Throughput of maritime transport up 5.1%, y-o-y, in 2007 – RF Ministry of Transport

In 2007, maritime transport carried 26.7 million tonnes of cargo (+5.1%, year-on-year), Interfax reports according to Gudok.Ru. According to the source, it was announced by RF Minister of Transport Igor Levitin at an extended meeting of Russia’s Federal Agency of Marine and River Transport (Rosmorrechflot). Transportation by inland waterways totaled 152.4 million tonnes (+9.5%, year-on-year) with a turnover decrease by 3.5% to 83.7 bln t-km. Cargo handling in river ports grew by 17.6%, year-on-year, to 225.5 million tonnes.