In contrast, cargo handled by Mykolaiv was down by 8%, to 25 million tons.

In contrast, cargo handled by Mykolaiv was down by 8%, to 25 million tons. Odesa region’s other two big ports saw similar drops: Odesa down by 6%, to 19.4 million tons and Chornomorsk down by 8%, to 19.4 million tons. On the Azov, Mariupol saw a rebound with cargo increasing by 11%, to almost 6 million tons.