According to SeaNews Russian Foreign Trade Customs Statistics online service, in 2019 Russia imported 32 tugboats worth $155.5 mn compared to 22 vessels worth $59 mn in 2018.
The largest number of tugboats was imported from China, 12 vessels worth $80.7 mn (up 6.7-fold year-on-year). 4 tugboats were designated for Sakhalin region, two for Moscow, two for Primorsky Kray, two for Khabarovsk Kray, one for St. Petersburg and one for Krasnodar Kray.
3 tugboats worth $13,4 mn (+94,2%) were imported from Singapore. Two vessels were desiagnated for Sakhalin region and one for Krasnodar Kray.
Three tugboats worth $2.6 mn (-63.4%) were imported from Malaysia. Two of them were delivered to Khabarovsk Kray and one to Sakhalin.
Two tugboats worth $18.6 mn (up 2.5-fold) were imported from Vietnam to Krasnodar Kray.
Two tugboats worth $1.3 mn (-27.8%) from Belgium were delivered to St. Petersburg and Karelia.
And, finally, two tugboats worth $9.2 mn were imported from the UAE to Krasnodar Kray.