Whereas the turnover of liquid bulk contracted by 10.4% year-on-year, down to 416.05mt, the handling of 'dry' goods (bulk & general cargo) rose by 7.6% yoy, up to 404.72mt.

The country's Azov-Black Sea ports took care of 251.97mt (-2.4% yoy), Baltic - 241.47mt (-5.8% yoy), Far East - 223.19mt (+4.6% yoy), Arctic - 96.03 (-8.4% yoy), and Caspian - 8.1mt (-9.5% yoy).