Throughput of Kaliningrad Sea Commercial Port up 5.3% to 3.6 mln t in Jan-Sep 08
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In January-September, 2008, Kaliningrad Sea Commercial Port OJSC handled 3.684.6 million tonnes of cargo (+5.3%, year-on-year), the port materials read.
In the reported period, transshipment of export cargo amounted to 2.698.7 million tonnes (+3.3%) including 185,100 tonnes of heavy fuel oil (down 1.7 times against the same period of the previous year), 774,900 tonnes of coal (up 2.3 times), 120,300 tonnes of containerized cargo (-15.3%).
Transportation of import cargo grew by 11.2%, year-on-year, to 985,900 tonnes including 454,000 tonnes of construction materials (up 2-fold), 405,900 tonnes of containerized cargo (-15.4%).
The port’s container throughput totaled 87,851 TEU, a 18.5-pct decrease year-on-year.