Cargo Traffic via the Far East Basin Ports in may

Far East Basin Ports’ Throughput in May 2020: Grain Up

  • The article is based on SeaNews PORTSTAT online service (available for SeaNews subsribers).

    According to SeaNews PORTSTAT analytic online service, the total cargo throughput via the Russian Far East basin ports in May 2020 increased by 12.4% year-on-year. Import was up 5.6% and export up 14.3%. Transit declined by 20.7% and cabotage by 1.2%.

    The share of the Far East basin in the total cargo traffic via all the Russian seaports in May 2020 amounted to 28.9%.

    More than 75% in the Russian Far Eastern ports’ commodity structure is coal, oil and products. In May, coal and coke accounted for 48.2% of the total volume, crude oil for 22.9% and oil products for 6.5%. Containerized cargo constituted 7.6% of the total.

    It should be noted that the highest growth rate was in the grain segment (up 2.5-fold), piece cargo (+67.6%) and other general cargo (+50.6%).

    The commodities that decreased the most were chemical and mineral fertilizers (-71.3%), other bulk (suction) (-49.6%) and metal scrap (-33.9%).

    Vostochny accounted for 33.6% of the aggregate cargo throughput via the Russian Far East basin sea ports in May. Vanino handled 16.3%, and Nakhodka 10.9% of the total.


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