In January-September 2016, Russian seaports handled 531.7 mln t of cargo (+5.7%, year-on-year), says the press center of Association of Commercial Sea Ports.
Transshipment of dry bulk cargo totaled 248.7 mln t (+7.8%) including 101.9 mln t of coal (+12.0%), 31.4 mln t of containerized cargo (+4.8%), 24.3 mln t of grain (+2.1%), 21.5 mln t of ferrous metal (+8.5%), 17.1 mln t of cargo carried by ferries (+3.6%), 6.5 mln t of ore (+30.6%), 4.1 mln t of timber (+2.5%), 3.9 mln t of ro-ro cargo (up 1.8 times).
Transshipment of liquid bulk cargo increased by 3.9% to 283.0 mln t including 162.9 mln t of crude oil (+8.5%), 9.7 mln t of liquefied gas (+3.5%) and 107.8 mln t of oil products (-2.4%).
Transshipment of export cargo totaled 420.4 (+5.2%), import cargo - 23.4 mln t (-6.1%), transit - 36.3 mln t (+0.5%), coastal trade cargo - 51.6 mln t (+21.4%).
Operators of the Arctic Basin terminals handled 34.8 mln t (+31.8%, year-on-year) including 19.8 mln t of dry cargo (+8.5%) and 15.0 mln t of liquid bulk cargo (up 1.8 times). The port of Murmansk handled 23.1 mln t (+42.2%), Varandei - 6.0 mln t (+22.1%), Arkhangelsk - 2.1 mln t (-28.4%), Kandalaksha - 0.5 mln t (- 21.5%).
The ports of the Baltic Basin handled174.9 mln t (+1.9%) including 66.0 mln t of dry cargo (+0.9%) and 108.9 mln t of liquid bulk cargo (+2.6%). The port of Ust-Luga handled 68.5 mln t of cargo (+5.3%), Primorsk - 48.3 mln t (+10.5%), Big Port St. Petersburg - 35.9 mln t (-7.7%), Vysotsk - 12.5 mln t (-5.2%), Kaliningrad - 8.7 mln t (-8.9%).
Throughput of Azov - Black Sea ports climbed to 179.7 mln t (+3.9%) including 77.5 mln t of dry cargo (+8.7%) and 102.2 mln t of liquid bulk cargo (+0.6%). The port of Novorossiysk handled 96.7 mln t (+2.1%), Kavkaz - 24.5 mln t (+3.1%), Taman - 9.5 mln t (+9.2%), Rostov-on-Don - 9.7 mln t (+21.7%), Kerch - 7.1 mln t (+31.6%), Yeisk - 3.0 mln t (+8.3%), Temryuk - 2.2 mln t (+19.2%), Tuapse - 18.7 mln t (-1.5%), Azov - 4.8 mln t (-2.7%), Taganrog - 1.7 mln t (-22.6%).
The ports of the Caspian Basin handled 4.3 mln t (-15.9%) including 2.1 mln t of dry cargo (-9.3%) and 2.2 mln t of liquid bulk cargo (-11.5%). The port of Makhachkala handled 2.4 mln t (-19.4%). Transport of port Astrakhan fell by 9.3% to 1.8 mln t, port Olya – by 29.6%.
The ports of Far East Basin handled 137.9 mln t (+8.5%) including 83.2 mln t of dry cargo (+13.7%) and 54.7 mln t of liquid bulk cargo (+1.5%). Port Vostochny handled 51.0 mln t (+4.5%), Vanino - 22.7 mln t (+13.8%), Nakhodka - 17.4 mln t (+10.2%), Vladivostok - 10.5 mln t (+10.5%), De-Castri - 8.5 mln t (+13.1%), Posiet - 6.0 mln t (+26.8%), Prigorodnoye - 11.6 mln t (-0.8%).
Association of Commercial Sea Ports (ASOP) set up in 1987 unites over 50 organizations and enterprises of Russia’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.