OREANDA-NEWS. August 20, 2007. During January-June 2007 the overall cargo turnover by Taganrog port's stevedores increased by 31.1% and totaled 1777,6 th.t.

Export and import cargo handling increased by 40% (up to 1629.3 th.t.) and by 25.9% (up to 144.5 th.t.) correspondingly. Cabotage cargo handling decreased by 96.6% and totaled 2.6 th.t.

Oil and products handling increased by 92.9% (up to 555.2 th.t.), coal – by 3.2 times (up to 359.5 th.t.), grains - 7% (up to 256.1 th.t.), scrap metals – by 2.3 times (up to 98.2 th.t.), containers – by 2.4 times (to 65.1 th.t.) and timber – by 17.1% (up to 88.9 th.t.)

Ferrous metals handling for January-July decreased by 34% and totaled 252.3 th.t.

During the 7 months 2007 the cargo turnover of Taganrog Commercial Sea Port JSC, the port's major stevedore company increased by 16.7% and totaled 1126.6 th.t.