Direct Vessel Expenses: Overall, direct vessel expenses increased by $5.7 million, or 10.6%, to $59.1 million for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2023, as compared to $53.5 million for the same period during 2022. Direct vessel expenses of the Barge Business increased by $7.6 million, or 31.1%, to $32.2 million for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2023, as compared to $24.6 million for the same period during 2022, mainly due to increased crew costs, repairs and maintenance and stores. Direct vessel expenses of the Cabotage Business decreased by $2.0 million, or 6.8%, to $26.9 million for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2023, as compared to $28.9 million for the same period during 2022, mainly due to increased crew costs. Direct vessel expenses include crew costs, victual costs, dockage expenses, lubricants, spares and stores, insurance, and repairs and maintenance.
Cost of Products Sold- Liquid Port Terminal: For the nine-month period ended September 30, 2023, Navios Logistics’ cost of products sold increased by $13.8 million to $15.7 million, as compared to $1.9 million for the same period in 2022. This increase was mainly attributable to an increase in fuel products sold in connection with the provision of bunkering services in the port of Nueva Palmira, which commenced in October 2022.
Depreciation and Amortization: For the nine-month period ended September 30, 2023, Navios Logistics’ depreciation and amortization increased by $1.7 million, or 6.3%, to $28.8 million, as compared to $27.1 million for the same period during 2022. Depreciation and amortization in the Cabotage Business increased by $1.0 million, or 24.9%, to $5.0 million for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2023, as compared to $4.0 million for the same period in 2022, mainly due to increased amortization of dry dock expenses. Depreciation and amortization in the Port Terminal Business increased by $0.5 million, or 7.7%, to $7.1 million for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2023, as compared to $6.6 million for the same period in 2022, mainly due to increased depreciation expense of tangible assets. Depreciation and amortization in the Barge Business increased by $0.2 million, or 1.2%, to $16.7 million for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2023, as compared to $16.5 million for the same period in 2022.
Impairment Loss: Impairment loss incurred in the nine-month period ended September 30, 2023 was $1.7 million and was due to $1.7 million incurred in the Cabotage Business resulting from the sale of the vessel He Man H. For additional information, refer to Note 5 “Tangible fixed assets and assets under construction” included elsewhere in this report. Impairment loss incurred in the nine-month period ended September 30, 2022 was $3.2 million and was due to (i) $0.8 million incurred in the Cabotage Business resulting from the sale of the vessel Malva H; and (ii) $2.4 million incurred in the Barge Business in relation to certain barges.
Administrative Expenses
Administrative expenses increased by $2.5 million, or 21.0%, to $14.5 million for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2023, as compared to $11.9 million for the same period during 2022. This increase was due mainly to an increase in payroll, travel expenses and other general and administrative expenses. Certain of our administrative expenses are directly charged to their respective business segments, while others are allocated proportionally across business segments based on headcount.
Other Operating Income
Other operating income decreased by $0.1 million, or 12.2%, to $1.0 million for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2023, as compared to $1.1 million for the same period in 2022. Other operating income in the Cabotage Business decreased by $0.3 million to nil for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2023, as compared to $0.3 million for the same period of 2022. Other operating income in the Barge Business increased by less than $0.1 million, or 6.5%, to $0.9 million for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2023, as compared to $0.9 million for the same period of 2022. Other operating income in the Port Terminal Business increased by less than $0.1 million to less than $0.1 million for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2023, as compared to nil for the same period of 2022.
Other Operating Expenses
Other operating expenses increased overall by $0.6 million, or 15.2%, to $4.3 million for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2023, as compared to $3.8 million for the same period in 2022. Other operating expenses in the Barge Business increased by $0.6 million, or 30.4%, to $2.8 million for nine-month period ended September 30, 2023, as compared to $2.1 million income for the same period of 2022. This increase was mainly due to an increase in taxes other than income taxes. Other operating expenses in the Port Terminal Business increased by $0.3 million to $0.3 million for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2023, as compared to less than $0.1 million the same period during 2022. Other operating expenses in the Cabotage Business decreased by $0.4 million, or 22.7%, to $1.3 million for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2023, as compared to $1.6 million the same period during 2022. This decrease was mainly due to a decrease in taxes other than income taxes.
Allowance for Expected Credit Losses on Financial Assets
Overall, allowance for expected credit losses on financial assets increased by $0.2 million, or 63.3%, to $0.4 million for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2023, as compared to $0.2 million for the same period in 2022.
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