Throughput of the port of Archangelsk up 8.5% in H1 07, y-o-y
In January-June 2007, throughput of the port of Archangelsk grew by 8.5%, year-on-year, to 2.413.96 million tonnes, PortNews IAA learnt from Administration of Archangelsk Commercial Seaport. In the reported period the port’s stevedoring companies accepted 227.671 thou tonnes of cargo (+61.4%, year-on-year) including 143.864 thou tonnes of import cargo (+96.7%), 83.807 thou tonnes of coastal trade cargo (+23.5%). Import consisted of 26.795 thou tonnes of containerized cargo (+0.5%), 1.221 thou tonnes of machines and equipment (-8.6%), 11.585 thou tonnes of other general cargo (2.2-fold growth, year-on-year). Incoming costal trade cargo consisted of 73.179 thou tonnes of general cargo (+30.1), 2.639 thou tonnes of containerized cargo (-60.2%). Transshipment of mineral and construction cargo totaled 1.350 thou tonnes (in January-June 2006 transshipment of these types of cargo was not carried out). In the reported period shipment amounted to 2.186.287 million tonnes (+4.9%) including 710.064 thou tonnes of exported cargo (+8.7%), 1.476.223 million tonnes of coastal trade cargo (+3.2%). Export included 34.432 thou tonnes of containerized cargo (+78.3%), 297.305 thou tonnes of timber (-0.8%), 63.211 thou tonnes of metal scrap (-41.5%), 39.850 thou tonnes of cellulose (-33.5%), 10.110 thou tonnes of cardboard and paper (-26.2%), 0.215 thou tonnes of other general cargo (4.2-fold decrease against January-June 2006). Dispatched coastal trade cargo included 1.271.254 million tonnes of oil and oil products (-2.4%), 5.461 thou tonnes of machines and equipment (+69.3%), 38.113 thou tonnes of metal (+1.4%), 96.079 thou tonnes of other general cargo (3.6-fold growth against H1 2006), 51.031 thou tonnes of containerized cargo (+8.5%, year-on-year).
The port of Archangelsk is the largest seaport in the Northern region of Russia. Seaport of Archangelsk accepts vessels with a draft of up to 9.2 meters, length of up to 175 meters, breadth of up to 30 meters. The port comprises 151 berths with a total length of 17,548 meters, including 31 berths of timber industry companies, 22 berths of sea trade port, 6 berths of the river port, 3 berths of Rosneft-Archangelsknefteproduct OJSC engaged in export of oil and oil products, 2 berths of the fishing port and 87 minor berths of other companies. Archangelsk port is crossed by cargo transit lines from Europe to the states of the Far, Middle and Near East.