In January-August 2019, the port of Ust-Luga handled 69,065,100 tonnes of cargo, up 9%, year-on-year, says Baltic Sea Ports Administration.
Transshipment of dry bulk cargo grew by 18% to 27,807,400 tonnes including 22,753,400 tonnes of coal and coke (+20%, year-on-year).
Transshipment of liquid bulk cargo climbed by 2% to 39,772,500 tonnes including 18,422,700 tonnes of crude oil (+3%) and 19,750,000 tonnes of oil products (+1%).
Transshipment of general cargo dropped by 37% to 202,000 tonnes.
Transshipment of cargoes carried by ferries totaled 498,400 tonnes (-36%).
The port’s container throughput dropped by 21% to 40,995 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: |
67,544.3 |
64,511.1 |
69,065.1 |
107% |
|
|
DRY BULK CARGO including: |
23,116.3 |
23,622.6 |
27,807.4 |
118% |
|
|
Ore |
31.3 |
11.7 |
0.0 |
down |
|
|
Coal, coke |
19,776.1 |
18,923.2 |
22,753.4 |
120% |
|
|
Mineral fertilizers |
1,895.7 |
2,328.3 |
2,571.3 |
110% |
|
|
Other |
1,413.2 |
2,359.4 |
2,482.7 |
105% |
|
|
DRY LOOSE CARGO including: |
15.6 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
|
|
Other |
15.6 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
|
|
TIMBER |
224.3 |
277.1 |
393.5 |
142% |
|
|
GENERAL CARGO including: |
453.2 |
277.6 |
202.0 |
73% |
|
|
Ferrous metal |
331.4 |
96.7 |
130.1 |
135% |
|
|
Packaged |
5.9 |
76.0 |
4.3 |
6% |
|
|
Other |
115.9 |
104.9 |
67.6 |
64% |
|
|
CONTAINERS |
439.9 |
448.3 |
391.1 |
87% |
|
|
Total teus |
49,259 |
51,700 |
40,995 |
79% |
|
|
including refrigerated containers: |
526 |
136 |
346 |
up 2.5 times |
|
|
CARGO CARRIED by FERRIES |
979.9 |
778.2 |
498.4 |
64% |
|
|
RO-RO |
2.7 |
1.2 |
0.2 |
17% |
|
|
LIQUID BULK CARGO including: |
42,312.3 |
39,106.1 |
39,772.5 |
102% |
|
|
Crude oil |
21,630.3 |
17,921.9 |
18,422.7 |
103% |
|
|
Oil products |
19,350.8 |
19,578.1 |
19,750.0 |
101% |
|
|
Liquefied gas |
1,331.3 |
1,606.1 |
1,599.7 |
100% |