Throughput of port Yuzhny (Ukraine) makes 12.6 mln t in HI’13

In January-June 2013, Commercial Sea Port Yuzhny (Ukraine) handled 12,607,000 tonnes of cargo, the stevedore’s press center says.

Ore cargoes make the core of the throughput – 7,210,800 tonnes.

In the 6-month period the company handled 418 vessels and 115,132 wagons.

In the reported period, all berths of port Yuzhny handled 24,625,000 tonnes of cargo (+7.2%, year-on-year).

In June Commercial Sea Port Yuzhny handled 3,524,700 tonnes of cargo. 

Yuzhny port is located at the north-western coast of the Black Sea, in ice-free Maly Adzhalyksky (Grigorievsky) estuary, 30 km from Odessa port. The port’s approach channel is 3 miles long and 14 meters deep. In 2012, throughput of the port’s stevedoring company Commercial Sea Port Yuzhny totaled 22.72 mln t.