In 2016, Russian seaports handled 721.9 mln t of cargo (+6.7%, year-on-year), says the press center of Association of Commercial Sea Ports.
Transshipment of liquid bulk cargo increased by 5.9% to 386.1 mln t including
228 mln t of crude oil (+12.8%),
140.7 mln t of oil products (-3.7%)
13.6 mln t of liquefied gas (+5.5%).
Transshipment of dry bulk cargo totaled 335.8 mln t (+7.5%) including:
136.3 mln t of coal (+10.5%),
42.7 mln t of containerized cargo (+6.5%),
28.2 mln t of ferrous metal (+7.8%),
35.5 mln t of grain (+3.3%),
22.7 mln t of cargo carried by ferries (+3.5%),
8.7 mln t of ore (+ 29.6%),
5.4 mln t of timber (+1.8%),
4.6 mln t of ro-ro cargo (up 1.8 times),
16.2 mln t of chemical fertilizers (+1.1%),
4 mln t of scrap-metal (-5.5%).
Transshipment of export cargo totaled 567.3 mln t (+5.3%), import – 31.7 mln t (-5%), transit – 51 mln t (+5.8%), coastal trade cargo – 71.9 mln t (+27.4%).
The total container cargos in Russian seaports in 2016 increased by 1.4% year-on-year to 3.99 mln TEU, including total export 1.64 mln TEU (-0.6%), import — 1.67 mln TEU (+2,1%), transit — 50 thou TEU (-28.5%), coastal trade cargo — 640 thou TEU (+8.5 %).
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