Throughput of Russian seaports up 6.4% to 412.4 mln t in Jan-Aug’14
In January-August 2014, Russian seaports handled 412.4 mln t of cargo (+6.4%, year-on-year), says press center of Association of Commercial Sea Ports.
Transshipment of dry bulk cargo totaled 189.2 mln t (+13.5%) including 77.6 mln t of coal (+15.2%), 31.2 mln t of containerized cargo (+6.4%), 18.2 mln t of grain (up 2.1 times), 15.9 mln t of ferrous metal (+6.1%), 9.9 mln t of mineral fertilizers (+19.2%), 5.1 mln t of cargoes carried by ferries (+14.8%), 3.2 mln t of scrap metal (+40.8%) and 2.4 mln t of refrigerated cargo (+1.3%). Transshipment of ore fell to 4.0 mln t (-17.5%), non-ferrous metal – to 2.1 mln t (-19.6%).
Transshipment of liquid bulk cargo hit 223.2 mln t (+1.0%) including 126.5 mln t of crude oil (-7.8%), 86.1 mln t of oil products (+15.1%) and 8.2 mln t of liquefied gas (+12.3%).
Transshipment of export cargo totaled 328.4 mln t (+8.3%, year-on-year), import cargo – 29.2 mln t (-5.2%), transit cargo – 32.4 mln t (+4.6%), coastal trade cargo – 22.4 mln t (-1.3%).
Operators of the Arctic Basin terminals handled 23.4 mln t of cargo (-24.9%) including 17.0 mln t of dry cargo (+3.7%) and 6.4 mln t of liquid bulk cargo (down 2.3 times). The port of Murmansk handled 15.1 mln t (-26.2%), Arkhangelsk - 2.6 mln t (-19.8%), Varandei - 3.9 mln t (+10.4%).
The ports of the Baltic Basin handled 149.8 mln t (+5.5%) including 59.0 mln t of dry cargo (+9.4%) and 90.8 mln t of liquid bulk cargo (+3.2%). The port of Ust-Luga handled 49.4 mln t (+22.3%), Big Port St. Petersburg - 41.0 mln t (+8.3%), Vysotsk - 12.1 mln t (+9.9%), Vyborg - 1.1 mln t (+24.5%), Kaliningrad - 9.0 mln t (-0.4%), Primorsk - 37.3 mln t (-12.4%).
Throughput of Azov - Black Sea ports climbed to 125.6 mln t (+10.8%) including 46.2 mln t of dry cargo (+18.3%) and 79.4 mln t of liquid bulk cargo (+6.8%). The port of Novorossiysk handled 81.4 mln t (+8.2%), Tuapse - 14.5 mln t (+31.7%), Taman - 6.8 mln t (+26.2%), Kavkaz - 6.2 mln t (+30.3%), Azov - 4.0 mln t (+22.3%), Yeisk - 2.4 mln t (+11.3%), Taganrog - 1.9 mln t (+4.1%), Rostov-on-Don - 6.8 mln t (+0.2%), Temryuk - 1.3 mln t (-4.0%).
The ports of the Caspian Basin handled 5.2 mln t (-4.4%) including 2.2 mln t of dry cargo (+5.0%) and 3.0 mln t of liquid bulk cargo (-10.2%). Throughput of the port of Makhachkala fell by 7.0%, Olya – dropped by 7.7%, Astrakhan – increased by 1.8%.
The ports of Far East Basin handled 108.4 mln t of cargo (+13.2%) including 64.9 mln t of dry cargo (+17.4%), 43.5 mln t of liquid bulk cargo (+7.5%). Port Vostochny handled 38.1 mln t (+18.6%), Vanino - 17.2 mln t (+6.6%), Nakhodka - 14.2 mln t (+16.8%), Prigorodnoye - 10.9 mln t (+1.6%), Vladivostok - 10.5 mln t (+10.2%), De-Castri – 5.2 mln t (+16.3%), Posiet - 4.8 mln t (+30.5%).
Association of Commercial Sea Ports (ASOP) set up in 1987 unites over 50 organizations and enterprises of Russia’s maritime transport. ASOP comprises commercial seaports, forwarding and agency companies, scientific research institutes and marine educational institutions. Operational results of Russian port sector are based on statistics reports and cover all stevedoring companies operating in the Russian Federation.
