In January-July overall freight throughput of terminal operators at the Port of Kherson totaled 2.06 million tons, down by 3.5% YoY, the Center for Transport Strategies (CTS) said, citing Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA).
In the reporting period the port operators handled 81,000 tons of liquid bulk cargo (up 3.1 times YoY) and 1,58 million tons of dry bulk cargo (+6%).
The largest share of freight traffic, or more than a third, accounts for grain cargoes, which jumped by 60.8% to 674,000 tons. The volume includes 455,000 tons of grain (up 2.2 times).
Shipments of ore reached 17,000 tons (up 1.8 times), of coke – 31,000 tons (up 4.1 times), of construction materials – 40,000 tons (down by 69.8%), of chemical and mineral fertilizers – 99,000 tons (down by 3.8%), “other goods” – 722,000 tons.
Break bulk traffic in January-July plummeted by 35.8% to 394,000 tons, including 219,000 tons of metal roll products (down by 26.1%), 61,000 tons of scrap (down by 58.7%) and 31,000 tons of timber cargo (down by 56.2%), etc.
Kherson Commercial Sea Port (founded in 1778) is a modern port and one of the biggest in Ukraine. The port is located in the Dnepr delta 53 miles off the Black Sea. It is an important river and sea junction of Ukraine. Projected capacity of the Port of Kherson is 5 million tons of different cargo. The port has 17 gantry cranes, 6 floating cranes, and 135 units of other handling equipment. In 2015 cargo throughput at the Port of Kherson grew by 6% YoY, to 4.13 million tons. There are several enterprises operating at the port: Kherson Shipyard, SE Kherson Sea Commercial Port, Dnepr Cargo Limited, LLC Chersonese, LLC VtorMetExport, UkrRechFlot and others. (Portnews/Business World Magazine)