Throughput of Ukrainian seaports up 8.3% to 67.9 mln t in HI’14

In January-June 2014, seaports of Ukraine handled 67.9 mln t of cargo (+8.3%, year-on-year), says press center of Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority.

State stevedores under the Ministry of Infrastructure handled 24.118 mln t of cargo (36% of the total volume). Private stevedores through all berths handled 43.783 mln t (64% of the total volume) including 23.399 mln t of cargo handled by private stevedoring companies through the berths of USPA (34% of the total volume). 

Transshipment of export cargo totaled 49.239 mln t (+18%, year-on-year), import – 7.025 mln t (-13.8%), transit – 11.383 mln t (-3%), coastal trade cargo – 255,000 t (-72%). Seaports’ container throughput totaled 347,104 TEUs (93.4% of January-June 2013).