The volume of cargo transshipment at the Pivdennyi seaport was 24.706 million tons in the first half of 2021.

The seaport announced this in a statement, the CFTS portal reports.

Transshipment of export cargo in the seaport totaled 19.316 million tons, import cargo 3.090 million tons, and cabotage cargo 44,000 tons in the period of January-June this year. Transshipment of transit cargo totaled to 2.256 million tons.

The seaport handled 20.864 million tons of dry bulk cargo, 2.427 million tons of liquid bulk cargo, and 1.415 million tons of general cargo during this period.

Container transshipment totaled 1.286 million tons (102,749 TEU)

Operators at the port processed 14.536 million tons of ores, 3.267 million tons of grain, and 1.417 million tons of coal in the first half of the year.

As reported earlier, operators at the Pivdennyi seaport handled 20.589 million tons of cargo in the first five months of 2021. The stevedores at the port handled mostly ore (12.330 million tons).