Novorossiysk port increases cargo handling 6.4% in Jan to 12.7 mln tonnes
MOSCOW. Feb 20 (Interfax) - The Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port (NCSP) Group handled 12.7 million tonnes of cargo in January 2017, 6.4% more than in the same month of 2016, the company said in a statement.
Liquid cargo volumes increased by 3.9% year-on-year to 9.8 million tonnes, bulk cargo - 34.5% to 1.3 million tonnes, general cargo - 7.5% to 1.1 million tonnes and container cargo - 5.1% to 44,000 TEU.
NCSP Group's cargo turnover for January 2017 ('000 tonnes):
| January | Change % | ||
| 2017 | 2016 | ||
| Total cargo turnover | 12,670 | 11,909 | 6.% |
| Total liquid cargo | 9,787 | 9,419 | 3.% |
| Oil | 6,634 | 6,531 | 1.6% |
| Petroleum products | 3,040 | 2,831 | 7.4% |
| UAN | 78 | 39 | 100.3% |
| Lubricants | 35 | 18 | 94% |
| Total bulk cargo | 1,303 | 969 | 34.5% |
| Grain | 828 | 477 | 73.5% |
| Chemical cargo | 108 | 117 | -7.6% |
| Sugar | 12 | 42 | -71.1% |
| Iron ore | 177 | 210 | -15.9% |
| Coal | 178 | 123 | 45% |
| Total general cargo | 1,116 | 1,038 | 7.5% |
| Ferrous metals and pig iron | 963 | 906 | 6.2% |
| Timber cargo | 34 | 30 | 13.7% |
| Timber cargo ('000 cubic meters) | 61 | 54 | 13.1% |
| Non-ferrous metals | 105 | 88 | 19.7% |
| Perishable cargo | 14 | 14 | 1.4% |
| Other | 13 | 44 | -69.2% |
| Containers | 451 | 439 | 2.6% |
| containers ('000 TEU) | 44 | 42 | 5.1% |
NCSP Group includes the following companies: OJSC Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port (head company), LLC Primorsk Commercial Port, OJSC Novorossiysk Grain Terminal, OJSC Novorossiysk Ship Repair Yard , OJSC NCSP Fleet, OJSC Novoroslesexport , OJSC IPP, LLC Baltic Stevedore Company and CJSC CFP.
