The Russian Black Sea port Tuapse Sea Commercial Port (TSCP Group - UCL Holding) handled 13.04 million tons of cargo in 2018, down 8% versus the result of 2017 mostly due to reduction of oil products export and coal transshipment.
The decrease should be primarily attributed to reduction of cargoes delivered to the port by railway due to more intense passenger traffic on the North Caucasus Railway in summer period, emergency situation caused by the flood in the Tuapse District in October and repair of a tunnel on the Belorechensk-Tuapse rail line in November-December 2018.
According to drycargomag.com¸ the handling of fruits and vegetables totaled 80,000 tons, which represents a doubling as compared to 2017 figures.
