OREANDA-NEWS. November 10, 2008. In January-October 2008, Murmansk Commercial Seaport OJSC handled 11.678.925 million tonnes of cargo (-0.99%, year-on-year). In the reported period the port handled 171,416 wagons and 442 vessels, the company reports.

In October Murmansk Commercial Seaport handled 1.343.117 million tonnes of different cargo (+10%, year-on-year) 1.286.607 million tonnes of export cargo (+11.3%). Transshipment of export coal amounted to 1.030.1 million tonnes, apatite – 144,300 tonnes, ferrous metal – 33,600 tonnes.

Total turnover of general cargo amounted to 96,100 tonnes (+9.7%), dry bulk – 1.247 million tonnes (+10.5%).
JSC Murmansk Commercial Seaport was established in 1994 on base of the public enterprise and nowadays it is one of Russia’s busiest ports. The port has 17 berths with total length of some 3,000 meters. The length and depth enables the port to handle vessels of up to 15.5 meters in draft and over 265 meters in length. The port mainly handles non-ferrous metal and alloys, rolled ferrous metal, coal, apatite concentrate, alumina; scrap metal and iron-ore pellets, chemicals in big-bags, construction materials, foodstuffs, technological equipment and containerized cargo. In 2007, the company’s throughput amounted to 14.443.213 million tonnes.