, port Vysotsk handled 4.3 million tonnes of cargo, port Ust-Luga – 1.6 million tonnes of cargo.