OREANDA-NEWS. May 8, 2009. In January-April 2009, Kaliningrad Sea Commercial Port OJSC handled 922,300 tonnes of cargo (-66.8%, year-on-year), the company states.

In the reported period, transshipment of export cargo fell by 47.41% to 770,900 tonnes including 62,300 tonnes of coal and coke (down 5 times), 41,300 tonnes of fertilizers (down 1.7 times), 283,800 tonnes of rolled metal (down 1.4 times), 119,700 tonnes of cast iron (down 2.3 times), Gudok says. Transshipment of export heavy fuel oil increased by 14% to 203,500 tonnes.

Transshipment of import cargo fell by 63.1% to 151,400 tonnes including 6,400 tonnes of grain (down 3.7 times), 13,800 tonnes of construction materials (down 4.4 times). Import of meat and fish increased 4-fold to 8,100 tonnes, cement – 3-fold to 9,800 tonnes.

Kaliningrad Sea Commercial Port JSC is the largest enterprise of regional port complex. Practically all means of transport and the basic part of the export-import freight traffic passing through the territory of region, close in the port. Major shareholders of Kaliningrad Sea Commercial Port are Dork LLC (49%) and Gas-Oil CJSC (12%). As of the end of 2007, the share of Vladislav Dorofeev in the company’s authorized capital totaled 28.5%. In 2008, the company handled 4.763 million tonnes of cargo.