Throughput of North-West Basin seaports up 2.1% to 106.7 mln in H1 09

In the first half of 2009, seaports of the North-West region of Russia handled 106.7 million tonnes of cargo (+2.1%, year-on-year). According to Association of Sea Commercial Ports (ASOP) transshipment of dry cargo amounted to 35.6 million tonnes (-16.6%, year-on-year) while transshipment of liquid bulk cargo increased by 15% to 71.1 million tonnes. 

The ports of the South Basin handled 87.7 million tonnes of cargo (+14.1%) including 29.7 million tonnes of dry cargo (+29.4%) and 57.99 million tonnes of liquid bulk cargo (+7.6%). The ports of Far East Basin

In general, Russian seaports increased their throughput by 5.9%, year-on-year, to 235.4 million tonnes including 91.2 million tonnes of dry cargo (-3.4%) and 144.2 million tonnes of liquid bulk cargo (+12.7%). 

Transshipment of export cargo increased by 7.4% to 182.2 million tonnes including 29.3 million tonnes of coal (+11%), 9.3 million tonnes of grain (up 11 times), 2.4 million tonnes of ore (up almost 3-fold), 111.3 million tonnes of liquid bulk cargo (+7.5%). However transshipment of mineral fertilizers fell by 33.2%, timber - by 44.5%, ferrous metal– by 8.5%, containerized cargo - by 12.5%.
Transshipment of import cargo fell by 41% to 13.1 million tonnes with containerized cargo decreasing by 43% and general cargo – by 51%. 

Transshipment of transit cargo via Russia’s seaports climbed by 10.4% to 22.1 million tonnes owing to crude transshipment while transit of dry cargo declined by 40%.

Transshipment of coastal trade cargo increased 1.7 times (18 million tonnes) with a 24.5-pct decline in transshipment of dry cargo and 50-pct decline in transshipment of liquid bulk cargo.

Association of Sea Commercial 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. handled 40.99 million tonnes of cargo (no changes) including 25.9 million tonnes of dry cargo (-10%) and 15.1 million tonnes of liquid bulk cargo (+23.7%).

Source: Port News