The volume of cargo transportation on River Dnipro fell by 10.8% to 6.142 million tons in the period of January-August 2020, compared with 6.884 million tons in the corresponding period of 2019.
The River Information Service of Ukraine announced this in a statement, the CFTS portal reports.
The fall in the volume of cargo transportation was due mainly to a fall in the volume of grain cargo transportation on the river. In the first eight months of this year, 2.04 million tons of grain was transported on River Dnipro. This is 28.3% less than the 2.85 million tons that was transported on the river in the corresponding period of last year.
According to the statement, 2.97 million tons of construction goods and other goods were transported in the first eight months of this year, compared with 2.95 million tons in the corresponding period of last year. Transportation of steel products on River Dnipro increased by 3.5% to 1.09 million tons in the first eight months of this year, compared with 1.05 million tons in the corresponding period of last year.
Transportation of petroleum products on the river increased by 28.3% to 39,400 tons in the first eight months of this year, compared with 30,700 tons in the corresponding period of last year.
No containers were transported on River Dnipro this year or last year.
The number of trips performed on River Dnipro fell to 6,528 in the first eight months of this year from 7,219 in the corresponding period of last year.
The volume of cargo transportation on River Dnipro reduced by 20.25% to 3.5 million tons in the first half of this year, compared with 4.2 million tons in the first half of last year.
The volume of cargo transportation on River Dnipro increased by 19% to 11.8 million tons in 2019.
