According to SeaNews PORTSTAT analytic online service, the total cargo throughput of the Baltic basin sea ports in May 2021 decreased by 4.8% year-on-year. Export was down 6.6%, and cabotage down 13%. Import grew by 15%, and transit by 17.7%.
The share of the Baltic basin in the total cargo traffic via all the Russian sea ports amounted to 30.6% in May 2021.
More than half of the total was oil and products, with oil products accounting for 29.2% of the overall throughput, and crude oil for 23.5%. The share of coal and coke amounted to 18.2% of the total.
It should be noted that the highest growth was in Ro-Ro (+79.9%), ore (+65.4%) and metal scrap (+59.2%) segments.
The commodities that decreased the most were foodstuffs (-58.9%), timber and logs (-43.1%) and grain (-36.5%).
Ust-Luga accounted for 42.5% of the aggregate cargo throughput via the Russian Baltic basin sea ports in May 2021, the Big Port of St. Petersburg handled 24.7%, and Primorsk 21.7% of the total.