Caspian Basin Ports’ Throughput in October 2020: Grain Throughput Down

Caspian Basin Ports’ Throughput in October 2020: Grain Throughput Down

  • 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 Russian Caspian basin ports in October 2020 grew by 10% year-on-year. Transit was up 10.6%, and import up 12.5%. Cabotage surged by 85.3%. Export, on the contrary, declined by 2.8%.

    The share of the Caspian basin in the total cargo traffic via all the Russian seaports in October 2020 made 1%.

    55% of the total cargo traffic was crude oil, grain accounted for 20.8% and timber and logs for 7.3%.

    It should be noted that the highest growth was in ferrous metals (up 6.7-fold), liquid foodstuffs (up 3.2-fold) and other bulk (suction) (up 2.9-fold).

    The commodities that decreased the most were other bulk (grab) (-69.8%), grain (-20%) and other general cargo (-18.1%).

    Makhachkala accounted for 59.9% of the aggregate cargo throughput via the Russian Caspian basin sea ports in October. Astrakhan handled 34.4%, and Olya 5.7% of the total.


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