Expansion of NAVAREA [WWNWS] into Arctic waters

The World-Wide Navigational Warning System (WWNWS) expanded into the Arctic waters in June 2010 by the introduction of five new navigational (NAVAREAs) and meteorological areas (METAREAs) is getting “Full Operational Capability” in June 2011.

21 Navarea/Metarea's in 2011

Ukrainian state ports in 1Q2011 - 1Q2010

As the benchmark for the volumes handled serve the results in the 1st quarter 2010 of top 5 EU ports:

TOP 5 EU Ports	I. Volumes, thsd mt
	Rank I	I/2010
Rotterdam (NL)	EU1	99 600
Antwerp (BE)	EU2	37 600
Hamburg (DE)	EU3	24 600
Marseille (FR)	EU4	20 800
Amsterdam (NL)	EU5	17 800
source - http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
Here you are the Ukrainian data:
Ukrainian State Ports	I. Volumes, thsd mt
	Rank I	I/2011	I/2010	Change %
Odessa	1	6 804,3	6 899,7	-1,4%
Yuzhny	2	5 278,4	4 723,2	+11,8%
Ilichevsk	3	3 761,7	4 383,0	-14,2%
Mariupol	4	2 946,0	2 696,0	+9,3%
Nikolayev	5	1 903,2	1 592,9	+19,5%
Izmail	6	1 483,6	1 528,7	-3,0%
Kerch	7	1 427,3	1 231,9	+15,9%
Theodosia	8	903,1	819,6	+10,2%
Oktyabrsk	9	788,0	815,1	-3,3%
Berdyansk	10	522,7	239,0	+118,7%
Kherson	11	511,2	614,3	-16,8%
Reni	12	456,7	387,3	+17,9%
Belgorod-Dnestrovsky	13	261,0	220,4	+18,4%
Evpatoria	14	257,7	338,9	-24,0%
Sevastopol	15	102,8	67,3	+52,7%
Skadovsk	16	70,9	79,2	-10,5%
Yalta	17	15,1	21,6	-30,1%
Ust-Dunaisk	18	3,0	0,0	-
Total	-	27 496,7	26 658,1	+3,1%
source - http://tbu.com.ua/top/ilichevskii_mtp_isportil_pokazateli_otrasli.html
Ukrainian State Ports	II. Income, mln USD
	Rank II	I/2011	I/2010	Change %
Odessa	2	55,912	55,481	+0,8%
Yuzhny	1	62,812	70,378	-10,7%
Ilichevsk	4	48,382	60,284	-19,7%
Mariupol	3	49,740	40,148	+23,9%
Nikolayev	8	11,545	11,535	+0,1%
Izmail	6	13,982	13,922	+0,4%
Kerch	5	14,073	13,978	+0,7%
Theodosia	12	6,422	6,720	-4,4%
Oktyabrsk	7	12,771	13,021	-1,9%
Berdyansk	9	7,151	5,049	+41,6%
Kherson	10	7,011	8,987	-22,0%
Reni	13	3,932	3,274	+20,1%
Belgorod-Dnestrovsky	11	6,433	5,730	+12,3%
Evpatoria	15	0,670	0,804	-16,6%
Sevastopol	14	3,079	2,679	+15,0%
Skadovsk	16	0,476	0,450	+5,8%
Yalta	17	0,248	0,247	+0,6%
Ust-Dunaisk	18	0,189	0,119	+59,0%
Total	-	304,829	312,806	-2,6%
source - http://tbu.com.ua/top/ilichevskii_mtp_isportil_pokazateli_otrasli.html
Ukrainian State Ports	III. Expenditures, mln USD
	Rank III	I/2011	I/2010	Change %
Odessa	4	41,852	42,794	-2,2%
Yuzhny	1	49,648	55,804	-11,0%
Ilichevsk	2	43,420	52,282	-16,9%
Mariupol	3	42,374	31,469	+34,7%
Nikolayev	8	9,387	9,507	-1,3%
Izmail	5	13,545	13,498	+0,4%
Kerch	6	13,337	13,502	-1,2%
Theodosia	12	5,925	5,941	-0,3%
Oktyabrsk	7	10,964	9,771	+12,2%
Berdyansk	10	6,826	6,267	+8,9%
Kherson	9	6,902	8,470	-18,5%
Reni	13	4,237	3,877	+9,3%
Belgorod-Dnestrovsky	11	6,246	5,184	+20,5%
Evpatoria	16	0,652	0,810	-19,5%
Sevastopol	14	3,017	2,664	+13,2%
Skadovsk	17	0,500	0,455	+9,8%
Yalta	15	0,901	0,703	+28,1%
Ust-Dunaisk	18	0,225	0,171	+31,1%
Total	-	259,960	263,171	-1,2%
source - http://tbu.com.ua/top/ilichevskii_mtp_isportil_pokazateli_otrasli.html
Ukrainian State Ports	IV. Net Gain, mln USD
	Rank IV	I/2011	I/2010	Change %
Odessa	1	14,060	12,686	+10,8%
Yuzhny	2	13,164	14,573	+9,7%
Ilichevsk	4	4,962	8,002	+38,0%
Mariupol	3	7,365	8,680	+15,1%
Nikolayev	5	2,158	2,027	+6,5%
Izmail	9	0,437	0,424	+2,9%
Kerch	7	0,737	0,476	+54,7%
Theodosia	8	0,497	0,780	+36,2%
Oktyabrsk	6	1,806	3,250	+44,4%
Berdyansk	10	0,324	-1,218	+126,6%
Kherson	12	0,109	0,517	+78,9%
Reni	18	-0,305	-0,603	+49,4%
Belgorod-Dnestrovsky	11	0,187	0,546	+65,8%
Evpatoria	14	0,018	-0,006	+429,5%
Sevastopol	13	0,062	0,014	+341,1%
Skadovsk	15	-0,023	-0,005	+376,9%
Yalta	17	-0,652	-0,456	+43,0%
Ust-Dunaisk	16	-0,036	-0,053	+31,4%
Total	-	44,869	49,635	-9,6%
source - http://tbu.com.ua/top/ilichevskii_mtp_isportil_pokazateli_otrasli.html
Ukrainian State Ports	V. Net Gain USD/mt
	Rank V	I/2011	I/2010	Change %
Odessa	1	2,07	1,84	+12,4%
Yuzhny	2	2,49	3,09	-19,2%
Ilichevsk	4	1,32	1,83	-27,7%
Mariupol	3	2,50	3,22	-22,3%
Nikolayev	5	1,13	1,27	-10,9%
Izmail	9	0,29	0,28	+6,1%
Kerch	7	0,52	0,39	+33,6%
Theodosia	8	0,55	0,95	-42,1%
Oktyabrsk	6	2,29	3,99	-42,5%
Berdyansk	10	0,62	-5,10	-112,2%
Kherson	12	0,21	0,84	-74,6%
Reni	18	-0,67	-1,56	-57,1%
Belgorod-Dnestrovsky	11	0,72	2,48	-71,1%
Evpatoria	14	0,07	-0,02	-533,4%
Sevastopol	13	0,60	0,21	+188,8%
Skadovsk	15	-0,33	-0,06	-
Yalta	17	-43,20	-21,12	-
Ust-Dunaisk	16	-12,10	-	-
Total	-	-40,906	-7,481	+446,8%
source - http://alexeychepok.blogspot.com/
Ukrainian State Ports	VI. Rate of Return, mln USD
	Rank VI	I/2011	I/2010	Change %
Odessa	1	33,6%	29,6%	+13,3%
Yuzhny	2	26,5%	26,1%	+1,5%
Ilichevsk	6	11,4%	15,3%	-25,3%
Mariupol	4	17,4%	27,6%	-37,0%
Nikolayev	3	23,0%	21,3%	+7,8%
Izmail	10	3,2%	3,1%	+2,6%
Kerch	8	5,5%	3,5%	+56,7%
Theodosia	7	8,4%	13,1%	-36,1%
Oktyabrsk	5	16,5%	33,3%	-50,5%
Berdyansk	9	4,7%	-19,4%	-124,4%
Kherson	14	1,6%	6,1%	-74,1%
Reni	16	-7,2%	-15,6%	-53,7%
Belgorod-Dnestrovsky	11	3,0%	10,5%	-71,6%
Evpatoria	12	2,8%	-0,7%	-509,1%
Sevastopol	13	2,1%	0,5%	+289,5%
Skadovsk	15	-4,7%	-1,1%	+334,4%
Yalta	18	-72,4%	-64,9%	+11,6%
Ust-Dunaisk	17	-16,1%	-30,8%	-47,7%
Total	-	17,3%	18,9%	-8,5%
source - http://alexeychepok.blogspot.com/