In January-October 2015, the Port of Tallinn (Estonia) handled 19.2 mln t of cargo (-18.5%, year-on-year). According to the Port Authorities, container throughput dropped by 20.7% to 176,400 TEUs, Ro-Ro cargo increased by 7.9% to 3,641 units.
Passenger traffic climbed by 1.8% to 8,346,900 people.
The number of cargo ships’ calls fell by 15% to 1,417 vessels, passenger ships’ call – increased by 10.4% to 4,561 vessels.
Port of Tallinn ranks fourth largest seaport, next to St. Petersburg, Primorsk and Ust-Luga, on the Baltic Sea. The Port comprises five so-called port zones: Muuga, Old City Harbor, Paljassaare, Paldiski South and Saaremaa. In 2014 throughput at Tallinn port totaled 28.32 million tonnes.
January-October 2015/2014:
|
2015 |
2014 |
Change, % |
Share, % (2015) |
Cargo flows (thou t) |
19,199.3 |
23564.5 |
-18.5 |
100.0 |
Cargo type |
|
|
|
|
Containers TEU |
176,396 |
222,387 |
-20.7 |
|
Containerized cargo |
1,458.4 |
1,660.8 |
-12.2 |
7.6 |
Consolidated cargo |
487.2 |
525.7 |
-7.3 |
2.5 |
Loose bulk cargo |
2,425.7 |
2,147.5 |
13.0 |
12.6 |
Liquid bulk cargo |
11,181.4 |
15,843.4 |
-29.4 |
58.2 |
Ro-Ro |
3,640.9 |
3,374.5 |
7.9 |
19.0 |
Non-sea cargo |
5.8 |
12.6 |
-54.2 |
0.0 |
Cargo flows |
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Unloading |
6,586.1 |
9,143.4 |
-28.0 |
34.3 |
Import |
3,199.8 |
3,019.5 |
6.0 |
16.7 |
Trasit |
3,386.3 |
6,123.9 |
-44.7 |
17.6 |
Loading |
12,543.0 |
14,398.7 |
-12.9 |
65.3 |
Export |
3,259.9 |
3,016.1 |
8.1 |
17.0 |
Transit |
9,283.1 |
11,382.6 |
-18.4 |
48.4 |
Coastal trade cargo |
58.0 |
9.8 |
0.3 |
|
Passengers (thou people) |
8,346.9 |
8,199.0 |
1.8 |
100 |
Tallinn-Helsinki |
6,927.9 |
6,749.8 |
2.6 |
83.0 |
Tallinn-Stockholm |
792.1 |
816.3 |
-3.0 |
9.5 |
Paldiski-Kapellskär |
14.7 |
15.1 |
-3.1 |
0.2 |
Muuga-Helsinki |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
Stockholm-Tallinn-St.Petersburg |
106.8 |
128.9 |
-17.2 |
1.3 |
Helsinki-St.Petersburg |
0.0 |
0.0 |
||
Ohter |
0.0 |
0.3 |
||
Cruise passengers |
504.2 |
486.6 |
3.6 |
6.0 |
Passenger of cargo ships |
1.1 |
1.8 |
-40.3 |
0.0 |
Calls |
5,978 |
5,799 |
3.1 |
100 |
Cargo |
1,417 |
1,667 |
-15.0 |
23.7 |
Passenger |
4,561 |
4,132 |
10.4 |
76.3 |