A new Ukrainian record for the quantity of cargo loaded onto a vessel was set at the Yuzhny seaport on Monday, the Kontekst-Prychernomorie news agency reports.
The press service of the Yuzhny port administration announced this to the news agency.
For the first time in the history of Ukrainian seaports, 203,590 tons of iron-ore concentrate was loaded onto the Mineral Edo bulk carrier at the Yuzhny seaport’s berth No. 6 over a period of three days, bringing the draft of the vessel to 18.5 meters. The loading intensity was 60,038 tons per day. The ship left the port at 09:00 on 30 August.
The previous ship loading record at a Ukrainian port was 200,424 tons, which was also set at the Yuzhny seaport during the loading of the Fakarava bulk carrier on 15 May.
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