According to operational data of Odesa Sea Port Authority Economics and Finance Service, 6 155, 5 thousand tons of cargoes were handled at the berths of the port in QI’2016 , that is 373, 2 thousand tons of 5.7% less than the same result of the first quarter last year. In the meantime, the handling of dry cargoes amounted to 5651,8 thousand tons, that is 560.1 thousand tons or 11% more than the result at January-March 2015. The dynamics of handling liquid cargoes is still with mark “minus”, i.e. 503.7 thousand tons against 1 437 thousand tons in the first quarter previous year (minus 64.9%).
The measurable increase of tons in the accounting period is recorder per following cargo classification:
- grain in bulk: 2 118,6 thousand tons (+ 333,4 thousand tons or 118,7 %);
- rolled ferrous metal products: 1 673,2 thousand tons (+ 143 thousand tons or 109,3 %);
- container : 114 thousand TEU’s (+ 15 773 TEU’s or 116,1 %);
- citruses and bananas: 12,3 thousand tons (+ 5,9 thousand tons or 192,2 %).