Waterborne freight in Ukraine rose in January by 71.7% to 300,000 tonnes

Domestic waterborne freight moved in January within Ukraine by water transport totaled 300,000 tonnes, or up 71.7% on the same period in 2017, the State Statistics Committee of Ukraine said.

Freight tonne-kilometres increased by 54.9% to 243.1 million tonne / km.

The agency statistics figures show strong growth nearly in all modes of transport, except for pipelines and railway.

The total volume of freight traffic by all modes of transport of Ukraine in January 2018 decreased by 13.4% compared to January 2017 to 45.2 million tonnes.