According to SeaNews PORTSTAT analytic online service, the total container throughput via the Azov and Black Sea basin ports in May 2021 increased by 7.9% year-on-year. Import was up 7.3%, export up 8.7%. Cabotage and transit were non-existent in May 2021.
The share of the Azov and Black Sea basin in the total container traffic via all the Russian seaports in May 2021 amounted to 14.4%.
Laden container throughput grew by 14.8% year-on-year. Reefer containers accounted for 17.1% of the total laden container traffic, and dry containers for 82.9%. Imports made 55.4% of all the laden containers, exports 44.6%.
Empty container traffic decreased by 11.7%.
The port of Novorossiysk accounted for 98.9% of the aggregate container throughput via the Russian Azov and Black Sea basin sea ports in May. Azov handled 1.1% of the total.