The fall should be attributed to business decline in foreign trade markets dealing with the port’s key types of cargo, coal and metal, and to seasonal shift of oil cargo to river ports.
Handling of general cargo fell by 35% to 116,000 tonnes. Transshipment of ferrous metal has dropped by 42% to 59,000 tonnes. Handling of cargo in big-bags decreased by 26% to 57,000 tonnes.
Transshipment of dry bulk and loose cargo 756,000 tonnes (-10%).
Handling of grain grew to 270,000 tonnes (+16%), ore – to 60,500 tonnes (+35%). Coal transshipment dropped by 26% to 414,500 tonnes.
Negative dynamics was also shown by liquid bulk cargo – down 42% to 49,500 tonnes.
Container throughput of TagSCP totaled 1,400 TEUs (3,100 tonnes), down 27%, year-on-year.
In January-September 2018, TagSCP handled 750,000 tonnes of export cargo and 75,000 tonnes of import cargo. Coastal trade cargo handling totaled 100,000 tonnes. Exports and imports accounted for 81% and 8% of the company’s total throughput with domestic shipments making 11%. In the reporting period, Taganrog Sea Commercial Port handled 10,346 railcars and 231 vessels.
