According to SeaNews PORTSTAT analytic online service, the total container throughput via the Baltic basin ports in April 2021 increased by 7.9% year-on-year. Export was up 10.9%, import declined by 0.4%. Transit made 6 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 April 2021 amounted to 45.2%.
Laden container throughput grew by 10.5% year-on-year. Reefer containers accounted for 14.9% of the total laden container traffic, and dry containers for 85.1%. Transit made 3% of all the laden containers, exports 42.3%, and imports 54.7%.
Empty container traffic was down 6.3%.
The Big Port of St. Petersburg accounted for 81.9% of the aggregate container throughput via the Russian Baltic basin sea ports in April. Kaliningrad handled 17.3%, and Ust-Luga 0.8% of the total.