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2018 May 17   14:28

Throughput of port Ust-Luga in 4M’18 is flat Y-o-Y at 32.59 million tonnes

In January-April 2017, the port of Ust-Luga handled 32,959,900 tonnes of cargo, which is similar to the result of 4M’17, says Baltic Sea Ports Administration.

Transshipment of dry bulk cargo climbed by 12% to 11,203,900 tonnes including 6,209,200 tonnes of coal and coke (flat, year-on-year). 

Transshipment of liquid bulk cargo fell by 5% to 20,750,800 tonnes including 9,210,900 tonnes of crude oil (-16%) and 10,706,200 tonnes of oil products (5%). 

Transshipment of general cargo dropped by 20% to 227,500 tonnes.

Transshipment of cargoes carried by ferries totaled 454,600 tonnes (-8%). 

The port’s container throughput climbed by 7.4% to 27,148 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 %

 

Ust-Luga

TOTAL:

30,154.6

33,026.9

32,959.9

100%

 

DRY BULK CARGO including:

7,987.5

10,044.7

11,203.9

112%

 

Ore

44.6

0.0

3.9

up

 

Coal and coke

6,209.4

8,684.3

8,951.0

103%

 

Mineral fertilizers

1,126.3

691.7

1,208.0

175%

 

Other

607.2

668.7

1,041.0

156%

 

LOOSE CARGO including:

0.0

15.6

0.0

down

 

Other

0.0

15.6

0.0

 

 

TIMBER

108.4

117.2

95.7

82%

 

GENERAL CARGO including:

237.7

283.0

227.5

80%

 

Ferrous metal

203.1

222.3

95.7

43%

 

Packaged

0.0

0.0

72.2

up

 

Other

34.6

60.7

59.6

98%

 

CONTAINERs

246.5

225.7

226.2

100%

 

Teus

26,068

25,263

27,148

 

 

Including reefer containers:


322

113

 

 

CARGO CARRIED by FERRIES

571.2

493.0

454.6

92%

 

Ro-Ro

8.3

2.7

1.2

44%

 

LIQUID BULK CARGO, including:

20,995.0

21,845.0

20,750.8

95%

 

Crude oil

9908.4

11,015.4

9,210.9

84%

 

Oil products

10,496.8

10,175.8

10,706.2

105%

 

Liquefied gas

589.9

653.8

833.7

128%