Throughput of Russian seaports up 4.6% to 167.3 mln t in QI’2016
In January-March 2016, Russian seaports handled 167.3 mln t (+4.6%, year-on-year), says the press center of Association of Commercial Sea Ports.
Transshipment of dry bulk cargo totaled 73.2 mln t (+10.6%) including 29.2 mln t of coal (+10.5%), 10.0 mln t of containerized cargo (+2.3%), 7.2 mln t of grain (+40.0%), 7.0 mln t of ferrous metal (+1.5%), 4.6 mln t of cargo carried by ferries (+17.7%), 3.9 mln t of mineral fertilizeRS (+6.1%), 1.9 mln t of ore (up 1.9 times), 1.3 mln t of timber (+6.3%), 1.0 mln t of non-ferrous metal (+3.7%) and 0.7 mln t of refer cargo (+3.2%). Transshipment of metal scrap declined to 0.8 mln t (-17.7%).
Transshipment of liquid bulk cargo totaled 94.0 mln t (+0.4%) including 55.7 mln t of crude oil (+7.9%), 34.1mln t of oil products (-9.5%) and 3.3 mln t of liquefied gas (-3.8%).
Transshipment of export cargo totaled135.7 mln t (+4.0%), import cargo – 7.2 mln t (-5.0%), transit cargo– 12.8 mln t (+7.7%), coastal trade cargo – 11.6 mln t (+17.4%).
OperatoRS of the Arctic Basin terminals handled10.0 mln t (+18.3%, year-on-year) including 6.0 mln t of dry cargo (+6.9%) and 4.0 mln t of liquid bulk cargo (+41.2%). The port of Murmansk handled 6.6 mln t (+24.7%), Varandei – 1.9 mln t (+21.6%).
The ports of the Baltic Basin handled 56.9 mln t (+0.6%) including 36.6 mln t of liquid bulk cargo (+1.3%) and 20.3 mln t of dry cargo (-0.7%). The port of Ust-Luga handled 22.3 mln t (+4.1%), PrimoRSk - 15.5 mln t (+5.6%), Big Port St. PeteRSburg - 11.9 mln t (-8.2%), Vysotsk - 3.9 mln t (-3.0%), Kaliningrad - 3.1 mln t (-4.3%).
Throughput of Azov - Black Sea ports climbed to 55.4 mln t (+3.3%) including 21.4 mln t of dry cargo (+18.8%) and 34.0 mln t of liquid bulk cargo (-4.6%). The port of Novorossiysk handled 34.5 mln t (+4.3%), Taman- 3.0 mln t (+0.6%), Rostov-on-Don - 2.3 mln t (+26.3%), Kerch - 1.6 mln t (+28.8%), Azov - 1.4 mln t (+36.6%), Yeisk - 0.9 mln t (+14.2%), Tuapse - 6.0 mln t (-8.0%), Kavkaz - 4.1 mln t (-6.4%).
The ports of the Caspian Basin handled 1.8 mln t (-5.0%) including 0.8 mln t of liquid bulk cargo (-10.8%) and 0.9 mln t of dry cargo (+1.1%). The port of Astrakhan handled 0.8 mln t (10.2%), Makhachkala - 1.0 mln t (-11.4%). Throughput of port Olya fell 1.8 times.
The ports of Far East Basin handled 43.1 mln t (+9.8%) including 24.5 mln t of dry cargo (+15.9%) and 18.6 mln t of liquid bulk cargo (+2.7%). Port Vostochny handled 16.0 mln t (+4.3%), Vanino - 7.1 mln t (+19.3%), Nakhodka - 5.8 mln t (+18.1%), Vladivostok - 3.2 mln t (+6.5%), De-Castri – 3.1 mln t (+22.0%), Posiet –2.1 mln t, Prigorodnoye - 4.0 mln t (-5.1%).
Association of Commercial Sea Ports (ASOP) set up in 1987 unites over 50 organizations and enterprises of Russia&RSquo;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.
