DeloPorts, the operator of the stevedoring assets of Delo Group, which include NUTEP container terminal, KSK grain terminal, has posted operating results for 2017.
The terminals handled 7.7 mn tons, up 28% year-on-year. According to the company, the growth was due to record volumes of container traffic and grain exports.
Container traffic via NUTEP increased 30% to 304,000 TEU. Tonnage-wise, the volume was up 36%.
KSK handled 4.2 mn tons of grain, up 27% compared to 2016 due to record harvest volumes.
General cargo traffic decreased 30% while ro-ro cargo was down 53% as a result of containerization of imports. In unit equivalent, ro-ro traffic decreased just 5%.
Bunkering fuel sales surged 101% compared to 2016.