Handling of cargo carried by ferries rose 3.8 times
In January-September 2021, the Port of St. Petersburg handled 46.49 million tonnes of cargo (+5%, year-on-year). According to the port authority, handling of liquid bulk cargo rose by 2% to 8.78 million tonnes, handling of dry bulk cargo rose by 11% to 6.61 million tonnes.
In the reported period, handling of general cargo rose by 14% to 9.96 million tonnes, Ro-Ro cargo – by 32% to 1.08 million tonnes tonnes, handling of dry loose cargo remained flat at 198,800 tonnes including 206,500 tonnes of timber (+9%). Handling of cargoes carried by ferries surged 3.8 times to 2,600 tonnes.
The port’s container throughput decreased by 2% to 1,531,196 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: |
44,976.3 |
44,253.8 |
46,497.8 |
105% |
DRY BULK CARGO including: |
6,498.7 |
5,979.4 |
6,618.8 |
111% |
|
Ore |
561.7 |
688.6 |
683.8 |
99% |
|
Coal, coke |
163.0 |
42.7 |
28.4 |
67% |
|
Mineral fertilizers |
5,740.0 |
5,134.7 |
5,798.1 |
113% |
|
Other |
34.0 |
113.3 |
108.5 |
96% |
|
DRY LOOSE CARGO including: |
252.1 |
191.6 |
191.8 |
100% |
|
Grain |
217.4 |
125.2 |
95.3 |
76% |
|
Other |
34.8 |
66.4 |
96.6 |
145% |
|
TIMBER |
306.9 |
189.2 |
206.5 |
109% |
|
GENERAL CARGO including: |
9,010.8 |
8,724.4 |
9,960.5 |
114% |
|
Ferrous metal |
3,758.9 |
3,875.1 |
5,118.2 |
132% |
|
Non-ferrous metal |
1,041.5 |
701.3 |
720.3 |
103% |
|
Metal scrap |
1,170.1 |
1,286.5 |
1,231.6 |
96% |
|
Packaged |
1,152.0 |
1,176.5 |
1,048.7 |
89% |
|
Reefer |
912.8 |
807.4 |
794.3 |
98% |
|
including fish |
255.1 |
202.4 |
223.8 |
111% |
|
Other |
975.6 |
877.6 |
1,047.4 |
119% |
|
CONTAINERS |
20,571.7 |
19,763.5 |
19,649.1 |
99% |
|
Total teus |
1,684,927 |
1,568,167 |
1,531,196 |
98% |
|
including refrigerated containers: |
193,451 |
196,143 |
198,086 |
101% |
|
CARGO CARRIED by FERRIES |
34.1 |
0.7 |
2.6 |
up 3.8 times |
|
RO-RO |
933.2 |
826.4 |
1,087.9 |
132% |
|
LIQUID BULK CARGO including: |
7,368.7 |
8,578.6 |
8,780.4 |
102% |
|
Oil products |
7,368.7 |
8,578.6 |
8,780.4 |
102% |