In January 2018, the port of Ust-Luga handled 8,604,200 tonnes of cargo (+6%, year-on-year), says Baltic Sea Ports Administration.
Transshipment of dry bulk cargo climbed by 38% to 2,967,700 tonnes including 2,523,400 tonnes of coal and coke (+38%).
Transshipment of liquid bulk cargo fell by 7% to 5,293,400 tonnes including 2,201,800 tonnes of crude oil (-12%) and 2,873,900 tonnes of oil products (-6%).
Transshipment of general cargo was flat at 86,800 tonnes.
Transshipment of cargoes carried by ferries totaled 167,500 tonnes (+46%).
The port’s container throughput grew by 19.5% to 7,971 TEUs.
In 2017, the port handled 103.29 million tonnes of cargo, container throughput totaled 75,262 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, 2016 |
Throughput thou t, 2017 |
Throughput thou t, 2018 |
2018 vs 2017 % |
|
Port Ust-Luga |
TOTAL: |
7,304.6 |
8,130.9 |
8,604.2 |
106% |
|
|
DRY BULK CARGO including: |
1,639.1 |
2,146.6 |
2,967.7 |
138% |
|
|
Ore |
0.0 |
0.0 |
3.9 |
up |
|
|
Coal and coke |
1,360.5 |
1,833.4 |
2,523.4 |
138% |
|
|
Mineral fertilizers |
198.0 |
187.3 |
229.5 |
123% |
|
|
Other |
80.6 |
125.9 |
210.9 |
168% |
|
|
TIMBER |
24.1 |
33.0 |
27.3 |
83% |
|
|
GENERAL CARGO including: |
29.1 |
86.8 |
86.8 |
100% |
|
|
Ferrous metal |
18.7 |
79.0 |
67.9 |
86% |
|
|
Packaged |
0.0 |
0.0 |
1.6 |
up |
|
|
Other |
10.4 |
7.8 |
17.3 |
up 2.2 times |
|
|
CONTAINERs |
62.5 |
56.9 |
61.0 |
107% |
|
|
Teus |
7,181 |
6,670 |
7,971 |
|
|
|
Including reefer containers: |
57 |
34 |
||
|
|
CARGO CARRIED by FERRIES |
195.5 |
114.7 |
167.5 |
146% |
|
|
CONTAINERS (Ro-Ro) |
0.5 |
0.0 |
0.5 |
up |
|
|
LIQUID BULK CARGO, including: |
5,353.9 |
5,692.9 |
5,293.4 |
93% |
|
|
Crude oil |
2,507.0 |
2,503.1 |
2,201.8 |
88% |
|
|
Oil products |
2,705.5 |
3,047.8 |
2,873.9 |
94% |
|
|
Liquefied gas |
141.3 |
141.9 |
217.7 |
153% |