In January seaports of Ukraine handled 10.03 million tons of cargo, up by 14.6% YoY, preliminary statistics of Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority shows.
Transshipment of export cargo totaled 8.094 million tons (+30.3%), imports – 1.423 million tons (-9%), transit – 475,000 tons (-50%), inland traffic – 39,300 tons.
State stevedores under the Ministry of Infrastructure handled 1.825 million tons (18.2% of total volume). Other port operators (mostly private operators) handled 8.206 million tons (81.8% of total volume) including 4.170 million tons handled via USPA berths (41.6% of total volume).
Container throughput in seaports of Ukraine totaled 48,911 TEUs (+30.5%).
Throughput of port Oktyabr’sk almost doubled (+86.6%), throughput of Kherson grew by 33.1%, Yuzhny – by 20.9%, Odessa – by 20.4%, Illichivsk – by 16.3%, Nikolayev – by 14.8%. (Portnews/Business World Magazine)