In January-March 2016, the port of Ust-Luga handled 22,335,300 t of cargo (+4%, year-on-year), says Baltic Sea Ports Administration.
Transshipment of dry bulk cargo fell by 5% to 5,430,900 including 4,221,700 t of coal and coke (-14%).
Transshipment of liquid bulk cargo increased by 8% 16,008,600 t including 7,406,400 t of crude oil (+6%), 8,155,200 t of oil products (+8%) and 447,000 t of liquefied gas (+52%).
Transshipment of general cargo fell by 43%, year-on-year, to 127,000 t.
Transshipment of cargoes carried by ferries totaled 490,200 t (+11%).
The port’s container throughput fell by 7.4% to 20,464 TEUs.
In 2015, the port handled 87.86 mln t of cargo, container throughput totaled 89,820 TEUs.
Ust-Luga port is situated practically at the border of the Russian Federation and the European Union. The deep water area of the port (17.5 m) together with the approach channel (3.7 km) make Ust-Luga port the only Russian port on the Baltic Sea capable of admitting dry-cargo vessels with the deadweight of up to 75,000 tonnes and liquid cargo carriers with the deadweight of up to 160,000 tonnes.
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TOTAL: |
16,560.9 |
21,463.3 |
22,335.3 |
104% |
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DRY BULK CARGO including: |
4,578.3 |
5,722.0 |
5,430.9 |
95% |
|
Coal and coke |
3,958.5 |
4,891.3 |
4,221.7 |
86% |
|
Mineral fertilizers |
123.0 |
349.2 |
782.9 |
224% |
|
Other |
496.8 |
481.5 |
426.3 |
89% |
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TIMBER |
53.7 |
56.7 |
82.0 |
145% |
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GENERAL CARGO including: |
87.3 |
224.3 |
127.0 |
57% |
|
Ferrous metal |
0.4 |
204.5 |
97.9 |
48% |
|
Other |
86.9 |
19.8 |
29.1 |
147% |
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CONTAINERS |
191.8 |
179.6 |
190.5 |
106% |
|
teus |
25,525 |
22,085 |
20,464 |
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CARGO CARRIED by FERRIES |
360.1 |
440.9 |
490.2 |
111% |
|
Ro-Ro |
25.9 |
17.0 |
6.1 |
36% |
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LIQUID BULK CARGO including: |
11,263.8 |
14,822.8 |
16,008.6 |
108% |
|
Crude oil |
5,174.9 |
7,002.2 |
7,406.4 |
106% |
|
Oil products |
5,790.4 |
7,526.3 |
8,155.2 |
108% |
|
Liquefied gas |
298.6 |
294.3 |
447.0 |
152% |