Cargo turnover of Taganrog Commercial Seaport (TCS OJSC) fell by 14.4% in January-October 2006 year-on-year amounting to 1 343.9 thou tons, Dmitry Lisin, first deputy to TCS’s Director General, told PortNews IAA. Transshipment of oil cargo amounted over the reported period to 248.0 thou tons (-33.2%, year-on-year). Ore transshipment totaled 48.1 thou tons (- 48%). Transshipment of metals amounted over the reported period to 479.0 thou tons (- 20.5%). Turnover of coal and coke grew 15.6-fold to 185.1 thou tons. The port handled 103.3 thou tons of timber (-4.2% against January-October 2005). The company’s container turnover decreased by 15.7% to 49.9 thou tons.
TCS OJSC specializes in transshipment of ferrous and non-ferrous metals, ore, coal, alumina, containers and equipment. The Company comprises five cargo berths with total length of 849 meters and depth from 4.5 to 5.0 meters. Design capacity of the transshipment complex is 1.5 – 2.0 million tons per year.