15 seaports, the Ministry of Transport said, increased in 2009 its revenues. Illichivsk port gain amounted to 285 million hryvnia, up 2.35 times over 2008, Mariupol port - 2,2 times, to 351 million hryvnia, Odessa port - in 1.25-fold, to 371 million hryvnia, Yuzhny port - 2.36-fold, to 557.900.000 hryvnia.
Skadovski port showed a 12-fold slump in net gain, down from 645.000 to 54.000 hryvnia. Besides, the port of Yalta ended up last year with a net loss of 4 million hr., a twofold drop as compared to 2008. The port of Ust-Danube showed it gained 131.000 hr., against 512.000 hr. in 2008.
Overall volumes of commodities shipped via the Ukrainian seaports in 2009 amounted to 109.716.000 tons, a year-over-year 17 percent drop.