Throughput of port Kavkaz up 5.5 times to 2.54 mln t in Jan-Feb’15

In January-February 2015, seaport Kavkaz handled 2,548,000 t of cargo, up 5.5 times, year-on-year, FSI Azov Sea Port Authority told IAA PortNews.

Exports from port Kavkaz fell 3.14 times to 102,000. 1.106 mln t of export cargo was handled at the off-harbour transshipment complex of port Kavkaz while in winter 2014 no off-harbour transshipment was held in Kavkaz. In the reported period, imports fell 3.5 times to 32,000 t. Transshipment of coastal trade cargo, on the contrary, surged over 1,000 times: from 12,000 t in Jan-Feb’14 to 12.561 mln t in Jan-Feb’15. 

Bunker sales at the port increased 3.3 times to 55,500 t.

Passenger turnover jumped 4.3 times to 262,000 persons.

1,803 calls were registered in the two-month period of 2015 against 875 calles in January-February 2014.

“The growth should be attributed to the increased supplies of cargo to the Crimean Republic. Besides, favorable weather conditions allowed for off-harbour transshipment”, Evgeny Tuzinkevich, Harbour Master of port Kavkaz, said.

Port of Kavkaz is situated between the Azov and the Russian Black Sea coast. The depth of 4.5 meters allows for handling river boats and seagoing ships (off the harbour). The port’s facilities are intended for handling bulked cargoes (mineral fertilizers, concentrates of various ores, grain) as well as general, timber, and containerized goods.