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2017 November 22   14:44

Throughput of port Ust-Luga up 11% to 85.04 mln t in 10M’17

In January-October 2017, the port of Ust-Luga handled 85,040,700 t of cargo (+11%, year-on-year), says Baltic Sea Ports Administration.

Transshipment of dry bulk cargo climbed by 29% to 29,411,300 t, coal and coke – by 37% to 25,093,600 t. 

Transshipment of liquid bulk cargo climbed by 3% to 47,469,800 t including 24,334,800  t of crude oil (+12%) and 21,601,300 t of oil products (-6%). 

Transshipment of general cargo grew by 7% to 626,600 t.

Transshipment of cargoes carried by ferries totaled 1,221,300 t (+11%). 

The port’s container throughput fell by 9.7% to 63,004 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:

73,122.4

76,753.3

85,040.7

111%

 

DRY BULK CARGO including:

20,647.2

22,755.8

29,411.3

129%

 

Ore

124.9

245.3

43.1

18%

 

Coal and coke

17,827.4

18,327.2

25,093.6

137%

 

Mineral fertilizers

1,331.8

2,451.9

2,497.3

102%

 

Other

1,363.1

1,731.4

1,777.3

103%

 

LOOSE CARGO including:

3.5

8.6

15.6

181%

 

Grain

3.5

0.0

0.0


 

Other

0.0

8.6

15.6

181%

 

TIMBER

204.0

253.0

272.9

108%

 

GENERAL CARGO including:

605.6

584.1

626.6

107%

 

Ferrous metal

423.3

471.7

471.7

100%

 

Packaged

0.0

0.0

13.7

up

 

Other

182.3

112.4

141.2

126%

 

CONTAINERs

686.9

638.1

545.9

86%

 

Teus

75,552

69,764

63,004


 

Including reefer containers:



555


 

CARGO CARRIED by FERRIES

1,778.3

1,102.2

1,221.3

111%

 

Ro-Ro

40.0

12.0

2.7

23%

 

LIQUID BULK CARGO, including:

49,156.8

51,399.6

52,944.3

103%

 

Crude oil

22,608.4

24,634.7

27,439.0

111%

 

Oil products

25,395.6

25,262.8

23,762.4

94%

 

Liquefied gas

1,152.9

1,502.2

1,742.9

116%