Cargo turnover of Astrakhan Commercial Seaport totals 590.9 thou tons in 2006

In 2006, cargo turnover of Astrakhan Commercial Seaport totaled 590.9 thou tons against 487 thou tons in 2005, RZD-Partner reports with reference to Oleg Shadrin, the port’s Commercial Director. Main type of cargo handled at the port is metal exported by Russian metallurgical complex to Iran: its share in export transshipment totaled 563.9. The port expects to handle 700 thousand tons of cargoes in 2007 (the figure of the port’s history. It was reached in 2003).