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2020 April 17   12:29

Throughput of Port St. Petersburg grew by 3% in 1Q’2020

Liquid bulk cargo transshipment surged by 30%, handling of dry bulk cargo dropped by 24%

In January-March 2020, the Port of St. Petersburg handled 14.75 million tonnes of cargo (+3%, year-on-year). According to the port authority, transshipment of oil products grew by 30% to 2,668,200 tonnes, dry bulk cargo – fell by 24% to 1.5 million tonnes, handling of general cargo – up 2% to 3.12 million tonnes, transshipment of Ro-Ro cargo – down 13% to 259,300 tonnes, dry loose cargo – down 9% to 99,900 tonnes including 53,900 tonnes of timber (-38%).

The port’s container throughput remained flat, year-on-year, at 561,950 TEUs.

In 2019, the port handled 59.87 mln t of cargo, its container throughput was 2.22 mln TEUs.

Port

Type of cargo

Throughput thou t,

2018

Throughput thou t, 2019

Throughput thou t, 2020

2020 vs 2019

PORT OF SAINT-PETERSBURG                    TOTAL:

13,853.6

14,263.0

14,759.9

103%


DRY BULK CARGO including:

1,956.6

1,993.3

1,507.2

76%

 

Ore

169.0

157.3

207.4

132%

 

Coal, coke

31.5

51.5

18.0

35%

 

Mineral fertilizers

1,756.1

1,782.4

1,239.6

70%

 

Other

0.0

2.0

42.2

2109%

 

DRY LOOSE CARGO including:

72.3

109.4

99.9

91%

 

Grain

63.8

96.2

70.5

73%

 

Other

8.5

13.2

29.4

223%

 

TIMBER

48.9

86.9

53.9

62%

 

GENERAL CARGO including:

3,394.1

3,054.5

3,123.0

102%

 

Ferrous metal

1,689.2

1,343.5

1,511.4

113%

 

Non-ferrous metal

377.2

338.6

270.2

80%

 

Metal scrap

356.6

314.2

449.0

143%

 

Packaged

286.9

374.0

381.0

102%

 

Reefer

320.4

304.8

248.2

81%

 

including fish

93.4

75.9

46.8

62%

 

Other

363.9

379.4

263.3

69%

 

CONTAINERS

6,094.7

6,659.8

7,048.5

106%

 

Total teus

503,815

564,596

561,950

100%

 

including refrigerated containers:

73,227

79,028

75,686

96%

 

CARGO CARRIED by FERRIES

0.5

2.9

0.3

10%

 

RO-RO

310.8

298.3

259.0

87%

 

LIQUID BULK CARGO including:

1,975.8

2,058.0

2,668.2

130%

 

Oil products

1,975.8

2,058.0

2,668.2

130%

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