Olya and Astrakhan ports located in Astrakhan Region have all required infrastructure, but are loaded at less than 30% of their capacity. Radick Kharisov, Deputy Chairman of Astrakhan Regional Government, informed TASS News Agency of that fact on the sidelines of “TechnoCaspian-2017” International Caspian Forum.
According to RF Association of Marine Trade Ports, in January and February 2017 the cargo turnover of Russia’s sea ports grew by 8.2% as compared to the same period last year and totaled 114.8 MT. The volume of transshipment by dry-cargo vessels had reached up to 49.2 MT, which showed a 7.6% increase against a