Caspian Basin Ports’ Throughput in September 2020 Down 15.5%

Caspian Basin Ports’ Throughput in September 2020 Down 15.5%

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

    According to SeaNews PORTSTAT analytic online service, the total cargo throughput via the Caspian basin ports in September 2020 declined by 15.5% year-on-year. Transit was down 15.6%, and export down 33.7%. Import surged 1.5-fold, and cabotage was up 2.1-fold.

    The share of the Caspian basin in the total cargo traffic via all the Russian seaports in September 2020 made 0.8%.

    52.2% of the total cargo traffic was crude oil, grain accounted for 16.5% and ferrous metals for 9.4%.

    It should be noted that the highest growth was in ferrous metals (up 5.2-fold), piece cargo (up 3-fold) and containerized cargo (up 2.1-fold).

    The commodities that decreased the most were liquid foodstuffs (-82.1%), other bulk (grab) (-62.5%) and ro-ro (-40%).

    Makhachkala accounted for 55.7% of the aggregate cargo throughput via the Russian Caspian basin sea ports in September. Astrakhan handled 38.4%, and Olya 5.9% of the total.


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