In January-April 2018 in Russian seaports handled 260.1 mln t of cargo (+3.7%, year-on-year), says the press center of Association of Commercial Sea Ports.
Transshipment of dry bulk cargo in reporting period totaled 122.5 mln t (+10%) including:
49 mln t of coal (+3.4%);
17.2 mln t of containerized cargo (+12.9%);
18 mln t of grain (up in 1.6 times);
10.8 mln t of ferrous metal (+11.1%);
6 mln t of mineral fertilizers (+8.4%);
2 mln t of ore (+5.1%);
1.7 mln t of timber cargo.
Transshipment of liquid bulk cargo decreased by 1.3% to 137.6 mln t including:
80.4 mln t of crude oil (-5.8%);
48.3 mln t of oil products (+1.7%);
7.1 mln t of liquefied gas (+40.5%).
For 4 month 2018 total container turnover of Russian seaports increased by 13.8% year-on-year to 1.65 mln TEU, including imports — 712.95 thou TEU (+14.7%); export – 695.1 thou TEU (+14.9%); cabotage — 217.6 thou TEU (+8.6%), transit — 22.46 thou TEU (+4.4%); refrigerated containers – 192.2 thou TEU (+20.4%).
Basin specification in January-April 2018:
