According to SeaNews PORTSTAT analytic online service, the total cargo throughput of the Baltic basin sea ports in April 2021 decreased by 6.6% year-on-year. Import was down 3.2%, transit down 4.4%, export declined by 6.6%, and cabotage dropped by 51%.
The share of the Baltic basin in the total cargo traffic via all the Russian sea ports amounted to 30% in April 2021.
More than half of the total was oil and products, with oil products accounting for 30.6% of the overall throughput, and crude oil for 21.9%. Coal and coke amounting to 18.9%.
It should be noted that the highest growth was in Ro-Ro (+41.9%), ferrous metals (+39.8%) and foodstuffs (+36.1%) segments.
The commodities that decreased the most were chemicals (-58.4%), grain (-56.3%) and ferry cargoes (-50.9%).
Ust-Luga accounted for 42.6% of the aggregate cargo throughput via the Russian Baltic basin sea ports in April 2021, the Big Port of St. Petersburg handled 26%, and Primorsk 20% of the total.