In January-April 2016, the port of Ust-Luga handled 30,154,600 t of cargo (+6%, year-on-year), says Baltic Sea Ports Administration.
Transshipment of dry bulk cargo climbed by 4% to 7,987,500 including 6,209,400 t of coal and coke (-5%).
Transshipment of liquid bulk cargo increased by 8% to 20,995,000 t including 9,908,400 t of crude oil (+7%), 10,496,800 t of oil products (+8%) and 589,900 t of liquefied gas (+46%).
Transshipment of general cargo fell by 28%, year-on-year, to 237,700 t.
Transshipment of cargoes carried by ferries totaled 571,200 t (-7%).
The port’s container throughput fell by 8.1% to 26,068 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.
|
Ust-Luga Port |
TOTAL: |
23,010.2 |
28,335.2 |
30,154.6 |
106% |
|
|
DRY BULK CARGO including: |
6,478.9 |
7,646.8 |
7,987.5 |
104% |
|
|
Ore |
0.0 |
36.9 |
44.6 |
121% |
|
|
Coal and coke |
5,721.9 |
6,511.0 |
6,209.4 |
95% |
|
|
Mineral fertilizers |
155.2 |
523.4 |
1,126.3 |
up 2.2 times |
|
|
Other |
601.8 |
575.5 |
607.2 |
106% |
|
|
TIMBER |
88.7 |
78.9 |
108.4 |
137% |
|
|
GENERAL CARGO including: |
179.6 |
330.8 |
237.7 |
72% |
|
|
Ferrous metal |
0.4 |
274.2 |
203.1 |
74% |
|
|
Other |
179.2 |
56.6 |
34.6 |
61% |
|
|
CONTAINERS |
254.9 |
232.8 |
246.5 |
106% |
|
|
Ferrous metal |
34,146 |
28,348 |
26,068 |
, |
|
|
CARGO CARRIED by FERRIES |
489.5 |
615.4 |
571.2 |
93% |
|
|
Ro-Ro |
36.2 |
20.1 |
8.3 |
41% |
|
|
LIQUID BULK CARGO including: |
15,482.4 |
19,410.3 |
20,995.0 |
108% |
|
|
Crude oil |
7,313.7 |
9,296.2 |
9,908.4 |
107% |
|
|
Oil products |
7,755.8 |
9,709.1 |
10,496.8 |
108% |