According to SeaNews PORTSTAT analytic online service, the total cargo throughput of the Russian sea ports in January 2020 increased by 1.7% year-on-year.
Import was up 2.6%, transit up 1.7% and export up 2.5%. Cabotage, on the contrary, declined by 4.8.
In January the Russian sea ports handled 39.9 mn tons of liquid bulk, up 2.9% year-on-year. Solid bulk (grab) cargo grew by 4.8% up to 16.2 mn tons, containerized cargo by 8.1% up to 4.6 mn tons, and timber and logs by 0.5% up to 327.7 thousand tons.
Other commodities demonstrated a downward trend. General cargo was down 8.6% to 4.3 mn tons, bulk (suction) cargo down 16.3% to 3.2 mn tons.
The largest share of the aggregate seaborne cargo traffic was handled in the Baltic basin, which accounted for 22.2 mn tons, up 5.4% year-on-year.
The ports located in the Azov and Black Sea basin saw their combined throughput decrease by 3.6% down to 20.5 mn tons.
The Russian Far East ports handled 16.5 mn tons, down 4%.
The Arctic basin ports handled 8.6 mn tons in January, down 0.6% year-on-year.
Cargo throughput in the Caspian basin increased by 46.1% year-on-year to make 720.7 thousand tons.
For details, see the infographics below.
And even more details, as well as a tool to make your own infographics and analyze the statistics of all the Russian sea ports and terminals are available in our online PORTSTAT service.
