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Port of Arkhangelsk on the way out of crisis

Coal in Arkhangelsk Port (Photo: BarentsObserver.com)

Turnover in the port of Arkhangelsk rose with 36.5 percent in the first seven months of 2010. This might be a sign of better times for the port, which had a 30 percent decline in 2009.

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Port of Arkhangelsk handled a little more than 2.5 million tons of goods in the period January-July web site Loglink.ru writes. The amount of oil products for exports encreased most, with 42 percent. In all 473 000 tons of oil products were sent for export from Arkhangelsk.

Also the amount of coal and timber rose, while the amount of crude oil declined more than two times, to 212 000 tons.

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