In January-December 2016, the port of Ust-Luga handled 93,362,500 t of cargo (+6%, year-on-year), says Baltic Sea Ports Administration.
Transshipment of dry bulk cargo climbed by 10% to 27,703,100 t, coal and coke – up 4% to 22,328,100 t.
Transshipment of liquid bulk cargo climbed by 6% to 62,487,100 t including 30,146,000 t of crude oil (+12%) and 30,483,100 t of oil products (flat, year-on-year).
Transshipment of general cargo declined by 2%, year-on-year, to 756,900 t.
Transshipment of cargoes carried by ferries totaled 1,321,400 t (-34%).
The port’s container throughput fell by 6.6% to 83,934 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.
|
Port |
Type of cargo |
Throughput thou t 2014 |
Throughput thou t 2015 |
Throughput thou t 2016 |
2016 vs 2015 % |
|
UST-LUGA |
Total: |
75,692.0 |
87,868.4 |
93,362.5 |
106% |
|
|
DRY BULK CARGO, including : |
21,990.2 |
25,199.9 |
27,703.1 |
110% |
|
|
Ore |
0.0 |
124.9 |
245.3 |
196% |
|
|
Coal and coke |
19,418.5 |
21,543.6 |
22,328.1 |
104% |
|
|
Mineral fertilizers |
505.7 |
1791.6 |
3015.5 |
168% |
|
|
Other |
2,066.0 |
1,739.8 |
2,114.2 |
122% |
|
|
DRY LOOSE CARGO, including: |
0.0 |
3.5 |
8.6 |
up 2.5, times |
|
|
Grain |
0.0 |
3.5 |
0.0 |
down |
|
|
Other |
0.0 |
0.0 |
8.6 |
up |
|
|
TIMBER |
274.0 |
237.6 |
309.2 |
130% |
|
|
GENERAL CARGO, including: |
694.3 |
769.3 |
756.9 |
98% |
|
|
Ferrous metal |
155.1 |
560.5 |
594.0 |
106% |
|
|
Other |
539.2 |
208.8 |
162.9 |
78% |
|
|
CONTAINERS |
879.0 |
808.8 |
760.2 |
94% |
|
|
teus |
106,757 |
89,820 |
83,934 |
, |
|
|
CARGO CARRIED by FERRIES |
1,654.8 |
2,013.0 |
1,321.4 |
66% |
|
|
Ro-Ro |
176.1 |
43.4 |
16.0 |
37% |
|
|
LIQUID BULK CARGO including: |
50,023.7 |
58,792.9 |
6,2487.1 |
106% |
|
|
Crude oil |
23,261.1 |
26,814.0 |
30,146.0 |
112% |
|
|
Oil products |
25,649.3 |
30,550.5 |
30,483.1 |
100% |
|
|
Liquefied gas |
1,113.3 |
1,428.3 |
1,858.0 |
130% |