Russia: throughput of port Azov up in H1 2016

In January-June the seaport of Azov handled 3,725,000 tons of cargo (up by 8.8% YoY), the port Harbour Master Vladimir Bragin said. Transshipment of grain climbed by 27.6% to 2.015 million tons. Transshipment of oil products declined by 7.7% to 1.172 million tons, of coal – by 28.4% to 209,000 tons. In January-March internal turnover…

Belarus eager to raise transit revenues

Belarus intends to raise its transit revenues up to $1.5 billion by 2020, Belarusian Transport and Communications Minister Anatoly Sivak informed. In line with the draft program the volume of logistics services is supposed to increase by 50%, the total warehouse area in logistics hubs – by 60%, while revenues from transit are supposed to…

Russia: seaports grain shipments up in H1 2016

In January-June the seaports of Russia increased the shipment volumes of grains by 29.4% YoY, to 12.1 million tons, the Association of Sea Commercial Ports of the Russian Federation announced. At the same time some increasing of mineral fertilizers shipment by 9.9%, to 8.5 million tons, was observed. The general cargo turnover in the Russian…