In January-October 2018, the port of Ust-Luga handled 81,505,300 tonnes of cargo, down 4%, year-on-year, says Baltic Sea Ports Administration.
Transshipment of dry bulk cargo climbed by 2% to 29,912,500 tonnes including 23,775,200 tonnes of coal and coke (-5%, year-on-year).
Transshipment of liquid bulk cargo fell by 7% to 49,428,700 tonnes including 22,828,600 tonnes of crude oil (-17%) and 24,585,200 tonnes of oil products (+3%).
Transshipment of general cargo dropped by 50% to 313,000 tonnes.
Transshipment of cargoes carried by ferries totaled 935,600 tonnes (-23%).
The port’s container throughput declined by 3.8% to 60,649 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 of Ust-Luga |
TOTAL: |
76,753.3 |
85,040.7 |
81,505.3 |
96% |
|
|
DRY BULK CARGO including: |
22,755.8 |
29,411.3 |
29,912.5 |
102% |
|
|
Ore |
245.3 |
43.1 |
11.7 |
27% |
|
|
Coal, coke |
18,327.2 |
25,093.6 |
23,775.2 |
95% |
|
|
Mineral fertilizers |
2,451.9 |
2,497.3 |
3,026.5 |
121% |
|
|
Other |
1,731.4 |
1,777.3 |
3,099.1 |
174% |
|
|
DRY LOOSE CARGO including: |
8.6 |
15.6 |
0.0 |
Down |
|
|
Other |
8.6 |
15.6 |
0.0 |
|
|
|
TIMBER |
253.0 |
272.9 |
384.7 |
141% |
|
|
GENERAL CARGO including: |
584.1 |
626.6 |
313.0 |
50% |
|
|
Ferrous metal |
471.7 |
471.7 |
109.0 |
23% |
|
|
Packaged |
0.0 |
13.7 |
82.4 |
Up |
|
|
Other |
112.4 |
141.2 |
121.6 |
86% |
|
|
CONTAINERS |
638.1 |
545.9 |
529.7 |
97% |
|
|
Total teus |
69,764 |
63,004 |
60,649 |
|
|
|
including reefrigerated containers: |
555 |
156 |
|
|
|
|
CARGO CARRIED by FERRIES |
1,102.2 |
1,221.3 |
935.5 |
77% |
|
|
RO-RO |
12.0 |
2.7 |
1.2 |
44% |
|
|
LIQUID BULK CARGO including: |
51,399.6 |
52,944.3 |
49,428.7 |
93% |
|
|
Crude oil |
24,634.7 |
27,439.0 |
22,828.6 |
83% |
|
|
Oil products |
25,262.8 |
23,762.4 |
24,585.2 |
103% |
|
|
Liquefied gas |
1,502.2 |
1,742.9 |
2,014.8 |
116% |