In January-July 2015, specialized seaport Oktyabrsk (Ukraine) handled 3.94 mln t of cargo (+0.4%, year-on-year), Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority says.
Transshipment of liquid bulk cargo (oil products) totaled 7,500 t (no liquid bulk cargo transshipment a year ago). Transshipment of dry cargo up 2.4% to 2.921 mln t, chemical and mineral fertilizers – 577,000 t (-27.2%), grain – 1.02 mln t (+1.4%), construction materials – 628,000 t (up 4.3 times), packaged cargo – 1.019 mln t (-4.7%) including 960,000 t of rolled metal - (-7.4%).
Specialized seaport Oktyabrsk was founded in 1965. It covers the territory 178.8 hectares and has 7 berths with total length of 1.53. The port is able to accept vessels of up to 250 m in length, up to 40 m in width and up to 80,000 t in deadweight. Oktyabrsk seaport can handle up to 5 mln t of general cargo per year.