Container Traffic via the Caspian Basin Ports in May

Container Traffic via Caspian Basin Ports in April 2020: Empty Container Throughput Up

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

    According to SeaNews PORTSTAT analytic online service, the total container throughput via the Caspian basin ports in May 2020 grew by 45.6% year-on-year. Export surged 2.5-fold. Cabotage decreased by 30.3%, and import by 39.8%.

    The share of the Caspian basin in the total container traffic via all the Russian seaports in May 2020 amounted to 0.1%.

    Laden container throughput in the Caspian was down 22.9%. Reefer containers were non-existent in May. Exports made 58.2% of all the laden containers, imports accounted for 33.6%, and cabotage for 8.2% of the total.

    Empty container traffic was up 15.5-fold.

    100% of all the Russian Caspian container traffic was handled in Astrakhan.


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