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2017 May 22   14:34

Throughput of port Ust-Luga up 10% to 33.02 mln t in 4M’17

In January-April 2017, the port of Ust-Luga handled 33,026,900 t of cargo (+10%, year-on-year), says Baltic Sea Ports Administration.

Transshipment of dry bulk cargo climbed by 26% - до 10,044,700 t, coal and coke – up 40% to 8,684,300 t. 

Transshipment of liquid bulk cargo climbed by 4% to 121,845,000 including 11,015,400 t of crude oil (+11%) and 10,175,800 t of oil products (-3%). 

Transshipment of general cargo grew by 19% to 283,000 t.

Transshipment of cargoes carried by ferries totaled 493,000 t (-14%). 

The port’s container throughput fell by 3% to 25,260 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 %

Port Ust-Luga

TOTAL:

28,335.2

30,154.6

33,026.9

110%

 

DRY BULK CARGO including:

7,646.8

7,987.5

10,044.7

126%

 

Ore

36.9

44.6

0.0

down

 

Coal and coke

6,511.0

6,209.4

8,684.3

140%

 

Mineral fertilizers

523.4

1,126.3

691.7

61%

 

Other

575.5

607.2

668.7

110%

 

LOOSE cargo including:

0.0

0.0

15.6

Up

 

Other loose cargo

78.9

0.0

15.6


 

TIMBER

78.9

108.4

117.2

108%

 

GENERAL CARGO including:

330.8

237.7

283.0

119%

 

Ferrous metal

274.2

203.1

222.3

109%

 

Other

56.6

34.6

60.7

176%

 

CONTAINERs

232.8

246.5

225.7

92%

 

Teus

28,348

26,068

25,263


 

Including reefer containers:



322


 

CARGO CARRIED by FERRIES

615.4

571.2

493.0

86%

 

Ro-Ro

20.1

8.3

2.7

33%

 

LIQUID BULK CARGO, including:

19,410.3

20,995.0

21,845.0

104%

 

Crude oil

9,296.2

9,908.4

11,015.4

111%

 

Oil products

9,709.1

10,496.8

10,175.8

97%

 

Liquefied gas

405.0

589.9

653.8

111%