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2017 December 18   15:11

Throughput of port Ust-Luga up 10% to 93.96 mln t in 11M’17

In January-November 2017, the port of Ust-Luga handled 93,965,100 t of cargo (+10%, year-on-year), says Baltic Sea Ports Administration.

Transshipment of dry bulk cargo climbed by 30% to 32,732,500 t including 27,801,600 t of coal and coke (+37%). 

Transshipment of liquid bulk cargo climbed by 2% to 58,271,200 t including 30,342,100 of crude oil (+11%) and 25,970,500 t of oil products (-7%). 

Transshipment of general cargo grew by 5% to 722,200 t.

Transshipment of cargoes carried by ferries totaled 1,341,300 t (+12%). 

The port’s container throughput fell by 9.3% to 69,464 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:

80,451.6

85,077.1

93,965.1

110%

 

DRY BULK CARGO including:

23,007.4

25,206.0

32,732.5

130%

 

Ore

124.9

245.3

47.0

19%

 

Coal and coke

19,815.8

20,303.6

27,801.6

137%

 

Mineral fertilizers

1,518.9

2,759.4

2,851.7

103%

 

Other

1,547.8

1,897.8

2,032.2

107%

 

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

219.5

274.5

286.6

104%

 

GENERAL CARGO including:

672.1

684.9

722.2

105%

 

Ferrous metal

473.6

544.7

521.9

96%

 

Packaged

0.0

0.0

22.9

рост

 

Other

198.5

140.2

177.4

127%

 

CONTAINERs

748.9

693.9

592.9

85%

 

Teus

82,314

76,533

69,464


 

Including reefer containers:



573


 

CARGO CARRIED by FERRIES

1866.8

1,197.3

1,341.3

112%

 

Ro-Ro

41.6

15.7

2.7

17%

 

LIQUID BULK CARGO, including:

53,891.8

56,996.2

58,271.2

102%

 

Crude oil

24,912.1

27,436.4

30,342.1

111%

 

Oil products

27,687.5

27,855.7

25,970.5

93%

 

Liquefied gas

1,292.2

1,704.1

1,958.7

115%

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