Throughput of Ukrainian seaports down 9% to 10.67 mln t in Jan'14

In January 2014, seaports of Ukraine handled 10.67 mln t of cargo (-9%, year-on-year), says press center of Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority.

State stevedores under the Ministry of Infrastructure handled 3,268,000 (30.6 of total volumes).
 
Private stevedores through all berths handled 7,409,000 (69.4% of total volumes) including 3,981,000 t handled by private stevedoring companies through the berths of USPA (37.2% of total volumes).

Transshipment of export cargo increased by 0.6%, year-on-year, to 7,479,000 t. Transshipment of import cargo hit 910,000 t (-27.8%), transit cargo – 2,245,000 (-24.4%), coastal trade cargo – 43,000 (-40%).

Container throughput of seaports declined by 0.5% to 52,296 TEUs.