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2022 January 17   14:00

Throughput of Port St. Petersburg climbed by 4% in 2021

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The port’s container throughput fell by 3%

In January-December 2021, the Port of St. Petersburg handled 62.03 million tonnes of cargo (+4%, year-on-year). According to the port authority, handling of liquid bulk cargo climbed by 1% to 11.48 million tonnes, handling of dry bulk cargo rose by 9% to 8.97 million tonnes.

In the reported period, handling of general cargo rose by 13% to 13.49 million tonnes, Ro-Ro cargo – by 25% to 1.44 million tonnes, dry loose cargo – up 4% to 270,400 tonnes including 291,100 tonnes of timber (+16%). Handling of cargoes carried by ferries surged 2.7 times to 3,300 tonnes.

The port’s container throughput fell by 3% to 2,042,358 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

DRY BULK CARGO including:

59,879.5

59,884.4

62,031.1

104%

Ore

8,751.2

8,205.7

8,971.3

109%

Coal, coke

730.2

870.1

965.5

111%

DRY BULK CARGO including:

180.3

54.8

40.0

73%

Mineral fertilizers

7,773.8

7,144.3

7,814.4

109%

Other

66.9

136.5

151.4

111%

DRY LOOSE CARGO including:

334.1

261.1

270.4

104%

Grain

269.3

159.0

117.0

74%

Other

64.8

102.0

153.4

150%

TIMBER

411.0

251.7

291.1

116%

GENERAL CARGO including:

11,890.2

11,992.7

13,494.0

113%

Ferrous metal

4,943.6

5,230.4

6,885.7

132%

Non-ferrous metal

1,299.2

914.2

963.5

105%

Metal scrap

1,483.7

1,853.0

1,586.7

86%

Packaged

1,559.8

1,651.5

1,509.1

91%

Reefer

1,317.4

1,122.8

1,104.5

98%

including fish

423.3

323.7

328.8

102%

Other

1,286.5

1,220.8

1,444.4

118%

CONTAINERS

27,419.7

26,591.2

26,071.5

98%

Total teus

2,221,724

2,099,649

2,042,358

97%

including refrigerated containers:

255,285

260,797

267,602

103%

CARGO CARRIED by FERRIES

44.5

1.2

3.3

Up 2.7 times

RO-RO

1,205.9

1,152.6

1,442.2

125%

LIQUID BULK CARGO including:

9,823.0

11,428.2

11,487.3

101%

Oil products

9,823.0

11,428.2

11,487.3

101%

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