According to SeaNews PORTSTAT analytic online service, the total container throughput via the Far East basin ports in July 2021 increased by 9.9% year-on-year. Export grew by 15.1%, import by 28.3%, and transit doubled. Cabotage, on the contrary, declined by 15.1%.
The share of the Far East basin in the total container traffic via all the Russian seaports in July 2021 amounted to 39.3%.
Laden container throughput in the Far East increased by 18.1% year-on-year. Reefer containers accounted for 7.3% of the total laden container traffic, and dry containers for 92.7%. Imports made 49.9% of all the laden containers, exports 23.2%, cabotage 21.6% and transit 5.3%.
Empty container traffic was down 9.9%.
The port of Vladivostok accounted for 56.5% of the aggregate container throughput via the Russian Far East basin sea ports in July. Vostochny handled 27.5%, and Korsakov 5.3% of the total.