In 2007, transshipment of railway cargo in Big Port of St. Petersburg totaled 26.386.6 million tonnes including 2.103.1 million tonnes of import cargo and 24.283.5 million tonnes of export cargo, the company informs.
Big Port of St. Petersburg is serviced by port stations Avtovo and Novy Port. In 2007, import of cargo via Avtovo totaled 1.263.0 million tonnes (alumina, grain, cont cargo), export – 18.424.3 million tonnes (oil products, mineral fertilizers, coal). In the same period, import via Novy Port amounted to 840,100 tonnes (mainly grain), export – 8.883.5 million tonnes (mainly timber, ferrous metal and non-ferrous metal).
According to the Master Plan for the development of railway and maritime transport in the North-West region till 2020, by 2010 Big Port of St. Petersburg will handle 33.7 million tonnes of railway cargo; in 2015 – 38.0 million tonnes; in 2020 – 39.1 million tonnes.