Far East Basin Ports’ Throughput in September 2021: Reefer Cargo Up

Far East Basin Ports’ Throughput in September 2021: Reefer Cargo Up

  • The total cargo throughput via the Russian Far East basin ports in September 2021 increased by 0.4% year-by-year. According to SeaNews PORTSTAT analytic online service, transit grew by 13.5%, cabotage by 20.6%, and import was up 30.7%. Export, on the contrary, declined by 3%.

    The article is based on SeaNews PORTSTAT online service (available for SeaNews subsribers).

    The share of the Far East basin in the total cargo traffic via all the Russian seaports in September 2021 amounted to 27.6%.

    More than 75% in the Russian Far Eastern ports’ commodity structure is coal, oil and products. In September 2021, coal and coke accounted for 47.4% of the total volume, crude oil for 22.4% and oil products for 5.4%. Containerized cargo constituted 9.3% of the total.

    It should be noted that the highest growth rate was in the chemical and mineral fertilizers segment (up 2.6-fold), reefer cargo (up 2.3-fold) and Ro-Ro (+61.4%).

    The commodities that decreased the most were other bulk (suction) (-98.1%), non-ferrous metals (-72.4%) and ferry cargo (-28.6%).

    Vostochny accounted for 34.8% of the aggregate cargo throughput via the Russian Far East basin sea ports in September. Vanino handled 16.2%, and Vladivostok 13.7% of the total.


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