Baku sea port reduces cargo handling
Baku International Sea Port transshipped 4.75 million tons of various types of cargo in January-September, which is 6 per cent less than in the same period of last year, a source at the port told Trend news agency on Monday.
In total, the port transshipped 6.7 million tons of cargo in 2011, which is 16 per cent more than in 2010.
According to the source, 2.81 million tons of goods of the total volume of cargo transshipped in January-September was made up by ferry traffic, which is 3 per cent over January-September 2011.
During this period, the dry cargo terminal of the port transshipped 894,000 tons of cargo, which is four per cent more than in January-September 2011, the source said.
He said that in January-September the port handled 5880 containers, which is 22 per cent less than in the same period of last year.
Reduced container handling is due to a decrease in the total volume of flow of humanitarian aid delivered to Afghanistan through Central Asian countries.
Last year, the port handled 9230 containers, 41 per cent down from 2010.
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