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NIKA-TERA SEA TERMINAL SEES 74% RISE IN FREIGHT HANDLING IN JAN-MAY

3 July , 2017  

KYIV. July 3 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Nika-Tera marine terminal (Mykolaiv), part of Group DF belonging to Dmytro Firtash, in January-May 2017 handled 1.97 million tonnes of cargo, which is 74% more than in January-May 2016.
The press service of Group DF told Interfax-Ukraine that grain handling totaled 65% (1.289 million tonnes) of entire handling, that for bulk cargo – 28% (556,100 tonnes) and chemicals and mineral fertilizers – 6% (124,600 tonnes).
In January-May Nika-Tera accepted 114 bulk carriers.
IN May, the terminal handled 240,800 tonnes of freight, including 140,400 tonnes of grain (58%), 88,400 tonnes of bulk cargo (37%) and 11,800 tonnes of chemicals and mineral fertilizers (5%). In May, the enterprise accepted 15 vessels.
Transshipment of exported cargo in January-May totaled 229,000 tonnes (3% up year-over-year).