Throughput of Port St. Petersburg climbed by 3% in 6M’2021
Handling of dry loose and liquid bulk cargo continues going down
In January-June 2021, the Port of St. Petersburg handled 30.63 million tonnes of cargo (+3%, year-on-year). According to the port authority, handling of liquid bulk cargo fell by 5% to 5.47 million tonnes, handling of dry bulk cargo rose by 10% to 4.16 million tonnes.
In the reported period, handling of general cargo rose by 8% to 6.63 million tonnes, Ro-Ro cargo – by 36% to 725,000 tonnes, dry loose cargo – down 6% to 150,800 tonnes including 130,400 tonnes of timber (+13%). Handling of cargoes carried by ferries surged 2.6 times to 1,500 tonnes.
The port’s container throughput fell by 3% to 1,037,549 TEUs.
In 2020, the port handled 59.88 mln t of cargo, its container throughput was 2.09 mln TEUs.
Port |
Type of cargo |
Throughput thou t, 2019 |
Throughput thou t, 2020 |
Throughput thou t, 2021 |
2021 vs 2020 |
Port of Saint-Petersburg |
TOTAL: |
30,087.3 |
29,869.5 |
30,638.8 |
103% |
DRY BULK CARGO including: |
4,231.3 |
3768.3 |
4162.9 |
110% |
|
Ore |
367.0 |
454.6 |
433.4 |
95% |
|
Coal, coke |
137.5 |
35.4 |
12.7 |
36% |
|
Mineral fertilizers |
3714.5 |
3204.5 |
3651.0 |
114% |
|
Other |
12.3 |
73.8 |
65.8 |
89% |
|
DRY LOOSE CARGO including: |
218.0 |
160.3 |
150.8 |
94% |
|
Grain |
191.6 |
102.2 |
79.7 |
78% |
|
Other |
26.4 |
58.1 |
71.2 |
122% |
|
TIMBER |
209.5 |
115.9 |
130.4 |
113% |
|
GENERAL CARGO including: |
6,281.3 |
6,130.5 |
6,631.6 |
108% |
|
Ferrous metal |
2,660.8 |
2,843.8 |
3,432.1 |
121% |
|
Non-ferrous metal |
748.3 |
532.8 |
459.5 |
86% |
|
Metal scrap |
809.9 |
887.8 |
848.3 |
96% |
|
Packaged |
771.5 |
780.3 |
696.1 |
89% |
|
Reefer |
599.7 |
503.8 |
485.6 |
96% |
|
including fish |
139.1 |
93.3 |
108.7 |
116% |
|
Other |
691.0 |
582.1 |
710.1 |
122% |
|
CONTAINERS |
13,919.1 |
13,411.7 |
13,361.1 |
100% |
|
Total teus |
1,148,039 |
1,071,850 |
1,037,549 |
97% |
|
including refrigerated containers: |
150,207 |
143,113 |
145,945 |
102% |
|
CARGO CARRIED by FERRIES |
21.2 |
0.6 |
1.5 |
up 2.6 times |
|
RO-RO |
638.2 |
532.8 |
725.0 |
136% |
|
LIQUID BULK CARGO including: |
4,568.9 |
5,749.4 |
5,475.4 |
95% |
|
Oil products |
4,568.9 |
5,749.4 |
5,475.4 |
95% |