Transit cargo traffic through the NSR totaled 1.13 mln tons

The volume of transit cargo shipped along the Northern Sea Route during the navigation of 2012 amounted to 1,126,640 tons, as of November 7, versus 834,000 tons a year earlier, Rosmorrechflot told PortNews.

Transportation of gas condensate on the northern shipping lane totaled 486.92 million tons (carried by 8 tankers), of kerosene – 199,000 tons (3 tankers), of fuel oil - 44.34 million tons (2 tankers), 26,550 tons of diesel fuel (3 tankers), 2,310 tons of gasoline (1 tanker), of iron ore - 262.26 million tons (4 ships), 8,260 tons of fish (1 ship), 25,150 tons of general cargo (1 ship) and 71,770 tons of coal (1 ship).