Commercial seaport of Kherson to cut cargo transshipment by 18% in 2009

In 2009, commercial seaport of Kherson will ccut cargo transshipment by 18%. The port plans to get profit within UAH 11-12 mln if it handles 3.5 million tonnes of cargo, Aleksandr Egorov, head of the port says according to Maritime Business-News of Ukraine. Commercial seaport of Kherson with round-the-year navigation is located on the right side of the Dneper, some 15 kilometers from its mouth. The port’s quay line is some 1.6-km long. The port’s design capacity is 5 million tonnes of cargo per year. Mineral fertilizers and chemicals account for over 40% of the port’s throughput with 40% falling on grain cargo. The port also handles pig-iron, ferrous alloys, ferrous metal, peat and timber.