In January-August 2017, the port of Ust-Luga handled 64,498,400 tonnes of cargo, down 5%, year-on-year, says Baltic Sea Ports Administration.
Transshipment of dry bulk cargo climbed by 2% to 23,622,600 tonnes including 18,923,200 tonnes of coal and coke (-4%, year-on-year).
Transshipment of liquid bulk cargo fell by 8% to 39,093,500 tonnes including 17,921,900 tonnes of crude oil (-17%) and 19,565,400 tonnes of oil products (+1%).
Transshipment of general cargo dropped by 39% to 277,600 tonnes.
Transshipment of cargoes carried by ferries totaled 778,200 tonnes (-21%).
The port’s container throughput climbed by 5% to 51,700 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: |
60,310.4 |
67,544.3 |
64,498.4 |
95% |
|
|
DRY BULK CARGO including: |
17,498.3 |
23,116.3 |
23,622.6 |
102% |
|
|
Ore |
198.3 |
31.3 |
11.7 |
37% |
|
|
Coal and coke |
13,867.9 |
19,776.1 |
18,923.2 |
96% |
|
|
Mineral fertilizers |
2,035.3 |
1,895.7 |
2,328.3 |
123% |
|
|
Other |
1,396.8 |
1,413.2 |
2,359.4 |
167% |
|
|
LOOSE CARGO including: |
8.6 |
15.6 |
0.0 |
down |
|
|
Other |
8.6 |
15.6 |
0.0 |
|
|
|
TIMBER |
210.2 |
224.3 |
277.1 |
124% |
|
|
GENERAL CARGO including: |
414.1 |
453.2 |
277.6 |
61% |
|
|
Ferrous metal |
345.2 |
331.4 |
96.7 |
29% |
|
|
Packaged |
0.0 |
5.9 |
76.0 |
up |
|
|
Other |
68.9 |
115.9 |
104.9 |
90% |
|
|
CONTAINERS |
496.4 |
439.9 |
448.3 |
102% |
|
|
Total teus |
53,658 |
49,259 |
51,700 |
|
|
|
Including reefer containers: |
526 |
136 |
||
|
|
CARGO CARRIED by FERRIES |
911.2 |
979.9 |
778.2 |
79% |
|
|
Ro-Ro |
10.1 |
2.7 |
1.2 |
44% |
|
|
LIQUID BULK CARGO, including: |
40,761.5 |
42,312.3 |
39,093.5 |
92% |
|
|
Crude oil |
19,225.4 |
21,630.3 |
17,921.9 |
83% |
|
|
Oil products |
20,399.0 |
19,350.8 |
19,565.4 |
101% |
|
|
Liquefied gas |
1,137.1 |
1,331.3 |
1,606.1 |
121% |