Handling of loose bulk and liquid bulk cargo increased while dry bulk cargo is down
In January-March 2022, the Port of St. Petersburg handled 12.66 million tonnes of cargo (-12%, year-on-year). According to the port authority, handling of liquid bulk cargo rose by 2% to 2.63 million tonnes, handling of dry bulk cargo fell by 12% to 1.68 million tonnes.
In the reported period, handling of general cargo fell by 15% to 2.60 million tonnes, Ro-Ro cargo – by 23% to 259,800 tonnes, while handling dry loose cargo rose by 43% to 66,600 tonnes including 57,700 tonnes of timber (-3%). Handling of cargoes carried by ferries dropped by 49% to 0,3 million tonnes.
The port’s container throughput fell by 12% to 437,858 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: |
14,759.6 |
14,443.5 |
12,667.7 |
88% |
1,499.4 |
1,915.5 |
1,688.3 |
88% |
||
Ore |
207.4 |
146.0 |
249.9 |
171% |
|
Coal, coke |
18.0 |
10.0 |
15.5 |
155% |
|
Mineral fertilizers |
1,239.6 |
1,731.4 |
1,361.0 |
79% |
|
Other |
34.4 |
28.1 |
62.0 |
up 2.2 times |
|
DRY LOOSE CARGO including: |
107.7 |
46.7 |
66.6 |
143% |
|
Grain |
70.5 |
18.6 |
22.2 |
120% |
|
Other |
37.2 |
28.1 |
44.4 |
158% |
|
TIMBER |
53.9 |
59.3 |
57.7 |
97% |
|
GENERAL CARGO including: |
3,123.1 |
3,062.9 |
2,604.5 |
85% |
|
Ferrous metal |
1,511.4 |
1,650.8 |
1,250.2 |
76% |
|
Non-ferrous metal |
270.2 |
222.4 |
363.3 |
163% |
|
Metal scrap |
449.0 |
338.5 |
62.4 |
18% |
|
Packaged |
381.0 |
291.2 |
314.2 |
108% |
|
Reefer |
248.2 |
237.1 |
238.5 |
101% |
|
including fish |
46.8 |
66.0 |
49.4 |
75% |
|
Other |
263.4 |
323.0 |
375.8 |
116% |
|
CONTAINERS |
7,048.4 |
6,427.1 |
5,357.1 |
83% |
|
Total teus |
561,950 |
499,640 |
437,858 |
88% |
|
including refrigerated containers: |
75,688 |
69,381 |
66,620 |
96% |
|
CARGO CARRIED by FERRIES |
0.3 |
0.6 |
0.3 |
51% |
|
RO-RO |
259.0 |
338.3 |
259.8 |
77% |
|
LIQUID BULK CARGO including: |
2,667.8 |
2,593.2 |
2,633.4 |
102% |
|
Oil products |
2,667.8 |
2,593.2 |
2,633.4 |
102% |