Cargo throughput Port of Yuzhny (Odessa region, Ukraine) for 2010 amounted to 18,220,600 tons, 5,2% more than in 2009. For the 12-month period the port handled 790 vessels and 145,386 rail cars.
In the reporting period the largest share of handled cargo fell on iron ore - 39.5%, nearly 16.5% - on coal and 11.5% - urea.
In December 2010, monthly volume totaled 1,814,700 tons, a 16.5% increase from the same month in 2009.
In Oct-Dec, 2010 Yuzhny transshipped 5,020,900 tons of cargo, up 7% over the same period in 2009. In the 4th quarter the port handled 251 ships and 44,379 gondolas.
In the reporting period the largest share of handled cargo fell on iron ore - 39.5%, nearly 16.5% - on coal and 11.5% - urea.
In December 2010, monthly volume totaled 1,814,700 tons, a 16.5% increase from the same month in 2009.
In Oct-Dec, 2010 Yuzhny transshipped 5,020,900 tons of cargo, up 7% over the same period in 2009. In the 4th quarter the port handled 251 ships and 44,379 gondolas.
State-run Port of Yuzhny (Yuzhny Merchant Sea Port) founded in 1978 is located on the northwest coast of the Black Sea, in the ice-free Small Adzhalyksk (Grygoryivsky) estuary, 30 km northeast of Odessa. The Port is connected to the sea by a 3km-long 14-m-deep canal so pilotage service is required for inbound and outbound vessels. In 2009, Port of Yuzhny’s cargo throughput shrank by 17.79% (17,838,000 mt) year-on-year.