Cargo turnover of Arkhangelsk port up 18.5% in January-September
Cargo turnover of Arkhangelsk port amounted in January-September 2006 to 3 935.638 thou tons (-18.5% against year-on-year result), Administration of the Sea Port of Arkhangelsk reported to PortNews IAA. The port’s stevedoring companies accepted 283.416 thou tons of cargo (+ 15.9% against year-on-year result). This result includes 136.872 thou tons of import cargo (+ 91.2%), 146.545 thou tons of coastwise cargo (- 3.9%). The structure of import is the following: container turnover - 36.158 thou tons (- 40.4%), machines and equipment – 1.723 thou tons (9.3 times as much as in January-September of 2005), other general cargo - 98.991 thou tons (9.2 times as much as year-on-year result). The structure of incoming coastwise cargo is the following: container turnover - 7.309 thou tons (-1.1%), transshipment of metals - 13.300 thou tons (-1.4%), transshipment of metal scrap decreased by 26.5% to 4.540 thou tons. Transshipment of other general cargo amounted to 106.945 thou tons (- 5%).
Besides, through the reported period the port of Arkhangelsk shipped 3 652.221 thou tons (- 21.5%) of cargo including export of 1 053.741 thou tons (- 47.2%), coastwise cargo – 2 598.480 thou tons (- 2.2%). The structure of export is the following: oil and oil products - 74.462 thou tons (decreased by a factor of 12.7 against year-on-year result). Container turnover amounted to 34.129 thou tons (- 27.7%). Timber transshipment amounted to 469.923 thou tons (- 12.5%), transshipment of metal scrap amounted to 163.688 thou tons (+ 16.8%), coal and coke – 164.487 thou tons (+ 16.8%). Transshipment of other general cargo - 8.670 thou tons (4.8 times as much as against year-on-year result). The structure of coastwise dispatched cargo ifs the following: oil and oil products - 2 219.466 thou tons (- 6.6%), machines and equipment – 7.149 thou tons (- 47.7%), metal – 54.270 thou tons (+ 16.8%), other general cargo – 208.508 thou tons (decreased by a factor of 2.5 against year-on-year result). Coal transshipment amounted to 39.574 thou tons (+ 49.1%). Container turnover - 63.759 thou tons (- 42.7%).