UCL Holding has published operational update for its stevedoring division UCL Port for January-September 2018.
The aggregate throughput was 27.2 mn tons, almost the same volume as during the same period of 2017.
According to UCLH, dry cargo throughput across the division grew 4.2% up to 23.4 mn tons.
Oil and products dropped 24.3% down to 3.8 mn tons due to lower traffic via Tuapse and Taganrog.
Export cargo made 85% of the total handling volume. Import accounted for 14%, or 3.9 mn tons.
General cargo grew the most, up 7.7% to 7.3 mn tons, mostly due to ferrous metals (up 8.1% to 5 mn tons) and scrap (up 54% up to 0.6 mn tons).
Containerized cargo was up 12% to 7 mn tons. Container Terminal Saint-Petersburg handled 550.3 thousand TEU, up 15.5% year-on-year, while container traffic via Sea Port of Saint-Petersburg increased 24% up to 23.5 thousand TEU.
Solid bulk declined 3.5%, mostly due to lower coal export via Tuapse and Taganrog (-9% down to 6.3 mn tons) and Universal Cargo Complex in Ust-Luga.
Grain export made 1.8 mn tons, in line with the last year’s result.