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2019 November 13 12:49
Port of Ust-Luga handled 87.49 million tonnes of cargo in 10M’19, up 7% Y-o-Y
In January-October 2019, the port of Ust-Luga handled 87,493,200 tonnes of cargo, up 7%, year-on-year, says Baltic Sea Ports Administration.
Transshipment of dry bulk cargo climbed by 18% to 35,248,400 tonnes including 28,594,300 tonnes of coal and coke (+20%, year-on-year).Transshipment of liquid bulk cargo climbed by 2% to 50,424,300 tonnes including 23,032,500 tonnes of crude oil (+1%) and 25,484,300 tonnes of oil products (+4%).
Transshipment of general cargo dropped by 26% to 232,600 tonnes.
Transshipment of cargoes carried by ferries totaled 604,100 tonnes (-35%).
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:
85,040.7
81,509.7
87,493.2
107%
DRY BULK CARGO including:
29,411.3
29,916.9
35,248.4
118%
Ore
43.1
11.7
0.0
down
Coal, coke
25,093.6
23,775.2
28,594.3
120%
Mineral fertilizers
2,497.3
3,030.9
3,463.1
114%
Other
1,777.3
3,099.1
3,191.0
103%
DRY LOOSE CARGO including:
15.6
0.0
0.0
Other
15.6
0.0
0.0
TIMBER
272.9
384.7
501.0
130%
GENERAL CARGO including:
626.6
313.0
232.6
74%
Ferrous metal
471.7
109.0
150.6
138%
Packaged
13.7
82.4
4.7
6%
Other
141.2
121.6
77.3
64%
CONTAINERS
545.9
529.7
482.6
91%
Total teus
63,004
60,649
51,764
85%
including refrigerated containers:
555
156
393
up 2.5 times
CARGO CARRIED by FERRIES
1,221.3
935.5
604.1
65%
RO-RO
2.7
1.2
0.2
17%
LIQUID BULK CARGO including:
52,944.3
49,428.7
50,424.3
102%
Crude oil
27,439.0
22,828.6
23,032.5
101%
Oil products
23,762.4
24,585.2
25,484.3
104%
Liquefied gas
1,742.9
2,014.8
1,907.5
95%
