The seaports of Ukraine in January-October 2020 handled 132.05 million tonnes of cargo, which is 2.2 million tonnes more than in the same period in 2019.
According to the results of the reporting period, the transshipment of export cargo increased to 101.36 million tonnes (+ 3.8%), cabotage – up to 2.07 million tonnes (+ 23.3%), the press service of the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine reported with reference to minister Vladyslav Krykliy on Friday.
Above all, the ports handled grain cargo and ore – 39.4 million tonness and 37.2 million tonnes, respectively. At the same time, the transshipment of ore in 10 months of the current year has grown by 22.3%, ferrous metals – by 9.5%, oils – by 4.6%, and oil fuel – 2.4 times.
Transshipment of containers has reached 869,500 TEU and exceeded the last year’s figure by 7.1%.
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