Cargo turnover of Russian ports in Jan-June rose by 9.7% from the same period last year, to 258.37 million tons, the ASOP statistics said.
Six-month dry cargo volume increased 13.7% to 103.76 million tons, including: coal – by 9.8%, to 32.81 million tons, containerized cargo – by 36.2% to 15.6 million tons, ferrous metals – by 8.3% to 14.75 million tons, grain – by 6.5% to 10.29 million tons, mineral fertilizer – by 36.4% (6.12 million tons), timber – by 17.2% to 3.57 million tons, sugar volume jumped 62.6% to 1.55 million tons, scrap metal rose 35% to 1.18 million tons.
The liquid cargo volume amounted to 154.62 million tons (+7.1%), including: crude oil rose to 104.54 million tons (+4.3%), petroleum products – to 49.28 million tons (+13.8%).
The Russian ports saw a 10.2-percent gain in outbound cargoes, 201.3 million tons, while inbound cargo volume increased by 34.5% to 17.63 million tons. There was a slight 0.3-percent drop in transit cargoes - 22.23 million tons, in short sea trade volumes - 17.21 million tons (-1,8%).
The North-West basin ports transshipped in Jan-June 111.28 million tons of cargo, or 4.3% up from the same period in 2009. Dry cargo volume rose to 40.38 million tons (+13.4%), liquid cargo - 70.9 million tons (the previous year’s level). The Big Port of St. Petersburg reported a 16.4% rise, to 26.35 million tons, the port of Kaliningrad - 24%, to 7.45 million tons, the port of Ust-Luga - 29.6%, to 5.68 million tons, the port of Arkhangelsk - 7%, to 5.62 million tons.
South Basin ports handled 89.73 million tons of cargo (+2.2%), including 32.71 million tons of dry cargo (+9.9%), bulk cargo - 57.02 million tons (-1.7% ). Tuapse Port JSC reported 9.74 million tons of handled cargo (+9.4%), Port Kavkaz’ stevedores posted a 23.4-percent gain, 4.65 million tons, the port of Rostov – a 67.8-percent surge to 3.7 million tons, the port of Azov - 2.3 million tons (+14%), the port of Astrakhan - 2.6 million tons (+31%).
Ports of the Far East region boosted cargo turnover to 57.36 million tons (+39.4%), of which 30.67 million tons (+18.6%) of dry cargo and 26.69 million tons of liquid cargo, up 1.7 times as much from the same period of last year. Throughput of Vanino port’s operators rose by 10.3%, to 12.28 million tons, Vladivostok port – by 20.1% (8.1 million tons), Nakhodka - by 4.5% (8.11 million tons). Stevedoring companies of Vostochny Port reported a 1.9 times as much volume surge, to 17.12 million tons thanks to the launched Kozmino oil transshipment complex, Prigorodny Crude&Gas handling facility helped to reach a reported twofold jump in freight traffic volume at the ports of Sakhalin –10.14 million tons.
Association of Commercial Sea Ports (ASOP) founded in 1987 currently unites over 50 members – major ports, freight forwarders, agency companies, maritime organizations and higher education institutions, enterprises of Russia’s maritime transport. The structure of Aconitum include commercial seaports, freight forwarding and agency companies, research institutes, educational institutions of maritime transport.
Six-month dry cargo volume increased 13.7% to 103.76 million tons, including: coal – by 9.8%, to 32.81 million tons, containerized cargo – by 36.2% to 15.6 million tons, ferrous metals – by 8.3% to 14.75 million tons, grain – by 6.5% to 10.29 million tons, mineral fertilizer – by 36.4% (6.12 million tons), timber – by 17.2% to 3.57 million tons, sugar volume jumped 62.6% to 1.55 million tons, scrap metal rose 35% to 1.18 million tons.
The liquid cargo volume amounted to 154.62 million tons (+7.1%), including: crude oil rose to 104.54 million tons (+4.3%), petroleum products – to 49.28 million tons (+13.8%).
The Russian ports saw a 10.2-percent gain in outbound cargoes, 201.3 million tons, while inbound cargo volume increased by 34.5% to 17.63 million tons. There was a slight 0.3-percent drop in transit cargoes - 22.23 million tons, in short sea trade volumes - 17.21 million tons (-1,8%).
The North-West basin ports transshipped in Jan-June 111.28 million tons of cargo, or 4.3% up from the same period in 2009. Dry cargo volume rose to 40.38 million tons (+13.4%), liquid cargo - 70.9 million tons (the previous year’s level). The Big Port of St. Petersburg reported a 16.4% rise, to 26.35 million tons, the port of Kaliningrad - 24%, to 7.45 million tons, the port of Ust-Luga - 29.6%, to 5.68 million tons, the port of Arkhangelsk - 7%, to 5.62 million tons.
South Basin ports handled 89.73 million tons of cargo (+2.2%), including 32.71 million tons of dry cargo (+9.9%), bulk cargo - 57.02 million tons (-1.7% ). Tuapse Port JSC reported 9.74 million tons of handled cargo (+9.4%), Port Kavkaz’ stevedores posted a 23.4-percent gain, 4.65 million tons, the port of Rostov – a 67.8-percent surge to 3.7 million tons, the port of Azov - 2.3 million tons (+14%), the port of Astrakhan - 2.6 million tons (+31%).
Ports of the Far East region boosted cargo turnover to 57.36 million tons (+39.4%), of which 30.67 million tons (+18.6%) of dry cargo and 26.69 million tons of liquid cargo, up 1.7 times as much from the same period of last year. Throughput of Vanino port’s operators rose by 10.3%, to 12.28 million tons, Vladivostok port – by 20.1% (8.1 million tons), Nakhodka - by 4.5% (8.11 million tons). Stevedoring companies of Vostochny Port reported a 1.9 times as much volume surge, to 17.12 million tons thanks to the launched Kozmino oil transshipment complex, Prigorodny Crude&Gas handling facility helped to reach a reported twofold jump in freight traffic volume at the ports of Sakhalin –10.14 million tons.
Association of Commercial Sea Ports (ASOP) founded in 1987 currently unites over 50 members – major ports, freight forwarders, agency companies, maritime organizations and higher education institutions, enterprises of Russia’s maritime transport. The structure of Aconitum include commercial seaports, freight forwarding and agency companies, research institutes, educational institutions of maritime transport.