Recovering from a 2014 slump, port dredging doubled last year by the Seaports Administration’s Delta-Pilot branch. One third of the 1.3 million cubic meters of silt was dredged from Mariupol and Berdyansk, Ukraine’s two major ports on the Sea of Azov. In recent months, ship visits at both ports are down due to Russia’s policy of detaining Ukraine-bound vessels for ‘inspections.’
Recovering from a 2014 slump, port dredging doubled last year
