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2021 June 15   11:49

Throughput of Port St. Petersburg climbed by 2% in 5M’2021

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Handling of dry loose and liquid bulk cargo continues going down

In January-May 2021, the Port of St. Petersburg handled 25.38 million tonnes of cargo (+2%, year-on-year). According to the port authority, handling of liquid bulk cargo fell by 3% to 4.61 million tonnes, handling of dry bulk cargo rose by 17% to 3.44 million tonnes.

In the reported period, handling of general cargo rose by 5% to 5.34 million tonnes, Ro-Ro cargo – by 42% to 601,300 tonnes, dry loose cargo – down 17% to 119,400 tonnes including 112,700 tonnes of timber (+19%). Handling of cargoes carried by ferries surged 2.7 times to 1.3 million tonnes.

The port’s container throughput fell by 7% to 858,763 TEUs.

In 2020, the port handled 59.88 mln t of cargo, its container throughput was 2.09 mln TEUs.

Port

Type of cargo

Throughput thou t,

2019

Throughput thou t, 2020

Throughput thou t, 2021

2021 vs 2020

Port of Saint-Petersburg

TOTAL:

25,012.4

24,921.6

25,381.0

102%


DRY BULK CARGO including:

3,481.3

2,950.4

3,440.9

117%

Ore

287.8

374.4

334.4

89%

Coal, coke

137.5

30.6

12.7

42%

Mineral fertilizers

3,052.0

2,478.1

3,035.4

122%

Other

4.1

67.3

58.4

87%

DRY LOOSE CARGO including:

189.9

143.4

119.4

83%

Grain

163.5

90.3

56.9

63%

Other

26.4

53.1

62.5

118%

TIMBER

153.6

94.4

112.7

119%

GENERAL CARGO including:

5,285.1

5,077.6

5,349.4

105%

Ferrous metal

2,262.6

2,360.3

2,792.7

118%

Non-ferrous metal

643.4

452.3

388.0

86%

Metal scrap

612.2

699.4

599.9

86%

Packaged

643.4

658.0

577.9

88%

Reefer

512.3

425.8

401.8

94%

including fish

125.0

83.0

95.3

115%

Other

611.2

481.9

589.0

122%

CONTAINERS

11,591.7

11,479.4

11,140.0

97%

Total teus

966,595

921,796

858,763

93%

including refrigerated containers:

129,719

125,937

122,087

97%

CARGO CARRIED by FERRIES

15.4

0.5

1.3

up 2.7 times

RO-RO

533.8

424.5

601.3

142%

LIQUID BULK CARGO including:

3,761.6

4,751.5

4,615.8

97%

Oil products

3,761.6

4,751.5

4,615.8

97%

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