Review of performance reporting and indicators of Russian seaports in January-April 2018

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:

The operators of the Arctic Basin terminals handled 25.6 mln t of cargo (+12.5%, year-on-year) including 16.5 mln t of liquid bulk cargo (+ 16.9%) and 9.1 mln t of dry cargo (+5.2%). Throughput of port of Murmansk amounted 17.3 mln t (+5.8%), Varandei – 2.3 mln t (-21%), Sabetta – 4.1 mln t (up in 2 times), Arkhangelsk – 0.9 mln t (+29.5%).
Container turnover in ports of Arctic Basin up on 2.4% to 48.97 thou TEU, from which is the main part it is a cabotage – 48.4 thou TEU (+2.2%), export – 169 TEU (-1.2%), import – 418 TEU (+27.8%). Container turnover in port Arkhangelsk – 10.95 thou TEU (-10.9%).

The ports of the Baltic Basin handled 81.7 mln t (-1.3%) including 35 mln t of dry cargo (+10.4%) and 46 mln t of liquid bulk cargo (-8.6%). Throughput on Ports: Big Port St. Petersburg – 19.2 mln t (+15.4%), Ust-Luga – 33 mln t (-0.2%), Primorsk – 18.1 mln t (-18.5%), Kaliningrad – 4.71 mln t (+13).
The container turnover in ports of Baltic Basin increased by 11.1% to 803.99 thou TEU, including loading export – 276.3 thou TEU (+15.7%), empty export – 116.3 thou TEU (3.9%), import – 411.4 thou TEU (+10.2%). Container turnover on Ports: Big Port of St. Petersburg – 701.8 thou TEU (+11.7%), port of Ust-Luga – 27.1 thou TEU (+7.5%), Kaliningrad – 75 thou TEU (+7%).

The operators of seaports of Azov – Black Sea Basin handled 88.2 mln t (+8.9%) including 39.2 mln t of dry cargo (+19.8%) and 49 mln t of liquid bulk cargo (+1.5%). Throughput on Ports: port of Novorossiysk – 52.3 mln t (+8.9%), Tuapse – 8.9 mln t (+0.4%), Kavkaz 0 7.2 mln t (+5.5%), Rostov-on-Don – 5.2 mln t (+34.6%), Azov – 3.39 mln t (+1.5 раза).
Container turnover in ports of Azov – Black Sea basin amounted 307.13 thou TEU (+22.4%), including export – 148 thou TEU (+18%), import – 154.2 thou TEU (+26.6%), cabotage – 4.3 thou TEU (+10.8%), transit – 245 TEU (+6.5%). Container turnover on Ports: Novorossiysk – 113.6 thou TEU (+26.4%).

The ports of the Caspian Basin handled 1.7 mln t of cargo (+47.4%) including 1 mln t of dry cargo (+16.1%) and 0.7 mln t of liquid bulk cargo (up 2.3 times).
Container turnover of the Caspian Basin down on 8.8% to 763 TEU, including export – 307.5 TEU (-12.9%), import –328 TEU (same), cabotage –126 TEU (-18.7%).

Throughput in ports of Far East Basin up to 62.8 mln t (-0.4%) including 38.2 mln t of dry cargoes (+1.9%) and 24.6 mln t of liquid bulk cargo (-3.9%). Port Vostochny handled 22.9 mln t (-1.8%), Vanino – 9.7 mln t (-1.2%), Nakhodka – 8 mln t (-2.9%), Vladivostok – 6.3 mln t (+22.3%), Prigorodnoe – 6.2 mln t (+0.9%).
The Far East Basin ports container turnover amounted 487.3 thou TEU (+14.7%), including: export – 150.9 thou TEU (+13.7%), import – 149.7 thou TEU (+19.1%), transit – 22.1 thou TEU (+4%), cabotage – 164.3 thou TEU (+10.3%). Container turnover on Ports: Vladivostok – 271.4 thou TEU (+16.2%), Nakhodka – 415 TEU (up in 7 times), Kholmsk – 1.69 thou TEU (+47.4%), Zarubino – 116 TEU (-59.6%).

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.

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