Throughput of Ukrainian seaports down 3.6% to 132.9 mln t in Jan-Nov’13

In January-November 2013, seaports of Ukraine handled 132.9 mln t of cargo (-3.6%, year-on-year), says press center of Ukraine’s Ministry of Infrastructure.

In November, throughput of Ukrainian seaports climbed by 14.7% to 15.1 mln t.

Transshipment of imported cargo increased by 11.4%, year-on-year, to 16.4 mln t, coastal trade cargo – by 28.8% to 2.7 mln t. In November, the ports of Ukraine handled 1.5 mln t of imported cargo.

In the 11-month period, the ports handled 89.2 mln t of exported cargo (+0.5%, year-on-year), transit cargo – 24.6 mln t (-24%).

IN November, transshipment of exported cargo hit 11.5 mln t (+31%), transit cargo – 1.9 mln t (35%). 

Container throughput of Ukraine’s seaports climbed by 7.5%, year-on-year, to 712,219 TEUs, in November – 63,852s TEU.