OREANDA-NEWS. Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port Group (NCSP Group or the Group) (LSE: NCSP, Moscow Exchange: NMTP) announces today that its consolidated cargo turnover for the eleven month period of January-November 2013 amounted to 129.5 million tonnes, compared to 146.8 million tonnes for the same period of 2012.

Liquid cargo

Handling of liquid cargo in the reporting period comprised 107,781 ths tonnes. Crude oil handling totalled 84,887 ths tonnes, oil products handling amounted to 22,173 ths tonnes, UAN handling equalled 550 ths tonnes, and seed oils totalled 170 ths tonnes. Oil products volumes at Primorsk Trade Port and at the Novorossiysk Fuel Oil Terminal have grown by 47% and 109% year-on-year, respectively.

Bulk cargo

Bulk cargo handling in January-November 2013 totalled 7,643 ths tonnes. This included 3,397 ths tonnes of grain; 1,775 ths tonnes of iron ore; 767 ths tonnes of coal; 751 ths tonnes of mineral fertilizers; 748 ths tonnes of sugar, and 199 ths tonnes of cement.

Growth in iron ore volumes accelerated to 11.4% year-on-year during the reporting period, up from 8.9% year-on-year for the first 10 months of 2013. Growth in raw sugar volumes slowed to 24.4% year-on-year for 11M 2013 following an increase in the forecast for domestic sugar-beet supply.

General cargo

General cargo volumes in the first 11 months of 2013 amounted to 9,667 ths tonnes. Ferrous metals and non-ferrous metals volumes were 7,835 ths tonnes and 949 ths tonnes, respectively. The year-on-year decline in ferrous metals volumes shrank back to 1.2% for 11M 2013, compared to 2.3% in 10M 2013.

Containers

NCSP Group's container throughput in January-November 2013 totalled 555 ths TEU, compared to 567 ths TEU a year earlier.