Pivdenny, Ukraine’s largest and most efficient sea port, increased its cargo by 21% yoy through September

Pivdenny, Ukraine’s largest and most efficient sea port, increased its cargo by 21% yoy through September. By handing 47 million tons in the first nine months of this year, this Odesa region port increased its market share to 43%. By contrast, the next three ports on the Black Sea all suffered falls: Mykolaiv – down 9%, to 21.7 million tons; Odesa – down 3%, to 17.6 million tons; and Chornomorsk – down 7%, to 17.5 million tons. Cargo increases were registered at the two Azov ports: Mariupol was up 16% to 5.3 million tons; and Berdyansk was up 28%, to 1.7 million tons.