MOSCOW: In January-May 2017, Russian seaports handled 320 mln t of cargo (+11.6%. year-on-year), says the press center of Association of Commercial Sea Ports. Transshipment of dry bulk cargo totaled 143.5 mln t (+10.7%) including 61.4 mln t of coal (+17.8%), 19.6 mln t of containerized cargo (+14.3%), 14.1 mln t of grain (+23.3%), 12.3 mln t of ferrous metal (+0.7%). 7.0 mln t of mineral fertilizers (+3.5%) and 1.2 mln t of refrigerated cargo (-1.4%).
Transshipment of liquid bulk cargo totaled 176.5 mln t (+12.4%) including 108.3 mln t of crude oil (+16.2%), 59.9 mln t of oil products (+5.5%) and 6.3 mln t of liquefied gas (+13.9%). Exports totaled 250.7 (+8.3%), imports – 14.2 mln t (+11.5%), transit – 23.7 mln t (+15.3%), short-sea traffic – 31.4 mln t (+43.5%).
Operators of the Arctic Basin terminals handled 29.8 mln t (+69.7%) including 18.1 mln t of liquid bulk cargo (+262 %) and 11.0 mln t of dry cargo (+9.7%). The port of Murmansk handled 21 mln t (+80.6%), Varndei – 3.7 mln t (+12.2%). The ports of the Baltic Sea handed 104.6 mln t (+7.3%) including 40.9 mln t of dry cargo (+13.9%) and 63.7 mln t of liquid bulk cargo (+3.4%). The port of Ust-Luga handled 42 mln t (+11.6%), Primorsk- 27.4 mln t (+0.1%), Big Port St. Petersburg – 21.4 mln t (+7.3%), Vysotsk – 7.7 mln t (+15.1%). Seaports of Azov-Black Sea Basin handled 104.0 mln t (+10.3%) including 41.9 mln t of dry cargo (+9.3%) and 62.0 mln t of liquid bulk cargo (+11%). The port of Novorossiysk handled 61.0 mln t (+10.5%), Tuapse – 11.3 mln t (+8.4%), Kavkaz – 9.8 mln t (+8.7%), Taman – 6.4 mln t (+25.4%), Rostov-on-Don – 4.9 mln t (+8.2%), kerch – 3.5 mln t (+6.9%).
The ports of the Caspian Basin handled 1.3 mln t (-46.9%) including 7.0 mln t of dry cargo (-24.8%) and 0.3 mln t of liquid bulk cargo (-69.7%). The port of Makhachkala handled 0.4 mln t (-71.3%), Astrakhan–0.9 mln t (-16.0%), Olay – 66,900 (-19.2%). The ports of the Far East Basin handled 80.3 mln t (+7.3%) including 48.0 mln t of dry cargo (+10.5%) and 32.2 mln t of liquid bulk cargo (+2.8%). Vostochny port handled 29.4 mln t (+7.6%), Vanino – 12.3 mln t (-0.6%), Nakhodka – 10.4 mln t (+7.7%), Prigorodnoye – 7.6 mln t (+11.3%), Vladivostok – 6.7 mln t (+18.6%), De-Castri – 5.1 mln t (-2.2%), Posiet – 3.3 mln t (-2.2 %).
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.
