Throughput of the port of Caucasus up 4.7% in Q1 07, y-o-y
In January-March 2007, throughput of the port of Caucasus totaled 1158.87 thou tons (+4.69%, year-on-year), PortNews IAA learnt from Taman branch of Rosmorport FSUE. In the first quarter of 2007 export amounted to 935.26 thou tons (+68.4%, year-on-year), while import grew by 11.6% to 278.0 thou tons. Over the reported period the port handled 8.163 thou tons of fertilizers and 14.945 thou tons of general cargo. Off-harbor transshipment was not carried out in January-March. In two month of the year the port handled 460 vessels (+6.7%, year-on-year).