According to SeaNews PORTSTAT analytic online service, the total container throughput via the Arctic basin ports in November 2020 decreased by 6.5% year-on-year. Cabotage, which accounts for the major share of the total, declined by 3%. Import dropped 68.9%, and export by 85.3%.
The share of the Arctic basin in the total container traffic via all the Russian seaports in November 2020 amounted to 3.7%.
Laden container throughput in the Arctic decreased by 1.5% year-on-year. Reefer containers accounted for 5.5% of the total laden container traffic, and dry containers for 94.5%. Cabotage made 99.9% of all the laden containers, and exports 0.1%.
Empty container traffic declined by 14.9%.
The port of Dudinka accounted for 37.3% of the aggregate container throughput via the Russian Arctic basin sea ports in November. Arkhangelsk handled 21.3% of the total, and Murmansk 20.5%.
