The Pivdenny Sea Trade Port in Odesa region, the largest seaport of Ukraine in terms of transshipment, increased freight transshipment by 24.31% in January-July 2019 compared to the same period of 2018, to 28.129 million tonnes.
During this period the port increased the handling of freight for export by 38.44%, to 21.405 million tonnes, but reduced the handling of imported cargo by 5.95%, to 3.623 million tonnes and the handling of transit freight fell by 6%, to 3.091 million tonnes, the Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority said.
In January-July 2019, the port increased handling of liquid freight in bulk by 7.19%, to 2.502 million tonnes, dry fright in bulk by 30.1%, to 23.015 million tonnes, and packaged freight by 0.18%, to 2.613 million tonnes. Container handling in January-July 2019 totaled to 114,545 TEU (an increase by 2.05 times compared with the same period of 2018).
