Port of Odessa in Jan-Feb. handled 54,694 TEUs (+17,92%), Ilyichevsk port – 45,435 TEUs (+0.37%). Container traffic at Mariupol port surged by 4.7 times as much to 1,900 TEUs.
"Sustainable growth in container traffic has proved once again that this is the future of the industry," said Deputy Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine Konstantin Efimenko.
Ukraine has 18 commercial seaports, all of them are state-owned enterprises. Total container trade of Ilyichevsk, Odessa and Mariupol ports in 2010 grew by almost 27% to 659,600 TEUs.