Throughput at Russian ports for the first 11 months of 2009 increased compared to the same period last year, up 9% – to 454 million tons. According to the report of the Association of Sea Commercial Ports, the volume of transshipment of dry cargo amounted to 181.9 million tons (+2,6%), liquid – 272.1 million tons (13.7%).

Export cargoes handled at about 352.1 million tons, which represent a
12% increase over the same period last year. These include: coal – 59
million tons (22.6%), ferrous metals – 25.2 million tons (11.1%), corn
- 19.2 million tons (2.5 times more), ore – 3.8 million tons (by 2,3
times more), non-ferrous metals – 3.8 million tons (+7.3%), liquid bulk
cargo – 210.4 million tons (9.3% ). Total deliveries of mineral
fertilizers dropped by 20.7% to 8.9 million tons, timber cargo – by
36.5% to 5.4 million tons, of cargo in containers – on 6,5% to 7,6
million tons.

Transshipment of imported cargoes amounted to 24.8
million tons (-37.3%), including goods in containers – 11.5 million
tons (-37.0%), general – 6.5 million tons (-44.3%).

Transit cargo
transported through sea ports of Russia was up 15% to 41.1 million
tons, over the same period last year (due to crude oil). Coasting
transshipment increased in 1,3 times.

Operators of marine terminals
of North-West Basin transshipped 204.6 million tons of cargo (+3.9%),
of which liquid cargo amounted to 135.8 million tons (16.4%), dry -
68,8 million tons (-14.3%).

In the Big port of St. Petersburg the
volumes of cargo transshipment in containers, fertilizers, general
cargo decreased, at the port of Kaliningrad – of bulk and general
cargo. Total turnover of the Big Port of St. Petersburg has declined
17.1% to 46.6 million tons, the port of Kaliningrad – by 21,6% to 11,2
million tons turnover of the port of Primorsk increased by 5,8% and
amounted to 72, 3 million tons, the port of Murmansk on 32,1% to 34.2
million tons, the port of Visotsk – by 9,6% to 16 million tons, the
port of Ust-Luga – by 48,8% to 9,2 million tons.

Ports of South
Basin increased turnover by 13,5% to 165.1 million tons, including dry
- by 29,1% to 58.8 million tons, liquid – on 6,4% to 106.3 million
tons. Operators of marine terminals of Novorossiysk handled over 112.5
million tons (9.1%). Turnover at the Port of Tuapse fell by 6% to 16.8
million tons.

Ports of the Far East handled 84.3 million tons of
cargo (+13.4%), of which 54.3 million tons (5.2%) were dry cargo and
30.0 million tons (32.0%), – liquid cargo. Stevedore companies
increased turnover of at Vanino port 14.4% to 21.7 million tons,
Nakhodka – by 3,3% to 14,5 million tons, Vladivostok – by 1,4% to 14.3
million tons, the company of the port of East reduced handling of cargo
by 7,3% to 17,5 million tons.

Association of Sea Commercial Ports
(ASCP) was founded in 1987 and unites more than 50 organizations and
enterprises of maritime transport in Russia. Sea commercials ports,
forwarding and agency companies, research institutes, schools of sea
transport are incorporated into the ASCP. Data on the outcome of
Russia’s port complex formed on the basis of statistical reports,
covering all stevedoring companies operating in the territory of
Russia. Complete statistical information is presented in the quarterly
ASCP report called “Transportation of goods through seaports of Russia,
CIS and Baltic states”.

Source: Portnews

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