Far East Basin Ports’ Throughput in April 2021: Crude Oil Down

Far East Basin Ports’ Throughput in April 2021: Crude Oil 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 Far East basin ports in April 2021 increased by 5.9% year-on-year. Export grew by 6.3%, import by 28.3%, and transit surged 2.1-fold. Cabotage, on the contrary, declined by 13.2%

    The share of the Far East basin in the total cargo traffic via all the Russian seaports in April 2021 amounted to 28.3%.

    More than 75% in the Russian Far Eastern ports’ commodity structure is coal, oil and products. In April 2021, coal and coke accounted for 50.2% of the total volume, crude oil for 20.8% and oil products for 7%. Containerized cargo constituted 8.6% of the total.

    It should be noted that the highest growth rate was in the Ro-Ro segment (up 2.4-fold), reefer cargo (up 2.2-fold) and other bulk (grab) (+87.2%).

    The commodities that decreased the most were ferry cargo (-40.4%), metal scrap (-35.2%) and crude oil (-8%).

    Vostochny accounted for 32.2% of the aggregate cargo throughput via the Russian Far East basin sea ports in April. Vanino handled 15.9%, and Vladivostok 13.5% of the total.


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