Ukraine's seaports throughput inches 0.8 percent

Freight traffic at seaports of Ukraine in January-September 2012 climbed 0.8% to 113,195,000 tons, the country’s State Statistics Service said.

Nine-month volume of exports rose 18.2% year-over-year to 70,668,000 tons, while imports dropped by 12.4% to 12,382,000 tons. Transit cargo transshipments through Ukraine’s marine terminals fell 20% to 28,946,000 tons.

Cargo handling at river ports of Ukraine for the period totaled 4,747,000 tons, or a 1.5-percent gain from last year’s figures, the statistics service report said.