Throughput of Aktau port (Kazakhstan) down 4.7% to 7.7 mln t in Jan-Sep 08
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In January-September, 2008, international commercial seaport of Aktau (Kazakhstan) handled 7.719 million tonnes of dry and oil cargo (-4.7%, year-on-year), the port’s materials read. In the reported period, the port handled 1.280.7 million tonnes of dry cargo (+46.3%, year-on-year) including 1.211 million tonnes of metal goods, 116,100 tonnes of grain.
Total transshipment of oil and oil products fell by 19%, year-on-year, to 6.154 million tonnes including 683,289 tonnes of crude.
The port’s ferry complex handled 168,600 tonnes of cargo.