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2019 October 16 14:53
Port of Ust-Luga handled 77.49 million tonnes in 9M’19, up 7% Y-o-Y
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%
