Donetsk region, Ukraine based Port of Mariupol in January-February 2015 shrank by 4.8% on the same period period a year earlier to 1.31 million tonnes, the Centre of Transport Policies citing statistics from the Authority of Ukraine's Seaports.
Shipments of liquid cargo (vegetable oil) increased by 1.9 times year-on-year to 23,000 tonnes. Dry cargo volume jumped by 35.6% to 568,000 tonnes: includeing 178,000 tonnes of coal (-22.6%), 266,000 tonnes of ore (an increase of 44 times), 50,000 tonnes of coke (an increase of 10.2 times), 49,000 tonnes of grain cargoes (-24.5%).
There was a 23.8% decline in break bulk segment in January-February to 726,000 tonnes. Exports of iron through the port's terminal reached 138,000 tonnes (-34.4%), of metal – 451,000 tonnes (+ 29%) and 133,000 tonnes of other ferrous metals (-65%).
Container traffic plummeted by 62% to 353,000 TEUs.
State-owned company "Mariupol Sea Trading Port" is the fourth largest port in Ukraine, a gateway for intermodal transport routes. The port annual capacity exceeds 17 million tonnes. The Port of Mariupol can accommodate merchant vessels with length of 240 meters and draft up to 8 meters. The Port encompasses 73.2 hectares with quay wall length of 4,2 km and modern terminals.