Throughput of Russian seaports review in Jan-Apr 2017

In January – April 2017, Russian seaports handled 250.3 mln t of cargo (+10.9%, year-on-year), says the press center of Association of Commercial Sea Ports.

Transshipment of dry bulk cargo totaled 110.9 mln t (+10%) including:
47.3 mln t of coal (+18.8%),
15.2 mln t of containerized cargo (+11.9%),
11.5 mln t of grain (+18.9%),
9.6 mln t of ferrous metal (-1.9%),
5.5 mln t of chemical fertilizers (+6.3%),
1 mln t refer cargo (+0.5%).

Transshipment of liquid bulk cargoes increased by 11.6% to 139.4 mln t including
89.5 mln t of crude oil (+14.6%),
47.3 mln t of oil products (+6.2%),
5 mln t of liquefied gas (+12.6%).

Transshipment of export cargo amounted 197.1 mln t (+7.8%), import – 10.9 mln t (+9%), transit – 18.5 mln t (+12.7%), cabotage – 23.7 mln t (+44.4%).

Total container throughput of Russian seaports in January-April of 2017 increased by 12% year-on-year to 1.44 mln TEU, including import — 620.3 thou TEU (+14.4%), export 608.37 thou TEU (+10.7%), transit — 14.29 thou TEU (-13.1%), cabotage — 200.64 thou TEU (+11.3%).

Basin specification:

Operators of the Arctic Basin terminals handled 22.5 mln t of cargo (+65.4%, year-on-year) including 8.3 mln t of dry cargo (+1.7%) and 14.5 mln t of liquid bulk cargo (+61.8%). The port of Murmansk handled 16.4 mln t (+82%), Varandei – 2.9 mln t (+15.6%), Sabetta – 1.64 mln t (up in 4.3 times), Arkhangelsk – 0.7 mln t (-34.6%), Dudinka – 0.43 mln t (-1.3%), Kandalaksha – 0.33 mln t (up in 2.7 times). Container throughput of ports of Arctic Basin in reporting period down 0.8% to 47.8 thou TEU, including cabotage – 47.29 thou TEU (+2.6%), import – 0.006% from whole volume of container turnover of basin and 0.4% – export. Container turnover in port of Murmansk in January – April 2017 amounted 16.71 thou TEU (+3.4%), Dudinka – 18.82 thou TEU (-2.9%), Arkhangelsk – 12.27 thou TEU (-1.6%).

The ports of the Baltic Basin for 4 month handled 82.8 mln t (+7.4%) including 31.7 mln t of dry cargo (+13%) and 51.1 mln t of liquid bulk cargo (+4.3%). The port of Ust-Luga handled 33 mln t (+9.5%), Primorsk – 22.2 mln t (+4%), Big Port St. Petersburg – 16.8 mln t (+6.5%), Vysotsk – 6.2 mln t (+14.9%), Kaliningrad – 4.27 mln t (+4%), Viborg – 0.341 mln t (+13%).
The container turnover in reporting period in ports of Baltic Basin increased by 7.2% to 719 thou TEU, including laden export – 238.7 thou TEU (+5%), empty export – 111.9 thou TEU (+7.1%), import – 368.4 thou TEU (+8.7%). Container turnover of Big Port St. Petersburg up 6.4% to 623.6 thou TEU, port of Ust-Luga – 25.3 thou TEU (-3.1%), Kaliningrad – 70.1 thou TEU (+19.8%).

For 4 month of 2017 throughput of cargoes in port of Azov – Black Sea basin amounted 80.7 mln t (+8.5%) including 32.5 mln t of dry cargo (+8.6%) and 48.2 mln t of liquid bulk cargo (+8.5%). Increased the volume of cargo handling operators of port of Novorossiysk – 48 mln t (+6.7%), Tuapse – 8.8 mln t (+8%), Kavkaz – 6.6 mln t (+14%), Taman – 5.2 mln t (+27.2%), Rostov-on-Don – 3.8 mln t (+9.1%), Kerch – 2.9 mln t (+15.8%), Azov – 2.2 mln t (+6.3%).
Container turnover in ports of Azov – Black Sea basin amounted 250.97 thou TEU (+8.9%), including export – 125.09 thou TEU (+7.9%), import – 121.77 thou TEU (+10.1%), transit – 0.23 thou TEU (up to 2.5 times), cabotage – 3.88 thou TEU (+2.2%). Container throughput of port of Novorossiysk amounted 246.51 thou TEU (+9.3%), Azof – 2.39 thou TEU (+35.4%), Sevastopol port – 1.91 thou TEU (+4%), Kavkaz – 0.11 thou TEU, Rostov-on-Don – 0.05 thou TEU (-88.9%).

The ports of the Caspian Basin handled 1.1 mln t of cargoes (-48.4) including 0.8 mln t dry cargoes (-28.1%) and 0.3 mln t of liquid bulk cargoes (-70.5%). Throughput of port of Makhachkala down 73.7 % to 0.3 mln t, Astrakhan to 0.7 mln t (-17.6%), Olya port – 53.1 thou t (-19%).
Container throughput of the Caspian Basin in January – April 2017 amounted 837 TEU (+12.4%), including laden export – 317 TEU (+56.2%), empty export – 36 TEU (-78.7%), import – 328 TEU (+27.6%), cabotage – 155 TEU (+34.8%). The Astrakhan ports container throughput increased by 14.5% to 836 TEU.
The ports of Far East Basin amounted 63.1 mln t (+8%) including 37.5 mln t of dry cargoes (+12.1%) and 25.6 mln t of liquid bulk cargo (+2.6%). Port Vostochny handled 23.3 mln t (+9.3%), Vanino – 9.8 mln t (+1.2%), Nakhodka – 8.2 mln t (+7.8%), Prigorodnoye – 6.1 mln t (+11.8%), Vladivostok – 5.3 mln t (+17.8%), De-Castri – 4 mln t (-2.1%), Posiet – 2.7 mln t (-1.1%).

The Far East Basin ports container throughput in firs 4 month of 2017 increased by 25.5% to 425.01 thou TEU, including laden export – 71.9 thou TEU (+32.1%), empty export – 60.2 thou TEU (+29.7%), import – 129.5 thou TEU (+41.8%), transit – 14.1 thou TEU (-14%), cabotage – 149.3 thou TEU (+14.7%). Container turnover of port of Vladivostok in reporting period amounted 233.8 thou TEU (+32.1%), Port Vostochny – 110.9 thou TEU (+20.4%), Korsakov port – 38.7 thou TEU (+21%).

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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