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2022 April 14   12:43

Throughput of Port St. Petersburg in 3M’2022 fell by 12% YoY

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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%