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Odesa seaport in January-July handled 11.896 million tonnes of cargo, which is 13.6% less than in the same period in 2020.

According to the data on the website of the Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA), in January-July, the port reduced the transshipment of export cargo by 19.1% compared to January-July 2020, to 8.033 million tonnes, increased imported cargo handling by 6%, to 3.203 million tonnes, transit cargo fell by 7.1%, to 626,730 tonnes, and reduced the coastal transshipment by 75.6%, to 33,690 tonnes.

Transshipment of liquid cargo in Odesa seaport for the specified period grew by 16.2%, to 1.261 million tonnes, dry and bulk cargo fell by 23.7%, to 3.206 million tonnes, packaged cargo – by 12.4%, to 7.429 million tonnes.

The transshipment of containers in January-July 2021 amounted to 388,783 TEU (an increase of 4.4%).

As reported, in 2020, Odesa seaport handled 23.370 million tonnes of cargo, which is 7.8% less than in 2019.