OREANDA-NEWS. January 28, 2010. Net profit for 2009 of the state-owned Commercial Sea Port "Yuzhny” (Southern) in Odessa region, Ukraine was reported at 557.882 million hryvna (USD 69.7 million), year-over-year growth at 2.35 times. Gross income of the company increased by 69.75%, up to 2 billion 552.37 million hryvna, "The transport business" reported. In Q4 2009 calendar year the port had a profit 112.575 million hryvna.

The state-owned Yuzhny Commercial Sea Port was founded back in 1978. It is located on the bank Adzhalyksky estuary. The port’s annual throughput - 15 million tons of cargo. It specializes in transshipment of bulk, chemical, coal and ore cargoes and packaged unit loads. Last year the port’s terminals shipped 17.838.400 tons of commodities.