Cargo carriages by sea increased in Azerbaijan

12:03 - 18.02.2022


February 18, Fineko/abc.az. The volume of cargo transported by sea in Azerbaijan for January 2022 amounted to 445,600 tons and grew by 1.7% compared to January 2021.

ABC.AZ was informed at the State Statistics Committee that 42.7% of the transported cargo accounted for oil cargo last month.

The seaports carried out 802,100 tons of loading and 759,900 tons of unloading operations. Transit cargo made up 94.7% of the total cargo volume.

"As of 1 February 2022, the remaining cargo in the ports totaled 17,600 tons," the Committee informs.

The number of passengers carried by sea decreased by 30.8% (versus January 2021) 900 people.

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