River ports are becoming involved in international shipping
Freight tons of cargo the river ports of Ukraine moved in January 2014 grew by 5,3%, up to 152,2 ths tons, as compared with a similar period in 2013, UkrAgroConsult reported.
For reference: unlike seaports that reduced transshipment by 10,7%, up to 108 mln tons.
More often river ports start shipping internationally - costal navigation that has recently prevailed (more than 75% of total river transshipment according to the results for 2012) is now outdone by international freight shipping (over 97% in January this year).
Thus, in January volume of goods for export transshipped through river ports grew by 96%, up to 132 ths tons (volume of goods for export transshipped through seaports dropped by 1,1%). Transshipment of international cargo grew 1,4 times, up to 16,2 ths tons, while volume of goods imported through seaports of Ukraine decreased by 25%.
At the same time, domestic traffic through river ports decreased considerably – by 95%, up to 5,8 ths tons, with ongoing decline in riverside transit.
