Ports up in Murmansk, down in Arkhangelsk

The ports of Murmansk in 2009 experienced a growth in goods turnover of 29,7 percent to a total of 37,4 million tons, Regnum reports.

The good results are confirmed also by the Murmansk Commercial Seaport, which last year for the first time ever handled more than 15 million tons of goods. A total of 14,396 ton of the goods went for export, of which more than 12 million was coal, a press release from the company reads.

Meanwhile, the situation in Arkhangelsk is a far more negative. According to the JSC Arkhangelsk Sea Commercial Port, goods turnover in 2009 dropped 23,7 percent. A total of 1,34 million tons of goods was handled by the port.

For all of Northwest Russia, the 2009 port result was a growth of 3,9 percent, much thanks to the positive figures from Murmansk, as well as in Ust-Luga, Primorsk and Vysotsk