December 2017

In January – November 2017, Russian seaports handled 716.7 mln t of cargo (+9%, year-on-year), says the press center of Association of Commercial Sea Ports.

Transshipment of dry bulk cargo totaled 339.3 mln t (+10.6%) including:
141.1 mln t of coal (+13.3%);
43.8 mln t of containerized cargo (+12.6%);
43 mln t of grain (+33.4%);
25.5 mln t of ferrous metal (-1.6%);
15.9 mln t of mineral fertilizers (+9.7%);
2.8 mln t refrigerated cargo (+0.5%).

Transshipment of liquid bulk cargo increased by 7.5% to 377.4 mln t including:
232 mln t of crude oil (+11.8%);
128.1 mln t of oil products (+0.3%);
13 mln t of liquefied gas (+6.4%).

Export totaled cargo handled 552.2 mln t (+6.7%), imports – 32.7 mln t (+13.6%), transit – 52.8 mln t (+14.4%), short-sea shipping – 78.8 mln t (+20.6%).

Total container turnover of Russian seaports for 11 month of 2017 increased by 15.6% year-on-year to 4.2 mln TEU, including imports — 1.77 mln TEU (+17.2%), loading export – 1.1 mln TEU (+11.2%), empty export – 678.7 thou TEU (+28.4), short-sea traffic — 620.39 thou TEU (+6.5%), transit — 60.53 thou TEU (+22.9%).
In reporting period refrigerated containers handled 397.52 thou TEU of which import – 302.64 thou TEU, short-sea shipping – 544.3 thou TEU, export – 40.2 thou TEU, transit – 48.03 thou TEU.

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According to the figures, published on the company’s website, the network owned by Russian Railways for 11 month of 2017 loaded 1.151 bn t of freight, which is 3% more than in the same period last year, including 105.7 mln t (+3.5%) which is loaded in November.

Freight turnover since the beginning of the year amounted 2.27 trln tariff ton-km (+6.5%), freight turnover taking into account empty wagon runs amounted 2.89 trln tariff ton-km (+6.1%).
For November 2017 freight turnover amounted 210.8 bn tariff ton-km (+5.7%), freight turnover taking into account empty wagon runs amounted 268.9 bn ton-km (+5.3%).

In Jan-Nov’17, Russian Railways loaded the following freight:
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