Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb. 13 / Trend E. Kosolapova/
Georgian Railway decreased oil and oil products transshipment by 9 percent in 2011, the railway said Trend via e-mail.
A total of 10.46 million tons of oil and oil products were transshipped by the Railway in 2011 compared to 11.456 million tons transshipped in 2010.
In general, Georgian railway transshipped 20.123 million tons of different cargo in 2011 compared to 19.930 million ton transshipped in 2010.
The main cargos transshipped in 2011 were:
tons |
Percent of total amount of cargo transshipped in 2011 |
|
Coal |
458,322 |
2.3 percent |
Crude oil |
5,399,565 |
26.8 percent |
Oil products |
5,060,094 |
25.1 percent |
Iron and manganese ore |
902,527 |
4.5 percent |
Non-ferrous ore |
563,962 |
2.8 percent |
Ferrous metals |
862,462 |
4.3 percent |
Timber |
136,278 |
0.7 percent |
Construction materials |
1,633,688 |
8.1 percent |
Industrial raw materials |
317,279 |
1.6 percent |
Cement |
512,526 |
2.5 percent |
Chemical and mineral fertilizers |
519,927 |
2.6 percent |
Grains |
1,209,211 |
6.0 percent |
Grinding products |
31,896 |
0.2 percent |
Iron and steel scrap |
302,226 |
1.5 percent |
Sugar |
533,890 |
2.7 percent |
Meat and meat products |
100,550 |
0.5 percent |
Remain cargo |
1,579,003 |
7.8 percent |
Georgian Railway transported mainly Kazakh, Georgian and Azerbaijani cargos in 2011.
In general the Railway transported cargos from following countries:
Kazakhstan |
5,061,269 tons |
Georgia |
4,323,387 tons |
Azerbaijan |
3,528,220 tons |
Turkmenistan |
1,335,156 tons |
Ukraine |
933,365 tons |
Russia |
814,739 tons |
Brazil |
681,945 tons |
Armenia |
458,739 tons |
Turkey |
375,864 tons |
Bulgaria |
331,217 tons |
Rumania |
255,106 tons |
Tajikistan |
211,696 tons |
U.S. |
193,254 tons |
China |
175,893 tons |
Ghana |
112,678 tons |
United Kingdom |
100,098 tons |
Remain countries |
1,230,782 tons |