Throughput of Kherson port (Ukraine) down 6.3% to 3.46 mln t in Jan-Nov’14

In January-November 2014, commercial seaport of Kherson (Ukraine) handled 3.46 mln t of cargo (-6.3%, year-on-year), Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority says.

Transshipment of liquid bulk cargo totaled 78,000 t (-75.9%, year-on-year), dry cargo – 2.742 mln t (-14.1%), packaged cargo – 650,000 t (up 3.5 times).

Kherson commercial seaport was founded back in 1778. Port of Kherson is able to handle five mln t of cargo per year.