• 2011 December 13 07:02

    Throughput of Russian seaports up 1.5 percent to 489.3 mln tons

    Cargo traffic at Russian seaports in recent 11 months of this year increased by 1.5% over the same period of last year to 489.3 million tons, the Association of Commercial Sea Ports (ASOP) said.

    Handling of dry bulk cargo rose by 9 percent year-over-year to 213 million tons. The eleven-month volume includes 71.9 million tons of exported coal (+13.4%), containerized cargo - 36 million tons (+19.9%), grain - 16.6 million tons (+12.4% ), ore - 7.2 million tons (+33.1%), 7 million tons carried by ferries (+4.4%), unitized cargo - 5.4 million tons (+10.9%), refrigerated cargo - 4.2 million tons (+15.9%), non-ferrous metals - 3.7 million tons (+3.9%), scrap metal - 3.5 million tons (+33.7%), sugar - 2.2 million tons (+7.6%).

    There was a 13.9 percent decline in the segment of ferrous metals to 22.2 million tons. Shipments of mineral fertilizer fell by 2.3% to 11.4 million tons, exports of timber dropped 9.5% to 5.6 million tons.

    The volume of liquid bulk fell 3.9 percent from a year before, to 276.3 million tons. Crude oil exports were down 7 percent to178 million tons, oil products – by 2.3 percent to 96.7 million tons.

    Stevedores of marine terminals of the Arctic Basin handled in January-November 38.1 million tons of cargo, a 19.6-percent drop from a year earlier. The volume of dry bulk cargo transshipped at the regional ports was up 9.5 percent year-on-year, to 20.3 million tons, liquid bulk exports slumped by 38.3 percent to 17.8 million tons, mainly at the ports of Murmansk (-47.9%), Varandey (-46.3%) and Vitino (-2.8%). Throughput of the port of Arkhangelsk rose by 20.8%.

    In the reporting period cargo throughput of the Baltic Sea was up 4.5 percent to 169.8 million tons. Handling of dry bulk cargo rose by 13.6 percent to 65.7 million tons, the volume of liquid bulk slid to 104.1 million tons (-0.5%). Stevedore companies of Big Port St. Petersburg lifted 55.4 million tons, a 3.8-percent gain from a year earlier. Throughput of the port of Ust-Luga soared by 1.9 times year-on-year, to 20.2 million tons. Cargo traffic at the port of Primorsk dropped 3.3%, at the port of Vysotsk - by10.9%, at the port of Kaliningrad – by 2.3%, and at the port of Vyborg - by1.6%.

    Transshipment of cargo at the seaports of the Black Sea was up 1 6% to 157.4 million tons. The volume of dry bulk cargo grew by 6.7% to 57 million tons. Exports of liquid bulk fell by 1.1 percent year-on-year, to 100.4 million tons.

    Throughput of Port of Kavkaz fell by 15.7 percent to 7.9 million tons, of the port of Sochi –by 3.1% to 2.2 million tons. Operators of marine terminals based at the ports of Tuapse handled 17.7 million tons, a 3.4-percent gain, throughput of the port of Rostov rose by 30.2% to 9.2 million tons, of the port of Azov – by 6.2% to 4.3 million tons, of the port of Eisk – by 6.6%, to 3.5 million tons, of Taganrog port – by 19.7% to 3.2 million tons, of the port of Temryuk - by 25.3% to 2.2 million tons.

    The Caspian regional ports handled 9.4 million tons of different cargoes, 4% down from last year’s figures. The volume of dry bulk dropped 14.3 percent to 4.9 million tons, liquid bulk volume fell 10.2 percent to 4.5 million tons.

    Cargo traffic at the port of Makhachkala grew by 11.2% to 4.9 million tons, while throughput of Astrakhan port shrank by 9.8% to 4.1 million tons, of the port of Olya - by 48.9% to 0.5 million tons.

    In January-November, the ports of the Pacific Ocean basin transshipped 114.7 million tons of cargoes (+6.5%), including 65.2 million tons of dry bulk cargo (+10.2%) and 49.5 million tons of liquid bulk (+1.9%). Throughput of Vostochny port was up 8% from 2010’s numbers (to 35.2 m tons, including the terminal in Kozmino). Cargo traffic at Port of Vanino rose 9.6% to 17.5 million tons, at the port of Prigorodnoye – by 1.8% to 14.9 million tons. Cargo handling at the port of Vladivostok increased by 2.4% to 10.6 million tons. Througput of the port of De Kastri was up 15.1% (to 7.5 million tons), of the port of Posiet - by 15.1% (5 million tons). Imports / exports at the port of Nakhodka dropped by 4.1% to 13.7 million tons.

2024 May 19

15:43 RWE, Masdar award geophysical surveys contract for DBS West offshore wind farm
14:27 Intesa Sanpaolo and Fincantieri for the energy transition of maritime and air transport
14:03 MSC Cruises to expand at Port Canaveral with the arrival of the MSC Grandiosa
13:56 Noatum launches maritime services in Türkiye
12:44 New Pipeline Transition Alliance to focus on re-purposing natural gas infrastructure to hydrogen service
11:29 Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore Ltd. shipyard launches dual-fuel offshore installation vessel for Van Oord
11:23 Major Scottish export terminal invests £750,000 to boost refrigerated cargo capabilities
10:12 Jan De Nul orders new XL cable-laying vessel

2024 May 18

15:24 SNAM's Q1 total revenues declined 1.9% to 895 million euros
14:17 KOTUG Int'l successfully pilots Tug Drone technology
12:04 Austal USA names Mark Santamaria as CFO
11:36 Silver Ships delivers four of seven coastal fast response boats
09:51 CMA CGM posts revenue of 11.8 billion for Q1 2024

2024 May 17

18:10 Bunker fuel sales at the Middle Eastern hub of Fujairah drop on a monthly basis in April 2024
17:52 Lloyd’s Register and Shandong Marine Group sign MoU
16:43 China reveals cooperation methods to protect and restore the Yangtze River
16:03 APM Terminals Barcelona holds the commissioning of 17 Konecranes NSC 644 EHY hybrid straddle carriers
15:13 Marine fuel demand in Panama declined in April 2024
14:43 MITSUI E&S and PACECO commence commercial operations of world's first hydrogen fuel cell zero emission RTG crane at Port of Los Angeles
14:23 ILWU Canada agrees to delay serving 72-hour strike notice on employer DP World Canada
13:31 Barge hits a bridge in Texas, damaging the structure and causing an oil spill
13:10 Container shipping costs on EU-S. Korea route surge over 30 pct amid Red Sea crisis
12:43 DP World invests €130m in Romania
12:21 Astrakhan hosts Russia-Iran talks on shipping cooperation on International North-South corridor
11:41 Seatrium awarded repeat FPSO integration contract from SBM Offshore
11:04 Bureau Veritas report highlights the potential of carbon capture technologies and the development of carbon value chains for shipping
10:41 Electramar christened in Helsinki
10:07 IMO Secretary-General spotlights seafarer safety amidst ongoing Red Sea attacks and resurging piracy
09:58 MABUX: Bunker Outlook, Week 20, 2024

2024 May 16

18:11 Kongsberg and Torghatten to develop self-driving ferry service linking Trondheim and the Fosen peninsula
17:42 “K” Line сonducts first trial use of B100 biofuel for carbon-free operations on car carrier
16:35 Deltamarin and ECOLOG unveil LP LCO2 carrier design
15:40 Seadrill enters agreement to sell its Qatar jack-up fleet
15:24 Scan Global Logistics and Hapag-Lloyd enter into major biofuel agreement in a new Green Collaboration
14:48 Edison Chouest feeder fleet for U.S. offshore wind market to be built to ABS Class
14:03 The Australian Government announces a funding package of $7.1 billion for budgeted programs to be administered by ARENA
13:54 The share of the idle container vessel fleet was 0.9% in April - Sea-Intelligence
13:25 The European Commission grants PCI status to CO2 value chain project developed by MOL with partners
12:14 HHLA's revenue decreased by 0.3 percent to € 363.6 millions in Q1 2024
11:42 MOL and TotalEnergies sign time charter contracts for 2 newbuilding LPG-fueled LPG carriers
10:40 Kalmar and Uniport Livorno agree on new terminal tractor order to enhance reliability, safety and service quality at Italian terminal
10:04 AMSA collaborates on a trial providing more recycling options for visiting foreign ships
09:59 SunGas Renewables and C2X announce strategic partnership

2024 May 15

18:07 MOL holds naming ceremony for newbuilding LNG carrier Greenergy Ocean to serve China National Offshore Oil Corporation
17:30 ClassNK and StormGeo mark significant collaboration to advance maritime decarbonization
17:02 Newly certified methanol valves to improve dual-fuel shipbuilding
16:45 HD KSOE to lease Subic shipyard in Philippines
16:25 Eidsvaag receives two forage carrier vessels designed and equipped by Kongsberg Maritime
15:58 ADNOC delivers first ever bulk shipment of CCS-enabled certified low-carbon ammonia to Japan
15:35 World's 1st wind challenger-equipped coal carrier achieves fuel savings of 17%
14:57 LR to support the retrofit of two Stena Line ferries to methanol
13:52 Port of Los Angeles nets record $58 million for harbor maintenance
13:32 CMA CGM to launch MCX - West Coast Central America
12:51 Port of Long Beach cargo volumes up 14.4% in April
12:21 First Ro-Pax vessel receives DNV Silent notation following successful sea trials with Wartsila propellers
11:41 Hapag-Lloyd transport volumes increased by 6.8 percent to 3 million TEU in Q1 2024
11:10 Cavotec signs two-year service agreement with Port of Salalah
10:41 China overtakes Korea in global shipbuilding competitiveness
09:58 The ports of Rotterdam and Delft join the CLARION project

2024 May 14

18:02 ICTSI to invest in new Southern Luzon gateway
17:31 ACL, BG Freight Line and Peel Ports Group start container service between Ireland and North America
17:10 Port of Hamburg is the first port in Europe to offer shore power for both container and cruise ships
16:31 Port of Gothenburg launches the platform "Digital Port Call"
16:18 NS United, NSY, Imabari Shipbuilding and Japan Marine United Corporation sign MOU for the construction of Cape-size bulk carriers using dual methanol fuel
15:56 Port of Antwerp-Bruges launches the world's first methanol-powered tugboat
15:29 The Ports of Barcelona and Shanghai will work together on innovation and decarbonisation projects
13:55 AD Ports Group announces Q1 results
12:58 NYK, NBP, TSUNEISHI SHIPBUILDING and Drax sign MOU to develop ‘bioship’ technology and plans to construct the world’s first biomass-fuelled ship
11:30 Maris Fiducia team up with HAV Hydrogen, Norwegian Hydrogen and Ankerbeer for zero emission bulk shipping
11:05 ABS and HD Hyundai Group sign MOU to advance medium-voltage power systems on ships