Container Traffic via the Arctic Basin Ports in June

Container Traffic via Arctic Basin Ports in June 2020: Empties Up 2.5-fold

  • 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 Arctic basin ports in June 2020 increased by 58.3% year-on-year. Cabotage, which accounts for the major share of the total, grew by 64.3%. Export surged 2.4-fold. Import was down 23.2%.

    The share of the Arctic basin in the total container traffic via all the Russian seaports in June 2020 amounted to 3%.

    Laden container throughput in the Arctic increased by 32.4% year-on-year. Reefer containers accounted for 4.3% of the total laden container traffic, and dry containers for 95.7%. Cabotage made 99.4% of all the laden containers, and exports 0.6%.

    Empty container traffic surged 2.5-fold.

    The port of Dudinka accounted for 39.3% of the aggregate container throughput via the Russian Arctic basin sea ports in June. Arkhangelsk handled 25.9% of the total, and Murmansk 24.5%.


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