OREANDA-NEWS. March 5, 2009. In January-February 2009 seaport Temryuk handled 441,710 tonnes of cargo (up 1.95 times, year-on-year) Interfax learnt from Taman branch of RosMorPort FSUE. In the reported period the port handled 11,936 tonnes of sawn timber, 28,404 tonnes of chemical goods, 32,406 tonnes of non-ferrous metal, 349,502 tonnes of general cargo, 16, 583 tonnes of grain. The increase should be attributed to arrangement of coal shipment from the berth of Sotra-Port CJSC (one of the port’s stevedoring companies) by Mechel Group in summer 2008. In January-February 2009, this stevedoring company increased its throughput 2.7 times to 339,970 tonnes.

Commercial seaport of Temryuk is located at Taman coast of the Sea of Azov. Total length of the port’s berths is 1200 running meters. Major type of cargo handled at the port is the general cargo: round timber, timber materials, metal, as well as out-of-gage load and foodstuffs. Dredging works carried out from 1996, has almost finalized for the moment being at the approach canal, and the port is able to accept river-and-sea-going vessels with up to 5,000 tonnes of displacement.