KYIV. Jan 5 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Yuzhny maritime merchandise port (Odesa region), the largest Ukrainian port in terms of cargo handling, saw a 1.8% rise in cargo handling in 2015, to 15.069 million tonnes.
The port said in a press release that this is 100.5% of the target and it is a record figure for the whole history of the enterprise.
“Traditionally, ore is first in terms of handling – 12.623 million tonnes and coal is second with 2.423 million tonnes,” the port said.
Last year 216,477 wagons and 210 vessels were processed at the port.
Yuzhny port was founded in 1978. It is located on the Adzhalyk firth and is the deepest harbor in Ukraine. The length of its berths is around 2.6 kilometers. The port has six handling terminals.
Sea terminals in various forms of ownership operate at the port: Pivdenny oil terminal, Transbunker-Yug LLC’s fuel handling terminal, a terminal of Transinvestservice LLC, a grain handling terminal of Borivage LLC, and a tropic oil handling and processing complex of Delta Wilmar CIS LLC.
