In January-April 2016, Russian seaports handled 225.5 mln t of cargo (+5.5%, year-on-year), says the press center of Association of Commercial Sea Ports.
Transshipment of dry bulk cargo totaled 100.7 mln t (+12.0%) including 39.9 mln t of coal (+11.1%), 13.5 mln t of containerized cargo (+3.0%), 9.8 mln t of ferrous metal (+6.6%), 9.6 mln t of grain (+49.2%), 7.0 mln t of cargo carried by ferries (+25.0%), 5.2 mln t of mineral fertilizers (+3.9%), 2.8 mln t of ore (up 1.8 times), 1.9 mln t of timber (+7.4%), 1.3 mln t of non-ferrous metal (+2.5%) and 1.0 mln t of reefer cargo (+8.3%). Transshipment of metal scrap fell to 1.3 mln t
(-9.3%).
Transshipment of liquid bulk cargo increased to 124.8 mln t (+0.8%) including 74.5 mln t of crude oil (+8.4%), 44.6 mln t of oil products (-9.6%) and 4.5 mln t of liquefied gas (-3.0%).
Transshipment of export cargo totaled 182.8 mln t (+5.3%), import cargo - 10.0 mln t, transit cargo - 16.4 mln t (+4.6%), coastal trade cargo - 16.3 mln t (+17.0%).
Operators of the Arctic Basin terminals handled 13.6 mln t (+19.9%, year-on-year) including 8.2 mln t of dry cargo (+9.4%) and 5.4 mln t of liquid bulk cargo (+40.3%). Port Murmansk handled 9.0 mln t of cargo (+30.0%), Varandei - 2.6 mln t (+19.2%).
The ports of the Baltic Basin handled 77.0 mln t (+2.3%) including 48.9 mln t of liquid bulk cargo (+2.6%) and 28.1 mln t of dry cargo (+1.6%). The port of Ust-Luga handled 30.2 mln t of cargo (+6.4%), Primorsk - 21.4 mln t (+7.6%), Big Port St. Petersburg - 15.7 mln t (-8.0%) mostly due to decrease of oil products transshipment (-33.8%), Kaliningrad - 4.1 mln t (-4.6%).
Throughput of Azov - Black Sea ports climbed to 74.4 mln t (+4.3%) including 29.9 mln t of dry cargo (+21.1%) and 44.5 mln t of liquid bulk cargo (-4.5%). Operators of Novorossiysk terminals handled 45.0 mln t of cargo (+3.5%), Taman - 4.1 mln t (+5.5%), Rostov-on-Don - 3.5 mln t (+32.7%), Kerch - 2.5 mln t (+35.7%), Azov - 1.9 mln t (+32.1%), Yeisk - 1.2 mln t (+19.2%), Tuapse - 8.2 mln t (-5.6%), Kavkaz - 5.9 mln t (-1.9%).
The ports of the Caspian Basin handled 2.2 mln t of cargo
(-10.5%) including 1.1 mln t of liquid bulk cargo (-19.3%) and 1.1 mln t of dry cargo (-0.5%). Transshipment via the port of Astrakhan increased by 3.1% to 0.9 mln t, via Makhachkala – down 17.1% to 1.2 mln t, Olya – down 35.7%.
The ports of Far East Basin handled 58.3 mln t (+9.3%) including 33.4 mln t of dry cargo (+15.4%) and
24.9 mln t of liquid bulk cargo (+2.0%). Port Vostochny handled 21.4 mln t (+2.8%), Vanino - 9.7 mln t (+14.9%), Nakhodka - 7.6 mln t (+14.7%), Vladivostok - 4.5 mln t (+14.3%), De-Castri – 4.1 mln t (+26.3%), Posiet - 2.8 mln t (+44.4%), Prigorodnoye –5.5 mln t (-3.8%).
Association of Commercial Sea Ports (ASOP) set up in 1987 unites over 50 organizations and enterprises of Russia&RSquo;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.