The volume of transshipment of dry cargo in Russian seaports amounted to 80.1 million tons (+9,3%), including: coal – 33.8 million tons (+15,8%), cargoes in containers – 11.0 mln t (+10,6%), grains – 8.2 mln t (+14,0%), ferrous metals – 7.2 million tons (+3,3%), mineral fertilizers – 4,1 million tons (+4.3 percent), refrigerated cargoes – 0.7 mln t (+6.8 percent).

The volume of transshipment of liquid cargoes increased to 103,2 million tonnes (+9,7%), including crude oil, to 61.4 million tons (+10.3 per cent), oil products – up to 36.8 million tons (+7.9%) and liquefied natural gas to 3.8 million tonnes (+15.2 per cent).

Overall cargo turnover of seaports of Russia for I quarter of 2017 increased by 9.5% compared to the same period last year and amounted to 183.3 million t

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