Container throughput of Ukrainian seaports up 8.1% to 578,190 TEUs Jan-Sep’13

In January-September 2013, seaports of Ukraine handled 578,190 TEUs (+8.1%, year-on-year), says Administration of Seaports of Ukraine.

Export hit 246,798 TEUs (+3.86%), import – 276,741 (+11.7%). Turnover of transit containers amounted to 54,595 TEUs (+11.4%), coastal trade containers - 59 TEUs.

The terminals of port Yuzhny handled 32,188 TEUs (158% of January-September’12), Odessa Commercial Sea Port — 376,191 TEUs (110% of January-September’12). Container throughput of Sea Commercial Port of Illichivsk made 99% of January-September’12 – 163,005 TEUs.