According to SeaNews PORTSTAT analytic online service, the total container throughput via the Russian Baltic ports in December 2020 increased by 5.2% year-on-year. Import was up 1.2%, export up 2.1%. Transit made 7.06 thousand TEU, with Kaliningrad handling the entire volume.
The share of the Baltic basin in the total container traffic via all the Russian seaports in December 2020 amounted to 43.5%.
Laden container throughput grew by 6.3% year-on-year. Reefer containers accounted for 13.4% of the total laden container traffic, and dry containers for 86.6%. Imports made 53.5% of all the laden containers, exports 43%, and transit 3.5%.
Empty container traffic was down 0.3%.
The Big Port of St. Petersburg accounted for 83% of the aggregate container throughput via the Russian Baltic basin sea ports in December. Kaliningrad handled 15.7%, and Ust-Luga 1.3% of the total.