According to SeaNews PORTSTAT analytic online service, the total container throughput via the Azov and Black Sea basin ports in June 2020 decreased by 8.1% year-on-year. Import was down 10.6%, and export down 6.2%. Cabotage, on the contrary, surged 3.6-fold. Transit was non-existent in June.
The share of the Azov and Black Sea basin in the total container traffic via all the Russian seaports in June 2020 amounted to 14.1%.
Laden container throughput declined by 8.5% year-on-year. Reefer containers accounted for 11% of the total laden container traffic, and dry containers for 89%. Imports made 51% of all the laden containers, exports 48.9%, and cabotage 0.1%.
Empty container traffic decreased by 7%.
The port of Novorossiysk accounted for 98.2% of the aggregate container throughput via the Russian Azov and Black Sea basin sea ports in June. Azov handled 1%, and Kavkaz 0.8% of the total.