Throughput of Odessa port down 5.4% to 23.1 mln t in 2013

In January-December 2013, port of Odessa (Ukraine) handled 23.1 mln t of cargo (-5.4%, year-on-year), the port’s press center says.

Transshipment of dry cargo hit 18.3 mln t (+ 322,600 t, year-on-year) which is a record high result over the recent years.

This growth was driven mainly by transshipment of bulk grain (6.4 mln t, which is 271,600 t up, year-on-year) and containers.