According to SeaNews PORTSTAT analytic online service, the total cargo throughput via the Caspian basin ports in September 2021 declined by 3.4% year-on-year. Transit was up 2.2%, import declined by 18.5%, export by 3.6%, and cabotage by 26.4%.
The share of the Caspian basin in the total cargo traffic via all the Russian seaports in October 2021 made 0.8%.
55.7% of the total cargo traffic was crude oil, grain accounted for 20.7%, and timber and logs for 6.4%.
It should be noted that the highest growth was in the other solid bulk (grab) cargo segment (+up 2.2-fold), liquid foodstuffs (up 65.4%), other general cargo (+45.1%).
The commodities that decreased the most were ferrous metals (-44.4%), ro-ro (-77.8), and piece cargo (-62.2%).
Makhachkala accounted for 68.7% of the aggregate cargo throughput via the Russian Caspian basin sea ports in August. Astrakhan handled 28.8%, and Olya 2.6% of the total.