Dry bulk and general cargoes show a stable growth, container turnover is decreasing
In January-March 2021, the port of Ust-Luga handled 25,478,800 tonnes of cargo, down 5%, year-on-year, says Baltic Sea Ports Administration.
In the reporting period, handling of dry bulk cargo climbed by 19% to 11,923,900 tonnes including 10,049,000 tonnes of coal and coke (+25%, year-on-year).
Handling of liquid bulk cargo fell by 20% to 13,196,700 tonnes including 4,703,700 tonnes of crude oil (-37%) and 8,321,100 tonnes of oil products (-4%).
Handling of general cargo surged by 65% to 23,900 tonnes.
Handling of cargoes carried by ferries totaled 191,400 tonnes (-19%).
The port’s container throughput fell by 42% to 8,313 TEUs.
In 2020, the port of Ust-Luga handled 102.60 million tonnes of cargo (-1%, year-on-year).
|
Port |
Type of cargo |
Throughput thou t, 2019 |
Throughput thou t, 2020 |
Throughput thou t, 2021 |
2021 vs 2020 |
|
Port of Ust-Luga |
TOTAL: |
26,267.0 |
26,938.6 |
25,478.8 |
95% |
|
|
DRY BULK CARGO including: |
8,914.4 |
10,013.1 |
11,923.9 |
119% |
|
|
Ore |
0.0 |
0.0 |
48.4 |
up |
|
|
Coal, coke |
7,001.6 |
8,037.7 |
10,049.0 |
125% |
|
|
Mineral fertilizers |
924.4 |
1,072.6 |
899.9 |
84% |
|
|
Other |
988.4 |
902.8 |
926.6 |
103% |
|
|
LOOSE CARGO, including: |
0.0 |
0.0 |
9.2 |
up |
|
|
Other loose cargo |
0.0 |
0.0 |
9.2 |
up |
|
|
TIMBER |
152.4 |
143.3 |
56.6 |
39% |
|
|
GENERAL CARGO including: |
27.3 |
14.5 |
23.9 |
165% |
|
|
Packaged |
3.7 |
2.2 |
1.2 |
55% |
|
|
Other |
23.6 |
12.3 |
22.7 |
185% |
|
|
CONTAINERS |
136.7 |
131.5 |
77.1 |
59% |
|
|
Total teus |
15,026 |
14,435 |
8,313 |
58% |
|
|
including refrigerated containers: |
138 |
186 |
73 |
39% |
|
|
CARGO CARRIED by FERRIES |
248.7 |
237.3 |
191.4 |
81% |
|
|
LIQUID BULK CARGO including: |
16,787.5 |
16,398.9 |
13,196.7 |
80% |
|
|
Crude oil |
7,609.8 |
7,410.0 |
4,703.7 |
63% |
|
|
Oil products |
8,520.7 |
8,624.0 |
8,321.1 |
96% |
|
|
Liquefied gas |
657.0 |
364.9 |
171.9 |
47% |