Throughput of Yuzhny port down 7.6% to 6.65 million tonnes in Jan-Apr 09

In January-April 2009, Commercial Seaport Yuzhny handled 6.65 million tonnes of cargo (-7.6%, year-on-year), Ukrrudprom reports. In April the company handled 1.97 million tonnes of cargo (-1.7%, year-on-year).

In the 4-month period the port handled 277 vessels and 62,030 open-top wagons; in April - 70 vessels and 15,700 open-top wagons.

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 provides all-the-year-round navigation. The port’s approach channel is 2 miles long and 14.5 meters deep. The port’s outer anchorage can accommodate 24 vessels. The berthing line of the port is 2.6 kilometers long, the depth at the berth ranges within 12.5-15 meters. The port’s open storage space is 145,000 square meters. In 2008 the port handled 21.698 million tonnes of cargo.