Handling of liquid bulk cargo is rising, dry bulk cargo – decreasing
In January-July 2020, the Port of St. Petersburg handled 34.58 million tonnes of cargo (-1%, year-on-year). According to the port authority, handling of oil products grew by 17% to 6.57 million tonnes, dry bulk cargo – fell by 9% to 4.49 million tonnes, handling of general cargo – down 3% to 7.02 million tonnes, Ro-Ro cargo – down 16% to 633,700 tonnes, dry loose cargo – down 28% to 163,600 tonnes including 152,700 tonnes of timber (-35%).
The port’s container throughput fell by 6%, year-on-year, to 1,237,845 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: |
34,422.0 |
35,100.9 |
34,580.6 |
99% |
|
DRY BULK CARGO including: |
4,911.6 |
4,943.4 |
4,499.4 |
91% |
|
|
Ore |
439.4 |
431.3 |
532.3 |
123% |
|
Coal, coke |
163.6 |
145.5 |
39.1 |
27% |
|
Mineral fertilizers |
4,306.2 |
4,342.6 |
3,844.0 |
89% |
|
Other |
2.4 |
24.0 |
84.1 |
up 3.5 times |
|
DRY LOOSE CARGO including: |
187.9 |
226.8 |
163.6 |
72% |
|
Grain |
161.4 |
199.9 |
105.5 |
53% |
|
Other |
26.6 |
27.0 |
58.1 |
up 2.2 times |
|
TIMBER |
178.0 |
234.4 |
152.7 |
65% |
|
GENERAL CARGO including: |
7,993.8 |
7,271.0 |
7,024.8 |
97% |
|
Ferrous metal |
3,711.2 |
3,089.6 |
3,262.3 |
106% |
|
Non-ferrous metal |
800.2 |
843.6 |
595.9 |
71% |
|
Metal scrap |
1,106.8 |
946.2 |
993.5 |
105% |
|
Packaged |
726.6 |
912.3 |
929.4 |
102% |
|
Reefer |
744.7 |
684.6 |
581.1 |
85% |
|
including fish |
179.1 |
152.8 |
109.1 |
71% |
|
Other |
904.3 |
794.8 |
662.6 |
83% |
|
CONTAINERS |
15,127.6 |
16,045.3 |
15,532.7 |
97% |
|
Total teus |
1,257,719 |
1,322,492 |
1,237,845 |
94% |
|
including refrigerated containers: |
168,953 |
165,234 |
160,502 |
97% |
|
CARGO CARRIED by FERRIES |
1.2 |
25.4 |
0.6 |
2% |
|
RO-RO |
836.2 |
750.7 |
633.7 |
84% |
|
LIQUID BULK CARGO including: |
5,185.7 |
5,603.9 |
6,573.1 |
117% |
|
Oil products |
5,185.7 |
5,603.9 |
6,573.1 |