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Cargo handling in Odessa port in January increased by 11% compared to the previous year
19:38 / 10.02.2015

ODESSA, FEBRUARY 10th, 2015, CONTEXT-PRICHERNOMORIE — In January 2015 on the piers of the Odessa port 2 million 32 thousand tons of cargo was handled, which is 11% more than in the same period last year, Context-Prichernomorie correspondent reports.

The press service of the Administration of the Ports of Ukraine noted today, February 10.

According to recent reports of the economy and finance service of the administration of the Odessa port, in January 2015 on the quays of the Odessa port 2 million 32 thousand tons of cargo was handled, which is 11% more than in the same period last year. An encouraging start of the year provided more than double compared with January last year, the growth of ferrous and non-ferrous metals — 497.3 thousand tons against 186.4 thousand tons in 2014. Transshipment of grain in bulk on the contrary decreased — 506.8 thousand tons in January 2015 against 606.5 thousand tons in January 2014. It is noteworthy that the figures of liquid cargo and containers in TEU statistical reports for the reporting periods are practically the same — bulk: January 2015 — 507.1 thousand tons; January 2014 — 508.1 thousand tons; containerized: January 2015 — 30 thousand 765 TEU; January 2014 — 30 thousand 630 TEU.