The total cargo throughput of all the Russian sea ports during January-October 2021 amounted to 695.4 mn tons (+2% year-on-year). Five terminals handled 188.3 mn tons or 27.1% of this volume.
According to SeaNews PORTSTAT analytic online service, CPC-R in Novorossiysk was the leader in January-October 2021 in terms of cargo throughput. Its cargo traffic decreased by 0.2% year-on-year down to 49.3 mn tons.
Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port rated the second in January-October 2021. Cargo traffic via the terminal amounted to 45.1 mn tons, up 0.4% year-on-year.
Primorsk Commercial Port handled 43.2 mn tons, up 3.4% year-on-year.
Cargo throughput via Transneft Kozmino Port in Vostochny increased by 3.6% up to 28.8 mn tons.
Vostochny Port handled 21.9 mn tons. Its cargo traffic was down 6.7% year-on-year.
It should be noted that the stevedores, which demonstrated the highest growth did not get into the Top-5.
International Marine Handling Terminal JSC in Vladivostok saw its cargo traffic surge 34.8-fold. This terminal did not handle cargo in January-September last year. Cargo throughput via VTU in Vanino was up 22.5-fold. This stevedore did not handle cargo in January-August last year. Slavyansky Timber Terminal Stevedoring Company in Posiet was up 7.9-fold.
The largest decrease in cargo traffic was in Anroskrym in port Kavkaz (-92.9%), Akron Yug in Rostov-na-Donu (-80.9%) and Tiksi Sea Port (-76.8%).