Murmansk transport companies traffic down 10 percent in Q1, 2012

Transport enterprises of the Murmansk region in the first quarter of 2012 saw a 10-percent drop in freight traffic from a year earlier, according to the Murmansk region Ministry of Economic Development.

In the reporting period three-month rail traffic was down 2.4% from the same period of 2011, seaborne cargo shipments slumped by twofold, trucking companies reported a 14-percent decline.