According to SeaNews PORTSTAT analytic online service, the total container throughput of all the Russian sea ports during January-October 2020 amounted to 4.4 mn TEU. Five terminals handled more than 2.4 mn TEU or 55.4% of this volume.
Container Terminal Saint-Petersburg remains the leader in terms of container throughput. Its container traffic decreased by 13.7% down to 555.2 thousand TEU.
Commercial Port of Vladivostok (VMTP) handled 555 thousand TEU, up 8.7% year-on-year.
Container traffic via First Container Terminal amounted to 540.3 thousand TEU, down 0.6% year-on-year.
NUTEP increased its container traffic by 31.9% up to 395.1 thousand TEU.
Vostochnaya Stevedoring Company handled 368.5 thousand TEU, up 13.2% year-on-year.
| Stevedore | January-October 2020, thousand TEU |
| Container Terminal Saint-Petersburg | 555.2 |
| Commercial Port of Vladivostok (VMTP) | 555 |
| First Container Terminal | 540.3 |
| NUTEP | 395.1 |
| Vostochnaya Stevedoring Company | 368.5 |
It should be noted that the highest container throughput growth was via Nikolaevsk Commercial Sea Port. Its container traffic surged 6.1-fold. Arctic Consulting Service in Arkhangelsk was up 5.8-fold, Directorate for Construction under the Presidential Administrative Department in the Far Eastern Federal District of Vladivostok up 91.1%.
Also, astronomical growth figures were demonstrated by stevedores, which had just several containers last year and this year handled many times more, such as Olya Commercial Sea Port (+44,700%) and Makhachkala Commercial Sea Port (+5,700%).
The largest decrease in container traffic was in Dalzavod-Terminal in Vladivostok (-99%), Vladivostok Sea Terminal (-95.8%) and Vostokmorservice in Vladivostok (-76.2%).