IRON JOISTS SHIPMENT FOR ZENICA IRONWORKS ARRIVES IN PLOCE PORT

PLOCE, June 19 (Hina) - The merchant ship ""Norden", carrying around 11,500 tonnes of iron joists for the BH-Steel company from the central Bosnian town of Zenica, on Wednesday sailed in the southern Croatian port of Ploce from the Ukrainian port of Mariupol. The shipment was organised by the international shipping agency Jadroagent. #L# This is one of the largest shipments of raw material intended for the reorganised ferrous metallurgy in Bosnia-Herzegovina this year. Before the war, the Zenica Ironworks had been using about 50 percent of the capacity of Ploce. Under a new agreement, around 200,000 tonnes of raw materials intended for the Zenica Ironworks would be shipped through the southern Croatian port every year. (hina) it