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Yuzhny Port Increased Cargo Handling in First Quarter 2017 up to 3 Million and Starts to Develop Attractive Project

The state stevedoring company "Sea Commercial Port "Yuzhny" (Odessa, Ukraine) increased cargo handling by 990 thousand tons or by 51% to 2.943 million tons in January-March 2017, compared with the fourth quarter 2016, according to data of the enterprise.

Since the beginning of the year the state enterprise has processed 41 vessels, that is 22% more than three months earlier. Besides, Yuzhny port significantly increased the income from towing operations, providing a 30-percent increase compared to the previous quarter.

The volume of export cargo made up 75% of the total turnover (2.2 million tons), import cargoes – 19% (570 thousand tons). Bulk cargoes amounted to 98.4% in total freight volume in the first quarter. Iron ore was the largest cargo item with a volume of 2.13 million tons (72%), and coal was the second one – 625 thousand tons (21%), other and general cargoes made up 6%.

The largest cargo turnover of Yuzhny port (93%) was provided by SCM Group owing to export of iron ore and import of coking coal, supplied from the U.S. coal mines of Metinvest, a member of mentioned holding.

"The company has been steadily increasing its cargo turnover since the beginning of 2017. The main task of the port for today is to boost competitiveness and further grow of transshipment volumes. Thereto, we will launch a terminal development project to transship of import coal for power generation and coking as well as to increase the volume of transshipment of iron ore during the current year", - Vitaly Zhukovsky, acting director of the SE "Sea Commercial Port "Yuzhny", said.

The project includes construction of a car dumper complex with defrosting devices for winter work, new belt conveyors, stackers and shiploaders. The enterprise, in compliance with the best world practices, intends to attract investors: operators with worldwide experience in managing port capacities and cargo owners to provide the terminal loading. The investments suggest amount of more than UAH 770 million.

"The development of the enterprise is aimed at supporting the policy of the Infrastructure Ministry towards partnership with top port operators for working in Ukrainian ports. Therefore, my actions, as the chairman of the state enterprise, are concentrated on attraction of the global operator for the realization of the joint project for modernization of technology and boost in cargo turnover. I hope, it will happen soon, and the terminal project will be very interesting for them", - Vitaly Zhukovsky added.

The chairman of SE "Sea Commercial Port "Yuzhny" is confident that such an approach will ensure the stable work of the enterprise, payment of wages and all obligations, as well as the development in a perspective direction.

Yuzhny port is a universal non-freezing seaport in Odesa region Ukraine and the deepest port in in Azov-Black Sea basin. State enterprise "Sea Commercial Port "Yuzhny" specialized on handling bulk, general and package cargo. It operates one of the three largest domestic terminals for transshipment of import thermal coal. Cargo turnover of coal amounted 2.08 million tons in 2016. Total cargo port’s capacity is 16 million per year. State enterprise "Sea Commercial Port "Yuzhny" are able to fully load Capesize vessels up to 200,000 DWT at the berth.