Throughput of Sea Port of Saint-Petersburg down 11% to 7.8 mln t in 2013

In 2013, Sea Port of Saint-Petersburg OJSC handled 7.8 mln t of cargo (-11%, year-on-year), the company announced.

The company attributes the decrease mainly to the decline in transshipment of ferrous metal due to fall in demand at the global markets.

In particular, transshipment of ferrous metal fell by 28% to 1.9 mln t. Transshipment of non-ferrous metal declined by 9% to 1.5 mln t. However, transshipment of scrap metal climbed by 13% to 0.9 mln t. 

The company’s total turnover of general cargo hit 5.7 mln t (-18%, year-on-year). 

The past year saw an increase in transshipment of dry loose and bulk cargo (+15%, year-on-year) to 2.1 mln t driven by increased transshipment of mineral fertilizers (up 1.5 times) to 1.2 mln t.

Export flow of cargo handled by Sea Port of Saint-Petersburg declined by 8% to 6.1 mln t, import – by 20% to 1.7 mln t.

Sea Port of Saint-Petersburg OJSC (included in UCL Port – stevedoring division of the International transportation group UCL Holding) – is the largest operator, rendering services on handling of all types of dry cargoes in Big Port of Saint-Petersburg.  It operates modern specialized terminals for handling of container, reefer, ro-ro cargoes, cars and metals. In 2012 company handled 8.7 mln. tonnes of cargo.