Maritime freight traffic up 89.44%

The freight traffic through Constanta harbour grew by 89.44% in the first six months of the year against the same period of last year, reaching 5,776,897 tonnes, informs The National Administration of Maritime Harbours Constanta (CNAPM). Container transit saw a 29.87% growth, reaching 4.2 tonnes in the first six months of the year against the 3.2 tonnes recorded in a similar period last year. At the same time, freight traffic through Romanian sea harbours saw a slight drop of 3.5%, to 28.1 million tonnes against the 29.1 million tonnes seen in the same period of 2005. According to CNAPM representatives, the drop in the total volume of traffic was triggered by the drop in the river traffic, which reached 5.9 tonnes, against the 7.3 tonnes seen in the first six months of 2005. Maritime traffic witnessed a mere 1.63% growth, reaching 22.1 million tonnes.