KYIV. March 22 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Ukrainian transporters, apart from those in Crimea and Sevastopol and the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) zone, increased cargo transportation by 13% in January and February 2017 year-over-year, to 98 million tonnes, according to the State Statistics Service.
The service said cargo turnover increased by 16.6% year-over-year, to 54.1 billion tonne-kilometers.
According to the service, cargo transportation by rail in January and February 2017 increased by 9%, reaching 53.8 million tonnes.
Scrap ferrous metals shipments increased by 17.7%, construction materials by 60.7%, oil and fuel by 53.6%, grain and cereals by 43%. Timber shipments fell by 43.8%, coke by 17.8%, cement by 12.9%, chemicals and fertilizers by 12.2%, ferrous metals by 6.6%, coal by 5.9% and iron and manganese ore by 3.5%.
The share of foreign voyages of total transportation by sea and river transport was 97.1%, which is 30.6% down year-over-year.
In January and February 2017 Ukraine’s main pipelines transported more gas, oil and ammonia. Gas pumping grew by 19.5% and oil transshipment fell by 2.2%. Transit of gas increased by 31.4% and oil transit fell by 1.7% by 13.5%. Ammonia pumping fell by 71.4% and ammonia transit – by 71.4%.
Aviation companies transported 10,000 tonnes of cargo, which is 15% down year-over-year.
