According to SeaNews PORTSTAT analytic online service, the total cargo throughput of the Russian sea ports in February 2020 remained much on the previous year’s level (-0.3%).
Cabotage was down 1.3%. Import declined slightly by 0.4%, and export by 0.6%. Transit grew by 2.8%.
More than 50% in the Russian sea ports’ commodity structure is oil and products. In February, crude oil accounted for 33.4% of the total volume and oil products for 20.3%. Coal and coke constituted 18% of the total.
It should be noted that the highest growth was in the other bulk segment (suction) (+59.8%), foodstuffs (+54.8%) and metal scrap (+44.8%).
The commodities that decreased the most were ferry cargo (-33.3%), chemical and mineral fertilizers (-26.8%) and Ro-Ro (-21.4%).
The Baltic basin accounted for 32.6% of the aggregate cargo throughput via the Russian sea ports in February. The Azov and Black Sea basin handled 29.5%, the Far East basin accounted for 24.6%, the Arctic basin for 12.2% and the Caspian basin for 1.1% of the total.
Comprehensive – statistics are available for all the sea ports and stevedorig companies of the Russian Federation. Historic data is available since 2015.
Indicative – regional shipping market indicator with no time lag. Growth/decline trends for the past months.
Speed – momentary data visualization, various analytic breakdowns. Import / export / cabotage / transit / throughput structure by cargo type. 
Available 24/7 – PORTSTAT is located in a cloud-based data center and is available always, everywhere and from any device.
Visualization – diagrams, graphic and cartographic visualization. Data export.
High relevancy – data is updated monthly.