In January 2017, Russian seaports handled 59.6 mln t of cargo (+12.7%, year-on-year), says the press center of Association of Commercial Sea Ports.
Transshipment of dry bulk cargo totaled 25.0 mln t (+14.9%) including 10.2 mln t of coal (+19.7%), 3.5 mln t of containerized cargo (+16.4%), 2.5 mln t of grain (+33.6%), 2.3 mln t of ferrous metal (+8.6%), 1.4 mln t of mineral fertilizers (+6.8%), 0.4 mln t of forest cargo (+1.1%), 0.3 mln t of Ro-Ro cargo (up 1.8 times) and 0.3 mln t of metal scrap (+23.1%). Transshipment of cargoes carried by ferries totaled 1.6 mln t (-0.7%), ores - 0.4 mln t (-40.6%), packaged cargo - 0.2 mln t (-26.8%).
Transshipment of liquid bulk cargo grew by 11.2% to 34.7 mln t including 19.9 mln t of crude oil (+9.1%), 13.1 mln t of oil products (+14.0%) and 1.3 mln t of liquefied gas (+7.5%).
Exports totaled 47.4 mln t (+10.2%), imports - 2.4 mln t (+10.6%), transit - 4.3 mln t (+3.2%), short-sea traffic - 5.5 mln t (up 1.6 times).
Operators of the Arctic Basin terminals handled 4.1 mln t (+44.3%, year-on-year) including 2.5 mln t of liquid bulk cargo (up 2.5 times) and 1.6 mln t of dry bulk cargo (-12.8%). The port of Murmansk handled 2.8 mln t (up 1.6 times), Varandei - 0.7 mln t (+10.4%), Dudinka - 0.1 mln t (+25.1%), Arkhangelsk - 0.1 mln t (down 2.1 times).
The ports of the Baltic Basin handled 20.6 mln t (+12.2%) investment 7.3 mln t of dry cargo (+18.3%) and 13.3 mln t of liquid bulk cargo (+9.1%). The port of Ust-Luga handled 8.1 mln t (+11.3%), Primorsk - 5.6 mln t (+11.2%), Big Port St. Petersburg - 4.1 mln t (+10.3%), Vysotsk - 1.6 mln t (+32.0%), Kaliningrad - 1.1 mln t (+7.6%), Vyborg - 0.1 mln t (+1.9%).
Seaports of Azov-Black Sea Basin handled 19.7 mln t (+12.2%) including 7.7 mln t of dry cargo (+21.5%) and 12.0 mln t of liquid bulk cargo (+7.0%). The port of Novorossiysk handled 11.6 mln t (+5.1%), Tuapse - 2.3 mln t (+4.0%), Kavkaz - 1.7 mln t (+24.9%), Taman - 1.2 mln t (up 1.7 times), Rostov-on-Don - 0.9 mln t (+36.2%), Kerch - 0.7 mln t (+31.9%), Azov - 0.4 mln t (+13.8%), Yeisk - 0.3 mln t (+28.6%), Temryuk - 0.3 mln t (+44.8%).
The ports of the Caspian Basin handled 0.3 mln t (down 2 times) including 0.2 mln t of dry cargo (-23.1%) and 0.1 mln t of liquid bulk cargo (down 4.2 times). The port of Makhachkala plunged 4.8 times to 0.1 mln t, Astrakhan – down 17.7% to 0.2 mln t, Olya – up 2.3 times to 18,800 t.
The ports of the Far East Basin handled 14.9 mln t (+10.2%) including 8.2 mln t of dry cargo (+14.8%) and 6.7 mln t of liquid bulk cargo (+5.1%). Port Vostochny handled 5.6 mln t (+7.4%), Vanino - 2.0 mln t (+2.3%), Nakhodka - 2.0 mln t (+13.4%), Prigorodnoye - 1.7 mln t (+11.6%), Vladivostok - 1.2 mln t (+21.1%), De-Castri - 1.0 mln t (+0.9%), Posiet - 0.7 mln t (+11.5%).
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.