Russian Ports’ Throughput in October 2020 Down 6%

Russian Ports’ Throughput in October 2020 Down 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 October 2020 decreased by 6% year-on-year.

    Export was down 5.6%, cabotage down 7.1%, transit declined by 13.1%. Import, on the contrary, grew by 5%.

    Almost 50% in the Russian sea ports’ commodity structure was oil and products. In October, crude oil accounted for 26.5% of the total volume and oil products for 15.7%. Coal and coke constituted 24.6% of the total.

    It should be noted that the highest growth was in the metal scrap segment (up 2.1-fold), grain (+45.7%) and ore (+44.1%).

    The commodities that decreased the most were sugar (-68.8%), ferry cargo (-30.3%) and crude oil (-24.2%).

    The Azov and Black Sea basin accounted for 32.3% of the aggregate cargo throughput via the Russian sea ports in October. The Baltic basin handled 27.6%, the Far Eastern basin accounted for 26.9%, the Arctic basin for 12.1% and the Caspian basin for 1% of the total.


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