Russian Ports’ Throughput in September 2020 Down 4.6%

Russian Ports’ Throughput in September 2020 Down 4.6%

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

    According to SeaNews PORTSTAT analytic online service, the total cargo throughput of the Russian sea ports in September 2020 decreased by 4.6% year-on-year.

    Export was down 1.9%, cabotage down 14.4%, transit declined by 22.9%. Import, on the contrary, grew by 7%.

    Almost 50% in the Russian sea ports’ commodity structure was oil and products. In September, crude oil accounted for 25.5% of the total volume and oil products for 16.3%. Coal and coke constituted 25.7% of the total.

    It should be noted that the highest growth was in the metal scrap segment (+57.2%), ore (+52.7%) and grain (+45.4%).

    The commodities that decreased the most were sugar (-92.8%), foodstuffs (-44.6%) and timber and logs (-28.5%).

    The Azov and Black Sea basin accounted for 32.2% of the aggregate cargo throughput via the Russian sea ports in September. The Far Eastern basin handled 28.3%, the Baltic basin accounted for 27.1%, the Arctic basin for 11.6% and the Caspian basin for 0.8% of the total.


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