The throughput of laden containers at Black Sea ports has fallen by 12% in 2015, a report by analyst Informall BG has shown.
This decrease was led by Ukrainian ports, which suffered a 26% fall in throughput, followed by Russia and Georgia whose throughputs both dropped by 13%. On the other hand, volumes at ports in Bulgaria and Romania, increased slightly.
The fall in the region’s throughput was due to a decline in imports, which were down in every country except Romania. Ukraine’s imports decreased the most, by 37% and imports to the region as a whole were down by 21%.
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