According to SeaNews PORTSTAT analytic online service, the total cargo throughput of the Baltic basin sea ports in February 2020 increased by 5.3% year-on-year. Export was up 6.2%. Cabotage declined by 4.4%, transit by 14.2%, and import was down 1%.
The share of the Baltic basin in the total cargo traffic via all the Russian sea ports amounted to 32.6% in February 2020.
More than half of the total was oil and products, with oil products accounting for 32.3% of the overall throughput, and crude oil for 29.4%. Coal and coke had the third largest share in the aggregate throughput amounting to 12.8%.
It should be noted that the highest growth was in metal scrap segment (+71.8%), other balk (suction) (+71.3%) and ore (+46%).
The commodities that decreased the most were grain (-61.1%), liquid chemicals (-45.6%) and chemical and mineral fertilizers (-33.8%).
Ust-Luga accounted for 42.3% of the aggregate cargo throughput via the Russian Baltic basin sea ports in February. Primorsk handled 24.7%, and the Big Port of St. Petersburg 21.7% of the total.
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