Throughput of port Saint-Petersburg down 8% to 8,099,600 t in Jan-Feb’15
In January-February 2015, transshipment of dry bulk cargo totaled 1,203,500 t (+17%, year-on-year) including 1,066,500 t of mineral fertilizers (+17%), Baltic Sea Ports Authority says.
Transshipment of general cargo fell by 10% to 1,837,500 t including 751,500 t of ferrous metal (-4%). The port’s container throughput dropped by 28.8% to 273,293 TEUs (or by 15% to 3,141,400 t). In the two-month period, the port handled 1,715,100 t of liquid bulk cargo (-2%) including 1,709,700 t of oil products (-2%). Transshipment of cargoes carried by ferries plunged by 44% to 41,100 t.
Transshipment of loose dry cargo fell by 56% to 9,000 t, timber – climbed 2.1 times to 73,600 t.
