According to SeaNews PORTSTAT analytic online service, the total container throughput via the Russian Baltic ports in January 2021 decreased by 6.4% year-on-year.
Import was down 14%, export down 4.7%. Transit made 6.5 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 January 2021 amounted to 47.1%.
Laden container throughput declined by 3.9% year-on-year. Reefer containers accounted for 12.8% of the total laden container traffic, and dry containers for 87.2%. Imports made 53% of all the laden containers, exports 43.6%, and transit 3.4%.
Empty container traffic was down 18.5%.
The Big Port of St. Petersburg accounted for 80.3% of the aggregate container throughput via the Russian Baltic basin sea ports in January. Kaliningrad handled 18.3%, and Ust-Luga 1.4% of the total.