The volume of freight traffic moved in Ukraine by water transport between January and July of this year climbed 1% year-on-year to 3.2 million tonnes, the State Statistics Service of Ukraine said.
In the same period cargo volumes plummeted by 34.1% to 2,083.5 million t/km.
There was a growth in freight volume demonstrated by all transportation modes, except rail transport which saw a decline to January-July 2015 level (-0.4%).
All transportation modes volume in the seven-month period of the year rose by 4.3% year-on-year to 345.8 million tonnes.