Annual capacity of seaports in Saint-Petersburg and Leningrad Region to grow 38% to 395 mln t by 2030

Annual capacity of seaports in Saint-Petersburg and the Leningrad Region is to be increased to 395 mln t by 2030, up 38% against the year of 2015. The growth is foreseen by the strategy for the development of transport system in Saint-Petersburg and the Leningrad Region presented at the 3^rd Annual Conference “Transport Infrastructure of Saint-Petersburg and the Leningrad Region”, reports IAA PortNews correspondent. 

Dry cargo capacity of the seaports is to grow 1.5 times to 168 mln t per year, liquid bulk cargo capacity – by 30% to 227 mln t per year. Annual throughput is expected to grow 1.5 times to 329.3 mln t including 73.1 t of containerized cargo (up 3.5 times), 84 mln t of cargoes carried by ferries (up 14.5 times) and 4 mln t of Ro-Ro cargo (up 5.7 times).

Average time of cargo clearance and state control procedures at seaports is to be reduced from 90 to 40 minutes.