Cargo throughput of Port of Yuzhny (Odessa region, Ukraine) in January-February 2011 increased by 18.2% compared to the same period of 2010, to 3 million 544.9 thousand tons, the company's press service reported. In the reporting period the company handled 143 vessels and 26,769 gondolas.
In February, freight flows through the port’s terminals totaled 1 million 544.6 thousand tons, up 6.6% from last year’s figures. During the month Yuzhny port handled 76 ships and 11,905 gondolas.
State-run Port of Yuzhny (local name: 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 vessels arriving / departing the port via a 3km-long 14m-deep canal need pilotage service. In 2010, Yuzhny port’s cargo throughput was up 2.1% year-over-year to 18.22 million.