According to SeaNews’ PortStat online analytic service, in May 2019 Russia’s North-Western sea ports handled 8.2% more cargo than in May 2018. Most of the throughput was export, which grew by 9.8%. Import was up 1.1% year-on-year. Transit declined by 9.5%, and cabotage dropped by 25.8%.
More than half of the total is oil and products, with crude oil accounting for 33.6% of the overall throughput, and oil products for 21%. Coal and coke have the third largest share in the aggregate throughput amounting to 17.8%.
Big Port of St. Petersburg
The throughput of the Big Port of St. Petersburg increased by 1.5% year-on-year with import down 5.1% ad export down 0.9%. Cabotage, however, grew by 69.2%.
Ust-Luga
Ust-Luga handled in May 2019 13.7% more than in May 2018, the increment being due to the increasing export traffic (up 15.1%). Import declined by 1.9%, transit by 9.5%, and cabotage dropped by 57.8%.
Vyborg
Compared to May 2018, cargo traffic via Vyborg plummeted by 49.7%. Import was down 17.1% year-on-year, and export down 51.1%.
Vyssotsk
Cargo throughput handled in Vyssotsk increased by 8.8% year-on-year. Export, which accounts for the bulk of the total, was up 7.5%, and import up 30.6%.
Primorsk
Oil and products export via Primorsk increased by 21% year-on-year in May.
Kaliningrad
Kaliningrad saw its throughput decline by 22.7% year-on-year in May. Export dropped by 41% and cabotage by 53.7%. Import, on the contrary, grew by 23.5%.
