According to SeaNews PORTSTAT analytic online service, the total cargo throughput via the Russian Far East basin ports in March 2020 increased by 3.6% year-on-year. Transit was up 58.6%, export up 6.3%, and import grew by 2.7%. Cabotage, on the contrary, declined by 21.1%.
The share of the Far East basin in the total cargo traffic via all the Russian seaports in March 2020 amounted to 25%.
More than 75% in the Russian Far Eastern ports’ commodity structure was coal, oil and products. In March, coal and coke accounted for 47% of the total volume, crude oil for 24.3% and oil products for 7%. Containerized cargo constituted 7.5% of the total.
It should be noted that the highest growth rate was in the chemical and mineral fertilizers segment (up 3-fold), grains (+38.1%) and other bulk (grab) cargo (+25.3%).
The commodities that decreased the most were non-ferrous metals (-68%), other bulk (suction) (-39.5%) and piece cargo (-33.2%).
Vostochny accounted for 37.7% of the aggregate cargo throughput via the Russian Far East basin sea ports in March. Vanino handled 15.8%, and Nakhodka 13% of the total.
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