Throughput of RF seaports to grow by 1.2% in 2009 – RF Agency of Marine and River Transport

Russia’s Federal Agency of Marine and River Transport (RorMorRechFlot) expects a 1.2-pct increase of RF seaports’ throughput in 2009, RZD-Partner refers to Interfax citing deputy head of RorMorRechFlot Yury Parfeonov as saying in St. Petersburg.

“In 2009, Russian seaports will handle some 460 million tonnes,” he said.

“In Jan-July 09, Russian seaports increased cargo handling by 5%, year-on-year. Positive dynamics was demonstrated in transshipment of crude, oil products and coal as well as grain and metal,” Parfeonov says.

He also said the steepest decline was in the sector of containerized cargo in the first half of 2009.

According to RorMorRechFlot, throughput of Russian seaports in 2008 totaled 454.6 million tonnes (+1.1%, year-on-year).

Source: Port News