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2018 July 12 14:21
Throughput of port Ust-Luga in 6M’18 declined by 4% Y-o-Y to 49.10 million tonnes
In January-June 2017, the port of Ust-Luga handled 49,106,500 tonnes of cargo, down 4%, year-on-year, says Baltic Sea Ports Administration.
Transshipment of dry bulk cargo climbed by 7% to 17,613,000 tonnes including 14,117,600 tonnes of coal and coke (flat, year-on-year).Transshipment of liquid bulk cargo fell by 8% to 30,107,700 tonnes including 13,514,800 tonnes of crude oil (-19%) and 15,356,200 tonnes of oil products (+1%).
Transshipment of general cargo dropped by 28% to 249,900 tonnes.
Transshipment of cargoes carried by ferries totaled 633,900 tonnes (-14%).
The port’s container throughput climbed by 8.6% to 32,862 TEUs.
In 2017, the port handled 103.29 million tonnes of cargo, container throughput totaled 75,262 TEUs.Ust-Luga port is situated practically at the border of the Russian Federation and the European Union. The deep water area of the port (17.5 m) together with the approach channel (3.7 km) make Ust-Luga port the only Russian port on the Baltic Sea capable of admitting dry-cargo vessels with the deadweight of up to 75,000 tonnes and liquid cargo carriers with the deadweight of up to 160,000 tonnes.
Port
Type of cargo
Throughput thou t, 2016
Throughput thou t, 2017
Throughput thou t, 2018
2018 vs 2017 %
Ust-Luga
TOTAL:
44,864.3
50,941.1
49,106.5
96%
DRY BULK CARGO including:
12,510.6
16,495.3
17,613.0
107%
Ore
144.9
19.5
3.9
20%
Coal and coke
9,736.8
14,120.7
14,117.6
100%
Mineral fertilizers
1,663.4
1,266.0
1,759.0
139%
Other
965.4
1,089.1
1,732.5
159%
LOOSE CARGO including:
2.7
15.6
0.0
down
Other
2.7
15.6
0.0
TIMBER
142.0
182.5
163.6
90%
GENERAL CARGO including:
343.0
347.9
249.9
72%
Ferrous metal
292.8
256.7
96.7
38%
Packaged
0.0
0.0
75.5
up
Other
50.2
91.2
77.7
85%
CONTAINERs
359.3
326.2
337.2
103%
Teus
37,818
35,743
38,797
Including reefer containers:
456
125
CARGO CARRIED by FERRIES
749.0
737.7
633.9
86%
Ro-Ro
9.5
2.7
1.2
44%
LIQUID BULK CARGO, including:
30,748.3
32,833.1
30,107.7
92%
Crude oil
14,617.6
16,621.8
13,514.8
81%
Oil products
15,348.0
15,236.6
15,356.2
101%
Liquefied gas
782.7
974.8
1,236.7
127%
