In January-September 2019, the port of Ust-Luga handled 77,499,800 \tonnes of cargo, up 7%, year-on-year, says Baltic Sea Ports Administration.
Transshipment of dry bulk cargo climbed by 19% to 31,671,900 tonnes including 25,771,600 tonnes of coal and coke (+21%, year-on-year).
Transshipment of liquid bulk cargo climbed by 1% to 44,193,600 tonnes including 19,925,800 tonnes of crude oil (flat YoY) and 22,490,600 tonnes of oil products (+3%).
Transshipment of general cargo dropped by 35% to 554,800 tonnes.
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: |
76,020.2 |
72,398.1 |
77,499.8 |
107% |
|
|
DRY BULK CARGO including: |
26161.1 |
26,724.1 |
31,671.9 |
119% |
|
|
Ore |
39.1 |
11.7 |
0.0 |
down |
|
|
Coal, coke |
22,382.6 |
21,286.0 |
25,771.6 |
121% |
|
|
Mineral fertilizers |
2,146.6 |
2,697.9 |
3,010.8 |
112% |
|
|
Other |
1,592.8 |
2,728.5 |
2,889.5 |
106% |
|
|
DRY LOOSE CARGO including: |
15.6 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
|
|
Other |
15.6 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
|
|
TIMBER |
248.3 |
329.5 |
435.8 |
132% |
|
|
GENERAL CARGO including: |
521.4 |
279.5 |
207.3 |
74% |
|
|
Ferrous metal |
377.0 |
96.7 |
130.1 |
135% |
|
|
Packaged |
13.7 |
76.6 |
4.4 |
6% |
|
|
Other |
130.7 |
106.2 |
72.8 |
69% |
|
|
CONTAINERS |
496.4 |
492.7 |
436.3 |
89% |
|
|
Total teus |
56,842 |
56,835 |
46,240 |
81% |
|
|
including refrigerated containers: |
542 |
146 |
376 |
up 2.6 times |
|
|
CARGO CARRIED by FERRIES |
1,104.9 |
852.2 |
554.8 |
65% |
|
|
RO-RO |
2.7 |
1.2 |
0.2 |
17% |
|
|
LIQUID BULK CARGO including: |
47,469.8 |
43,718.9 |
44,193.6 |
101% |
|
|
Crude oil |
24,334.8 |
20,024.5 |
19,925.8 |
100% |
|
|
Oil products |
21,601.3 |
21,901.4 |
22,490.6 |
103% |
|
|
Liquefied gas |
1,533.7 |
1,793.0 |
1,777.2 |
99% |