2017 year-end in Russian seaports handled 786.97 mln t of cargo (+9%, year-on-year), says the press center of Association of Commercial Sea Ports.
Transshipment of dry bulk cargo totaled 372.94 mln t (+11.1%) including:
154.4 mln t of coal (+13.4%);
48.2 mln t of containerized cargo (+13%);
47.8 mln t of grain (+34.7%);
28.2 mln t of ferrous metal (-0.1%);
17.6 mln t of mineral fertilizers (+9.2%);
3.1 mln t refrigerated cargo (-0.3%).
According to the figures, published on the company’s website, the network owned by Russian Railways for whole 2017 year loaded 1.26 bn t of freight, which is 3.2% more than in the same period last year, including 110.2 mln t (+4.8%) which is loaded in December.
Freight turnover for whole 2017 year amounted 2.49 trln tariff ton-km (+6.4%), freight turnover taking into account empty wagon runs amounted 3.17 trln tariff ton-km (+6%).
For December 2017 freight turnover amounted 219 bn tariff ton-km (+5%), freight turnover taking into account empty wagon runs amounted 278.8 bn ton-km (+4.4%).
In Jan-Dec’17, Russian Railways loaded the following freight:
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