MOSCOW: In January-February 2017, Russian seaports handled 114.8 mln t of cargo (+8.2%, year-on-year), says the press center of Association of Commercial Sea Ports. Transshipment of dry bulk cargo totaled 49.2 mln t (+7.6%) including 20.9 mln t of coal (+15.2%), 6.9 mln t of containerized cargo (+9.0%), 4.5 mln t of grain (+1.2%), 4.5 mln t of ferrous metal (+2.5%), 2.7 mln t of mineral fertilizers (+7.2%) and 0.5 mln t of refrigerated cargo (+13.2%). Transshipment of liquid bulk cargo totaled 65.6 mln t (+8.7%) including 38.4 mln t of crude oil (+8.0%), 24.0 mln t of oil products (+8.3%) and 2.5 mln t of liquefied gas (+27.1%).
Exports totaled 90.5 (+5.3%), imports – 5.2 mln t (+15.7%), transit – 8.5 mln t (+4.5%), short-sea traffic – 10.6 mln t (+41.6%). Operators of the Arctic Basin terminals handled 8.9 mln t (+41.8%) including 5.1 mln t of liquid bulk cargo (up 2.1 times) and 3.7 mln t of dry cargo (-0.9%). The port of Murmansk handled 6.0 mln t (up 1.5 times), Varandei – 1.4 mln t (+16.0%). The ports of the Baltic Sea handed 40.1 mln t (+9.2%) including 14.7 mln t of dry cargo (+15.6%) and 25.4 mln t of liquid bulk cargo (+5.9%). The port of Ust-Luga handled 15.7 mln t (+9.1%), Primorsk – 10.9 mln t (+5.5%), Big Port St. Petersburg – 8.0 mln t (+7.0%), Vysotsk – 3.2 mln t (+42.1%). Seaports of Azov-Black Sea Basin handled 36.4 mln t (+3.6%) including 13.9 mln t of dry cargo (+2.9%) and 22.5 mln t of liquid bulk cargo (+4.1%). The port of Tuapse handled 4.4 mln t (+15.3%), Kavkz – 2.9 mln t (+8.0%), Taman – 2.4 mln t (+22.8%), Rostov-on-Don – 1.4 mln t (+5.1%), Kerch – 1.2 mln t (+17.6%). Throughput of port Novorossiysk was almost flat, year-on-year, at 21.9 mln t.
The ports of the Caspian Basin handled 0.5 mln t (down 2.1 times) including 0.4 mln t of dry cargo (-31.6%) and 0.1 mln t of liquid bulk cargo (down 4.3 times). The port of Makhachkala handled 0.1 mln t of cargo (down 4.7 times), Astrakhan – 0.4 mln t (down 24.6%), Olya – 21,700 t (up 1.7%). The ports of the Far East Basin handled 28.9 mln t (+7.8%) including 16.3 mln t of dry cargo (+8.7%). наливных грузов – до 12.6 mln t (+6.5%). Port Vostochny handled 10.6 mln t (+6.0%), Vanino – 4.3 mln t (+0.5%), Nakhodka – 3.7 mln t (+1.1%), Prigorodnoye – 3.2 mln t (+29.9%), Vladivostok – 2.4 mln t (+21.9%), De-Kastri – 1.9 mln t (+0.9%).
Association of Commercial Sea Ports (ASOP) set up in 1987 unites over 50 organizations and enterprises of Russia’s maritime transport. ASOP comprises commercial seaports, forwarding and agency companies, scientific research institutes and marine educational institutions. Operational results of Russian port sector are based on statistics reports and cover all stevedoring companies operating in the Russian Federation.
