Throughput of Russian seaports up 3.2% to 553.8 mln t in 10M’15
In January-October 2015, Russian seaports handled 553.8 mln t of cargo (+3.2%, year-on-year), says the press center of Association of Commercial Sea Ports.
Transshipment of dry bulk cargo totaled 250.3 mln t (+1.5%) including 101.3 mln t of coal (+4.2%), 24.9 mln t of grain (+2.4%), 22.1 mln t of ferrous metal (+14.3%), 13.6 mln t of cargo carried by ferries (up 1.6 times), 13.2 mln t of mineral fertilizers (+6.8%), 5.6 mln t of ore (+4.6%), 4.4 mln t of timber (+10.6%) and 3.0 mln t of non-ferrous metal (+14.2%). Transshipment of containerized cargo fell to 33.3 mln t (-15.2%), metal scrap – to 3.6 mln t (-8.1%), refrigerated cargo – to 2.6 mln t (-15.2%).
Transportation of liquid bulk cargo totaled 303.5 mln t (+4.7%) including 167.7 mln t of crude ouil (+5.9%), 122.5 mln t of oil products (+3.5%) and 10.5 mln t of liquefied gas (+4.1%).
Transshipment of export cargo totaled 443.8 mln t (+ 5.7%), import cargo – 27.7 mln t (-24.3%), transit cargo - 39.6 mln t (-0.5%), coastal trade cargo - 42.7 mln t (+6.2%).
Operators of the Arctic Basin terminals handled 29.5 mln t (-1.5%, year-on-year) including 20.5 mln t of dry bulk cargo (-5.6%) and 9.0 mln t of liquid bulk cargo (+9.1%). The port of Murmansk handled 18.1 mln t (-3.8%), Arkhangelsk - 3.3 mln t (-2.8%), Varandei - 5.5 mln t (+11.4%).
The ports of the Baltic Basin handled 191.9 mln t (+1.9%) including 73.0 mln t of dry bulk cargo (-2.4%) and 118.9 mln t of liquid bulk cargo (+4.8%). The port of Ust-Luga handled 73.1 mln t (+16.5%), Primorsk - 48.8 mln t (+6.1%), Big Port St. Petersburg - 43.2 mln t (-16.2%), Vysotsk - 14.7 mln t (-1.3%), Kaliningrad - 10.7 mln t (-7.6%).
Throughput of Azov - Black Sea ports climbed to 185.2 mln t (+5.1%) including 73.0 mln t of dry bulk cargo (+10.3%) and 112.2 mln t of liquid bulk cargo (+2.0%). The port of Novorossiysk handled 105.3 mln t (+3.5%), Tuapse - 21.2 mln t (+15.2%), Taman - 9.7 mln t (+13.9%), Rostov - 9.3 mln t (+6.4%), Taganrog - 2.4 mln t (+3.2%), Temryuk - 2.1 mln t (+27.4%), Kavkaz - 18.6 mln t (-17.0%), Yeisk - 3.1 mln t (-4.3%). Seaports of Crimea handled 7.6 mln t including 6.2 mln t handled in Kerch.
The ports of the Caspian Basin handled 5.6 mln t of cargo (-14.9%) including 2.6 mln t of dry bulk cargo (-9.9%) and 3.0 mln t of liquid bulk cargo (-18.6%). The port of Makhachkala handled 3.3 mln t (-22.1%). Throughput of port Olya fell by 14.5%, Astrakhan – by 1.1% to 2.2 mln t.
The ports of Far East Basin handled 141.6 mln t (+4.4%) including 81.2 mln t of dry bulk cargo (+0.1%) and 60.4 mln t of liquid bulk cargo (+10.8%). Port Vostochny handed 54.1 mln t (+11.5%), Vanino - 22.1 mln t (+4.2%), Nakhodka - 17.7 mln t (+0.7%), De-Castri - 8.6 mln t (+31.8%), Prigorodnoye - 13.2 mln t (-0.7%), Vladivostok - 10.6 mln t (-18.2%), Posiet - 5.3 mln t (-6.6%).
Association of Commercial Sea Ports (ASOP) set up in 1987 unites over 50 organizations and enterprises of Russia’s maritime transport. ASOP comprises commercial seaports, forwarding and agency companies, scientific research institutes and marine educational institutions. Operational results of Russian port sector are based on statistics reports and cover all stevedoring companies operating in the Russian Federation.
