In January 2013, throughput of port St. Petersburg fell by 3%, year-on-year, to 3,863,200 tons, the Administration of Big Port St. Petersburg states.
Transshipment of dry buck cargo fell by 5% to 372,100 tons including 63,700 tons of ore (-2%) and 308,400 tons of mineral fertilizers (-6%).
Transshipment of dry loose cargo fell 5.7 times to 8,900 tons including 2,900 tons of grain (-84%) and 21,500 tons of timber cargo (+41%).
The volume of general cargo increased by 4% to 1,025,200 tons including 406,600 tons of ferrous metal (-10%), 142,100 tons of non-ferrous metals (+23%) and 160,300 tons of refrigerated cargo (+51%).
Oil product transshipment fell by 1% to 740,800 tons.
The port’s container throughput increased by 3.9% to 177,668 TEUs. The port also handled 42,900 tons of Rо-Rо cargo.
Port of St. Petersburg is located on the islands in the mouth of the Neva-river, in the Neva Bay at the eastern side of the Gulf of Finland (Baltic Sea). The Big Port of St. Petersburg includes the mouth of the Neva-river, the Neva Bay, Kronshtadt and the complex of structures protecting St. Petersburg from flood (the dam). Icebreaker assistance is carried out within winter navigation.
According to the Administration of the Sea Port of St. Petersburg, about 30 stevedoring companies are engaged in transshipment of cargo in the port. In 2012, the port’s throughput fell by 4%, year-on-year, to 57,814,400 tons.