Throughput of Tuapse Commercial Seaport up 16% to 7.8 mln t in HI’15

In January-June 2014, Tuapse Commercial Seaport handled 7.8 mln t of cargo (+16%, year-on-year), the Company’s press center says.

In the reported period, transshipment of dry cargo climbed by 2% to 3.3 mln t including 1.4 mln t of coal (+5%), 1.0 mln t of ferrous metal (+21%) and 0.7 mln t of grain (-20%).

Transshipment of oil cargo climbed by 30% to 4.5 mln t.

Exports that make the bulk of the Company’s cargo flow (97%) rose 17% to 7.6 mln t while imports fell 5% to 0.2 mln t including 0.1 mln t of raw sugar and some 0.1 mln t of fruit and vegetable cargo.

In January-June 2015, the port handled 423 vessels (214 dry cargo ships and 209 tankers) and 45,400 rail cars.

OJSC Tuapse Commercial Seaport (TCSP) is the major operator at the port of Tuapse, one of Russia’s largest ports. TCSP is part of UCL Port, a stevedoring division of international transport group UCL Holding. UCL Port comprises OJSC Sea Port St. Petersburg, CJSC Container Terminal Saint Petersburg, Universal Handling Terminal LLC based in North-West of Russia, and Taganrog port in the South. In 2014, Tuapse Commercial Seaport handled 13.1 mln t of cargo.