Freight flows passing through the ports of Ukraine totaled in January-May 2011 47,285,300 tons of different cargoes, or 4.9% up from a year earlier, the country’s Ministry of Infrastructure said. Five-month volume of transit cargoes rose by 25.4% to 17,463,400 tons.
In the reporting period Yalta port’s cargo throughput increased by 82.6% from last year’s numbers. The port of Yevpatoria reported a 37.6-percent growth, Berdyansk port - an increase 35.3%, Port Yuzhny - 30.1%; Reniysky port - 29.2%; Port of Kerch - 18.6%; Nikolayev port - an increase of 15.9%.
In the reporting period Yalta port’s cargo throughput increased by 82.6% from last year’s numbers. The port of Yevpatoria reported a 37.6-percent growth, Berdyansk port - an increase 35.3%, Port Yuzhny - 30.1%; Reniysky port - 29.2%; Port of Kerch - 18.6%; Nikolayev port - an increase of 15.9%.
The port of Kerch transshipped 88% more transit cargoes than a year before, Berdyansk port’s transits volume rose by 77.3%, Yuzhny Port - by 73.2%, Port of Belgorod -Dniester demonstrated a 57.9-perecent growth, Port of Yevpatoria handled 41.9% more transit cargoes than in 2010, Nikolayev port - 29.7%, Skadovskiy port - 26.9%, Port of Odessa - 23.2%, Reniysky port - 14.7%, Mariupol port - 13.1% increase.
The Ukrainian ports specialize in transshipping primarily ore, grain, metals and coal, containerized cargoes, oil and petroleum products.
The Ukrainian ports specialize in transshipping primarily ore, grain, metals and coal, containerized cargoes, oil and petroleum products.