In January-November 2016, Russian seaports handled 657.7 mln t of cargo (+6.4%, year-on-year), says the press center of Association of Commercial Sea Ports.
Transshipment of dry bulk cargo totaled 306.7 mln t (+7.9%) including 124.6 mln t of coal (+11.1%), 38.9 mln t of containerized cargo (+6.6%), 32.2 mln t of grain (+4.6%), 26.0 mln t of ferrous metal (+6.7%), 20.8 mln t of cargo carried by ferries (+4.7%), 14.6 mln t of mineral fertilizers (+0.4%), 7.9 mln t of ore (+27.3%), 5.0 mln t of forest cargo (+2.9%), 4.1 mln t of RO-RO cargo (up 1.8 times), 3.7 mln t of metal scrap (-1.9%).
Transshipment of liquid bulk cargo totaled 351.0 mln t (+5.2%) including 207.5 mln t of crude oil (+12.2%), 12.3 mln t of liquefied gas (+5.0%) and 127.8 mln t of oil products (- 4.4%).
Exports totaled 517.4 mln t (+5.3%), imports - 28.8 mln t (-5.5%), transit - 46.1 mln t (+5.0%), coastal trade cargo – 65.4 mln t (+25.6%).
Operators of the Arctic Basin terminals handled 44.6 mln t of cargo (+37.4%) including 24.2 mln t of dry bulk cargo (+6.1%) and 20.4 mln t of liquid bulk cargo (up 2.1 times). The port of Murmansk handled 29.8 mln t (+48.0%), Varandei - 7.3 mln t (+22.7%), Dudinka - 1.1 mln t (+1.2%); Arkhangelsk - 2.5 mln t (-31.5%), Kandalaksha - 0.7 mln t (- 9.5%).
The ports of the Baltic Basin handled 215.5 mln t (+2.2%) including 81.4 mln t of dry bulk cargo (+1.8%) and 134.1 mln t of liquid bulk cargo (+2.5%). The port of Ust-Luga handled 85.1 mln t (+5.7%), Primorsk - 59.0 mln t (+8.7%); Big Port St. Petersburg - 44.0 mln t (-6.6%), Vysotsk - 15.6 mln t (-2.3%), Kaliningrad - 10.6 mln t (-8.3%), Vyborg - 1.2 mln t (-11.9%).
Throughput of Azov - Black Sea ports climbed to 222.7 mln t (+4.9%) including 96.7 mln t of dry bulk cargo (+8.5%) and 126.0 mln t of liquid bulk cargo (+2.2%). The port of Novorossiysk handled 119.7 mln t (+3.0%), Kavkaz - 30.7 mln t (+7.5%), Taman - 12.0 mln t (+12.1%), Rostov-on-Don - 12.0 mln t (+14.5%), Kerch - 8.8 mln t (+28.0%), Yeisk - 3.9 mln t (+12.4%), Temryuk - 2.6 mln t (+14.0%); Tuapse - 22.9 mln t (-1.2%). Azov - 6.0 mln t (-4.4%), Taganrog - 2.1 mln t (-17.8%).
The ports of the Caspian Basin handled 5.5 mln t of cargo (-11.2%) including 2.8 mln t of dry bulk cargo (+0.2%) and 2.7 mln t of liquid bulk cargo (-20.8%). Throughput of port Makhachkala fell by 15.9% to 3.0 mln t, Astrakhan – by 4.3% to 2.3 mln t, Olya – by 10.9%.
The ports of Far East Basin handled 169.4 mln t (+8.6%) including 101.6 mln t of dry bulk cargo (+13.3%) and 67.8 mln t of liquid bulk cargo (+2.2%). Port Vostochny handled 62.6 mln t (+5.4%), Vanino - 27. mln t (+11.9%), Nakhodka - 21.3 mln t (+9.5%), Prigorodnoye - 14.9 mln t (+2.2%), Vladivostok - 13.1 mln t (+11.0%), De-Castri - 10.6 mln t (+11.5%), Pociet - 7.4 mln t (+27.7%).
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.