he seaports of Ukraine in January-August 2020, according to recent data, handled more than 105.77 million tonnes of cargo, which is 5% more compared to the same period in 2019.
According to information on the website of the Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority, transshipment of exported cargo increased to 80.8 million tonnes (5.4% more), imported cargo to 16.1 million tonnes (0.9% more), transit to 7.3 million tonnes (4.6% more), cabotage goods to 1.6 million tonnes (30.8% more).
Grain became the leader in terms of transshipment volumes for the specified period, the transshipment of which amounted to 30.7 million tonnes.
Ore ranked second with 30.2 million tonnes, which is 27.5% more than the same indicator of the previous year.
Pig iron transshipment increased by 49.8%, to 2.3 million tonnes, oil transshipment increased by 4.1%, to 4 million tonnes, crude oil by 2.5 times with a processing volume of 1.4 million tonnes over the specified period.
Transshipment of containers reached 690,600 TEU and exceeded the last year’s figure by 9.2%.
