In January-April 2019, the port of Ust-Luga handled 35,555,100 tonnes of cargo, up 8%, year-on-year, says Baltic Sea Ports Administration.
Transshipment of dry bulk cargo climbed by 11% to 12,419,300 tonnes including 9,937,400 tonnes of coal and coke (+11%, year-on-year).
Transshipment of liquid bulk cargo increased by 8% to 22,386,000 tonnes including 10,613,700 tonnes of crude oil (+15%) and 10,882,400 tonnes of oil products (+2%).
Transshipment of general cargo dropped by 77% to 52,700 tonnes.
Transshipment of cargoes carried by ferries fell by 33% to 305,800 tonnes.
The port’s container throughput decreased by 26% to 20,026 TEUs.
In 2018, the port handled 98.72 million tonnes of cargo, container throughput totaled 69,131 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, 2017 |
Throughput thou t, 2018 |
Throughput thou t, 2019 |
2019 vs 2018, % |
|
Port of Ust-Luga |
TOTAL: |
33,026.9 |
32,959.9 |
35,551.1 |
108% |
|
|
DRY BULK CARGO including: |
10044.7 |
11203.9 |
12419.3 |
111% |
|
|
Ore |
0.0 |
3.9 |
0.0 |
down |
|
|
Coal, coke |
8684.3 |
8951.0 |
9937.4 |
111% |
|
|
Mineral fertilizers |
691.7 |
1208.0 |
1250.3 |
104% |
|
|
Other |
668.7 |
1041.0 |
1231.6 |
118% |
|
|
DRY LOOSE CARGO including: |
15.6 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
|
|
Other |
15.6 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
|
|
TIMBER |
117.2 |
95.7 |
202.4 |
up 2.1 times |
|
|
GENERAL CARGO including: |
283.0 |
227.5 |
52.7 |
23% |
|
|
Ferrous metal |
222.3 |
95.7 |
2.0 |
2% |
|
|
Packaged |
0.0 |
72.2 |
4.2 |
6% |
|
|
Other |
60.7 |
59.6 |
46.5 |
78% |
|
|
CONTAINERS |
225.7 |
226.2 |
184.9 |
82% |
|
|
Total teus |
25,263 |
27,148 |
20,026 |
74% |
|
|
including refrigerated containers: |
322 |
113 |
197 |
174% |
|
|
CARGO CARRIED by FERRIES |
493.0 |
454.6 |
305.8 |
67% |
|
|
RO-RO |
2.7 |
1.2 |
0.0 |
0% |
|
|
LIQUID BULK CARGO including: |
21,845.0 |
20,750.8 |
22,386.0 |
108% |
|
|
Crude oil |
11,015.4 |
9,210.9 |
10,613.7 |
115% |
|
|
Oil products |
10,175.8 |
10,706.2 |
10,882.4 |
102% |
|
|
Liquefied gas |
653.8 |
833.7 |
889.9 |
107% |