Throughput of Nakhodka Commercial Seaport down 14.4 % in Q1 07, y-o-y
In January-March 2007, Nakhodka Commercial Seaport handled 1 880.5 thou tons of cargo (-14.4%), PortNews IAA learnt from Rosmorport FSUE. Over the reported period the port handled 1 231.3 thou tons of general cargo (-24.9 %, year-on-year) including 31.9 thou tons of containerized cargo (-37.1%), 1 144.4 thou tons of metal (-25.9%), 5.0 thou tons of metal scrap (-19.4%). Dispatch of timber totaled 622.7 thou tons (+25.8%) including 506.3 thou tons of round timber (+23.2%), 116.4 thou tons of sawn timber (+38.9%). In January-March the port handled 26.5 thou tons of bulk cargo (2.4-fold decrease, year-on-year), though transshipment of coal and coke grew 1.4 times to 2.0 thou tons. Transshipment of ore amounted to 24.5 thou tons (2.5-fold decrease,year-on-year).