Throughput of Tuapse Commercial Seaport down 25% to 12.2 mln t in 2013

In 2013, Tuapse Commercial Seaport OJSC handled 12.2 mln t of cargo (-25%, year-on-year), the company’s press center says.

Transshipment of oil cargo plunged by 34% to 6.7 mln t due to shifted cargo flows. 

Besides, transshipment of dry cargo declined by 11% to 5.5 mln t including 0.9 mln t of grain (-52%) and 2.6 mln t of coal (-4%). 

However, transshipment of metal increased by 18% to 1.7 mln t, raw sugar – 4-fold to 0.1 mln t, fruit and vegetable cargo – by 25% to 0.1 mln t.

Transshipment of import cargo increased 1.9 times to 0.2 mln t, while export dropped 26% to 12 mln t.

In the 12-month period, Tuapse Commercial Seaport handled 619 vessels (including 352 dry cargo carriers and 267 oil carriers) and 83,636 rail cars.

Tuapse Commercial Seaport OJSC is the main operator at the port of Tuapse, one of Russia’s largest ports. It is a part of UCL Port, stevedoring division of international transport group UCL Holding. UCL Port also consolidates OJSC Sea Port St. Petersburg, CJSC Container Terminal Saint Petersburg, Universal Handling Terminal LLC based in North-West of Russia, and Taganrog port in the South. In 2012, Tuapse Commercial Seaport handled 16.4 mln t of cargo.