2010 October 15   14:12

Container throughput of Ukraine ports rises 19.5% in Jan-Sept., to 441,2 TEUs

Nine-month volume of container traffic at Ukraine ports increased by 19.5% as compared with last year’s figures, to 441,208 TEUs, the country’s Transport Ministry’s  press-service reports citing the State Authority of Maritime and River Transport of Ukraine.

In particular, container volume of the port of Odessa rose by 22 percent from a year earlier, to 224,766 TEUs, Ilyichevsk port handled 212,2 thousand TEUs (+17%) and port of Mariupol – 4,422 TEUs (+38%).

The Ministry has initiated earlier a 50-percent discount for transshipment of transit containers through the Ukrainian ports. In addition, the Transport Ministry has made several changes in regulations of customs control of containerized goods.