According to SeaNews PORTSTAT analytic online service, the solid bulk (grab) cargo throughput of all the Russian sea ports during January-September 2019 amounted to 159.9 mn tons (+7.9%). It should be noted that solid bulk (grab) accounts for 25.5% of the total throughput.
Vostochny Port is the leader in terms of solid bulk (grab) cargo throughput with 19 mn tons, up 3.1% year-on-year.
Rosterminalugol (Ust-Luga) saw its solid bulk (grab) cargo traffic grow by 19.2% up to 18.4 mn tons.
Daltransugol (Vanino) handled 14.7 mn tons, down 2.2% year-on-year.
Solid bulk (grab) cargo throughput via Murmansk Commercial Sea Port increased by 2.5% up to 12.9 mn tons.
Nakhodka MTP handled 7.4 mn tons, up 23.8% year-on-year.
| Stevedore | 2019, mn tons |
| Vostochny Port | 19 |
| Rosterminalugol | 18,4 |
| Daltransugol | 14,7 |
| Murmansk Commercial Sea Port | 12,9 |
| Nakhodka MTP | 7,4 |
It should be noted that the stevedores which demonstrated the highest growth did not get into the Top-5. Ust-Luga Container Terminal saw its solid bulk (grab) cargo traffic surge 30.6-fold, Nikolaevsk Commercial Sea Port was up 10.2-fold, Khatanga Commercial Sea Port was up 8.8-fold.
The largest decrease in solid bulk (grab) cargo traffic was in Nazrybresurs, Kaliningrad branch (-95.2%), Priazovye (Taganrog) (-86.5%) and Anadyr Sea Port (-86.2%).