According to SeaNews PORTSTAT analytic online service, the total container throughput via the Baltic basin ports in August 2020 decreased by 8.8% year-on-year. Import was down 10.1%, and export down 7.4%.
The share of the Baltic basin in the total container traffic via all the Russian seaports in August 2020 amounted to 44.7%.
Laden container throughput declined by 7.5% year-on-year. Reefer containers accounted for 11.2% of the total laden container traffic, and dry containers for 88.8%. Exports made 44.7% of all the laden containers, and imports 55.3%.
Empty container traffic was down 15.6%.
The Big Port of St. Petersburg accounted for 85.6% of the aggregate container throughput via the Russian Baltic basin sea ports in August. Kaliningrad handled 11.9%, and Ust-Luga 2.5% of the total.