Odessa, 05 JANUARY 2017, CONTEXT-Prichernomorie — For the 12 months 2016 the total turnover of public and private stevedoring companies working on the territory of Odessa sea port amounted to 25 million 221.01 thousand tons or 98.6% from the same period last year, the correspondent of IA «Context-Prichernomorie» reports.

It was reported to the agency today, January 05, in the press-service of the SE «Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority».

In a press-service reported that according to operational data, the total cargo turnover at the port of Odessa for January-December amounted to 25 million 221.01 thousand tons, which is 1.4% less than 12 months of 2015.

Liquid cargoes during the period processed 2 million 616.61 thousand tons (78.7 % against the indicator of January-December 2015); bulk dry cargo — 9 million 589.3 thousand tons (91.3 %); unitized cargo — 13 million 15.1 thousand tons (110.7 %).

REFERENCE: Odessa sea port is located in the southwestern part of Odessa Gulf on an artificially formed area of 141 hectares. In the port, vessels are served up to 330 m and draught up to 13 m. Total length of berthing line is more than 9 km away. Facilities of the enterprise allow to annually process more than 21 million tons of dry and 25 million tons of bulk cargo and container terminals are designed for an overload of more than 900 thousand TEU. Passenger complex is able to serve up to 4 million tourists a year.