In January-November 2016, seaport of Odessa (Ukraine) handled 23,109,100 t, down 1.2%, year-on-year. According to the port’s statistics, transshipment of dry cargo totaled 20,688,400 t (+2.4%), liquid bulk cargo – 2,020,700 t (-24%).
Transshipment of grain totaled 7,522,400 t, containerized cargo – 6,117,500 t, ferrous metal – 5,569,500 t.
The port’s container throughput surged by 29.5% to 99465 TEUs.
Ukraine based Port of Odessa is one of the largest ports of the Black Sea-Azov basin. The major stevedore operating at the port is state-owned Odessa Commercial Sea Port. The port's annual throughput capacity is 21 million tonnes of dry bulk cargo and 25 million tonnes of liquid bulk. Container terminals can transship over 900,000 TEUs per year. The Odessa Marine Passenger Terminal is capable of handling 4 mln tourists per year.