OREANDA-NEWS. During the 8 months of the year 2007 the Mariupol Commercial Sea port handled 11.8 mn tons of cargo. This figure is a 31% more than in the last year same period result.

In August the port handled 1.637 mn tons of cargo including metal  - 726 thousand tons, coal and coke - 319.6 thousand tons, clay - 391.6 thousand tons, brimstone - 146.1 thousand tons, grain - 23.3 thousand tons, other kinds of cargo - 19.6 thousand tons.