Throughput of Mariupol commercial seaport down to 2.77 million tonnes in Q1 08

In the first quarter of 2008, Commercial seaport of Mariupol decreased its throughput by 1.23 million tonnes, year-on-year, to 2.77 million tonnes, the port’s press center reports. In March the port increased its throughput by 8.7%, year-on-year, to 1.5 million tonnes. Transshipment of metal amounted to 673,200 tonnes (44.8% of total volume), coal and coke - 397,900 tonnes (26.5%), clay - 219,100 tonnes (14.6%), sulfur - 122,800 tonnes (8.2%), chemical cargo - 4,100 tonnes (0.3%), grain - 14,500 (1%), other cargo - 70,300 tonnes (4.7%).