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2017 August 17   11:23

Throughput of port Ust-Luga up 12% to 58.89 mln t in 7M’2017

In January-July 2017, the port of Ust-Luga handled 58,890,800 t of cargo (+12%, year-on-year), says Baltic Sea Ports Administration.

Transshipment of dry bulk cargo climbed by 31% to 19,694,600 t, coal and coke – up 43% to 16,841,00 t. 

Transshipment of liquid bulk cargo climbed by 4% to 37,363,100 t including 19,025,700 t of crude oil (+12%) and 17,187,500 t of oil products (-4%). 

Transshipment of general cargo grew by 4% to 401,500 t.

Transshipment of cargoes carried by ferries was flat, year-on-year, at 830,800 t. 

The port’s container throughput fell by 5% to 42,866 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:

50,093.3

52,815.8

58,890.8

112%


DRY BULK CARGO including:

14,129.5

15,087.6

19,694.6

131%

 

Ore

124.9

144.9

23.4

16%

 

Coal and coke

12,045.1

11,807.4

16,841.2

143%

 

Mineral fertilizers

928.5

1,911.5

1,594.4

83%

 

Other

1,031.0

1,223.8

1,235.6

101%

 

LOOSE CARGO, including:

0.0

2.7

15.6

up

 

Other loose cargo

0.0

2.7

15.6

 

 

TIMBER

142.4

170.0

196.5

116%

 

GENERAL CARGO including:

441.5

386.7

401.5

104%

 

Ferrous metal

323.0

326.9

287.9

88%

 

Packaged



5.9

up

 

Other

118.5

59.8

107.7

180%

 

CONTAINERS

436.8

425.8

386.0

91%

 

Teus

48,407

45,079

42,866

 

 

Including reefer containers:

 


500

 

 

CARGO CARRIED by FERRIES

1,170.9

833.8

830.8

100%

 

Ro-Ro

29.4

9.5

2.7

28%

 

LIQUID BULK CARGO, including:

33,742.7

35,899.7

37,363.1

104%

 

Crude oil

15,400.8

17,022.8

19,025.7

112%

 

Oil products

17,565.4

17,925.8

17,187.5

96%

 

Liquefied gas

776.5

951.1

1,149.8

121%