In January — September 2012, bilateral sea container trade reached 257 707 TEU (+13% versus 9M 2011). Domestic sea container trade volumes amounted to 50 888 TEU, up 10% year-on-year.
Intermodal transportation and freight forwarding grew by 5% year-on-year reaching 151 193 TEU. Reefer cargo transportation demonstrated visible growth of 38% to 35 917 TEU.
In the reporting period, rail container transportation amounted to 198 973 TEU (+8% versus 9M 2011), while non-container rail transportation stood at 18.5 mln tons (-4% year-on-year). Non-container rail cargo turnover amounted to 22.3 bln ton-kilometers.
Consolidated container throughput of Vladivostok Commercial Sea Port (including Vladivostok Container Terminal) totaled 338 769 TEU, up 8% year-on-year. Non-container cargo throughput reached 2,459.6 thsd tons (+12% versus 9M 2011).