According to SeaNews PORTSTAT analytic online service, the total cargo throughput of all the Russian sea ports during January-August 2021 amounted to 552.8 mn tons (+1.6% year-on-year). Five terminals handled 149.6 mn tons or 27.1% of this volume.
CPC-R in Novorossiysk is the leader in January-August 2021 in terms of cargo throughput. Its cargo traffic decreased by 2% year-on-year down to 39.5 mn tons.
Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port rates the second in January-August 2021. Cargo traffic via terminal amounted to 36.1 mn tons, down 2.2% year-on-year.
Primorsk Commercial Port handled 34.4 mn tons, down 1.2% year-on-year.
Cargo throughput via Transneft Kozmino Port in Vostochny increased by 0.8% up to 22.6 mn tons.
Rosterminalugol handled 16.9 mn tons. Its cargo traffic was down 1.8% year-on-year. In January-July this terminal was the sixth.
It should be noted that the stevedores which demonstrated the highest growth did not get into the Top-5.
Primoretz Fishing Cooperative in Nakhodka saw its cargo traffic surge 15.5-fold, Khatanga Commercial Sea Port was up 13.6-fold and Nakhodka oil bunker was up 11.6-fold.
The largest decrease in cargo traffic was in Balt Nafta Cooperative in Kaliningrad (-94.4%), Anroskrym in port Kavkaz (-94.2%) and Tiksi Sea Port (-91.4%).