The overall volume of the shipped cargo for the first 7 months of 2008 amounted to 1 million 16.2 thousand tons which is 39.4% more than the volume of same period of 2007. The volume of shipped metal amounted to 969,2 thousand tons; grain - 73,6 thousand tons. For the first 7 months of 2008, the port processed 1,088 vessels. In July of 2008, Aktau port has shipped more than 803,385 thousand tons of oil.