Throughput of port Azov up 30.4% to 602,500 t in Jan’18
In January 2018, seaport of Azov handled 602,500 t of cargo (+30.4%, year-on-year), the port Harbour Master Vladimir Bragin told IAA PortNews.
Internal turnover of Azov seaport increased by 30.8% to 529,900 t.
In the reporting period, the Azov Port Harbour Master Service registered 161 arrivals and 170 departures vs 124 arrivals and 125 departures in January 2016.
Port of Azov is situated on the banks of the Don river. It is the main gateway between the Mediterranean Sea with the inland waterways of Russia and the Caspian Sea, for freight flows to the central part of Russia, the Urals and Central Asia. The boundaries of the port's basin include the River Don from the 3151.0-km stretch, the Koysug River to the receiving Buoy No 1 of Azov-Don Sea Canal, including outer anchorage No. 6 and the Calancea bayou to Dugino stop-over point.