For 2023, the Ukrainian Danube ports of Ukraine increased cargo handling by 2.2 times to 27.6 million tons compared to the same period last year. The head of the Administration of Sea Ports of Ukraine State Enterprise, Yuriy Lytvyn, announced this, Ukrinform reports.
As mentioned, the ports on the Danube (Reni, Izmail, and Ust-Dunaisk) saw a significant increase in cargo handling from 12.6 million tons to 27.6 million tons from January to October 2023.
Compared to January-October 2021, when only 4.4 million tons were processed in the Danube ports, cargo turnover increased 6.3 times.
Lytvyn says that out of 40.2 million tons of cargo for January-October of this and last year:
- 18.3 million tons fell on grain cargoes,
- 3.6 million tons – for ore,
- 3.2 million tons – for oil,
- 2.6 million tons – for oil products,
- 12.4 million tons – for other cargoes.
So, as the head of the Danube ports emphasized, the number of vessels processed in the Danube ports for ten months of this year increased by 54.3% compared to the same period last year – up to 12 thousand.