In January-February 2017, the port of Ust-Luga handled 15,685,600 t of cargo (+9%, year-on-year), says Baltic Sea Ports Administration.
Transshipment of dry bulk cargo climbed by 33% to 4,521,300 t, coal and coke – by 45% to 3,887,800 t.
Transshipment of liquid bulk cargo climbed by 2% to 10,607,400 t including 4,906,100 t of crude oil (+2%) and 5,410,000 t of oil products (+3%).
Transshipment of general cargo surged by 81% to 143,200 t.
Transshipment of cargoes carried by ferries totaled 228,900 t (-34%).
The port’s container throughput fell by 3.8% to 13,91 TEUs.
In 2016, the port handled 93.36 mln t of cargo, container throughput totaled 83,934 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, 2015 |
Throughput thou t, 2016 |
Throughput thou t, 2017 |
2017 vs 2016 % |
|
Ust-Luga |
TOTAL: |
13,572.9 |
14,378.6 |
15,685.6 |
109% |
|
|
DRY BULK CARGO including: |
3657.9 |
3411.4 |
4521.3 |
133% |
|
|
Coal and coke |
3172.3 |
2675.1 |
3887.8 |
145% |
|
|
Mineral fertilizers |
184.9 |
536.5 |
313.1 |
58% |
|
|
Other |
300.7 |
199.8 |
320.4 |
160% |
|
|
LOOSE BULK CARGO, including: |
0.0 |
0.0 |
10.4 |
up |
|
|
Other loose bulk cargo |
0.0 |
0.0 |
10.4 |
|
|
|
TIMBER |
34.0 |
52.6 |
51.9 |
99% |
|
|
GENERAL CARGO including: |
109.0 |
78.9 |
143.2 |
181% |
|
|
Ferrous metal |
101.3 |
61.7 |
124.0 |
up 2 times |
|
|
Other |
7.7 |
17.2 |
19.2 |
112% |
|
|
CONTAINERs |
117.2 |
133.7 |
122.5 |
92% |
|
|
Teus |
15,003 |
14,453 |
13,912 |
|
|
|
including refrigerated containers: |
141 |
|||
|
|
CARGO CARRIED by FERRIES |
303.7 |
349.1 |
228.9 |
66% |
|
|
Ro-Ro |
14.1 |
4.0 |
0.0 |
down |
|
|
LIQUID BULK CARGO, including: |
9337.0 |
10349.0 |
10607.4 |
102% |
|
|
Crude oil |
4499.6 |
4809.2 |
4906.1 |
102% |
|
|
Oil products |
4666.8 |
5262.7 |
5410.0 |
103% |
|
|
Liquefied gas |
170.6 |
277.1 |
291.3 |
105% |