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2022 March 17   11:49

Throughput of Port St. Petersburg in 2M’2022 climbed by 4% YoY

Handling of dry bulk and Ro-Ro cargo is growing

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In January-February 2022, the Port of St. Petersburg handled 9.56 million tonnes of cargo (+4%, year-on-year). According to the port authority, handling of liquid bulk cargo rose by 8% to 1.84 million tonnes, handling of dry bulk cargo rose by 24% to 1.37 million tonnes.

In the reported period, handling of general cargo fell by 8% to 1.82 million tonnes, handling of Ro-Ro cargo rose by 30% to 240,900 tonnes, dry loose cargo – by 55% to 44,900 tonnes including 44,700 tonnes of timber (+2%). Handling of cargoes carried by ferries dropped by 39% to 300 tonnes.

The port’s container throughput rose by 6% to 336,713 TEUs.

In 2021, the port handled 62.03 mln t of cargo, its container throughput totaled 2.04 mln TEUs.

Port

Type of cargo

Throughput thou t,

2020

Throughput thou t, 2021

Throughput thou t, 2022

2022 vs 2021

Port of Saint-Petersburg

TOTAL:

9,224.4

9,160.0

9,565.7

104%

 

DRY BULK CARGO including:

806.9

1,105.4

1,370.7

124%

 

Ore

142.6

91.6

177.9

194%

 

Coal, coke

7.2

6.4

3.5

55%

 

Mineral fertilizers

634.2

979.3

1,152.6

118%

 

Other

23.0

28.1

36.8

131%

 

DRY LOOSE CARGO including:

68.5

29.1

44.9

155%

 

Grain

46.5

8.4

19.2

up 2.3 times

 

Other

22.1

20.7

25.7

124%

 

TIMBER

22.3

44.0

44.7

102%

 

GENERAL CARGO including:

2,029.5

1,987.1

1,826.0

92%

 

Ferrous metal

1,022.6

1,077.1

957.5

89%

 

Non-ferrous metal

170.9

146.8

201.4

137%

 

Metal scrap

283.1

242.5

44.3

18%

 

Packaged

212.8

182.1

211.7

116%

 

Reefer

163.5

154.3

164.1

106%

 

including fish

29.7

40.6

34.4

85%

 

Other

176.7

184.3

247.1

134%

 

CONTAINERS

4,455.2

4,100.1

4,197.2

102%

 

Total teus

359,443

317,548

336,713

106%

 

including refrigerated containers:

45,513

42,438

46,683

110%

 

CARGO CARRIED by FERRIES

0.2

0.5

0.3

61%

 

RO-RO

142.4

185.9

240.9

130%

 

LIQUID BULK CARGO including:

1,699.5

1,708.0

1,840.9

108%

 

Oil products

1,699.5

1,708.0

1,840.9

108%