The total container throughput via the Arctic basin ports in October 2021 decreased by 3.3% year-on-year. According to SeaNews PORTSTAT analytic online service, cabotage, which accounts for the major share of the total, declined by 6.2%. Import grew by 33.7%, while export surged by 88.9%.
The share of the Arctic basin in the total container traffic via all the Russian seaports in October 2021 amounted to 3.4%.
Laden container throughput in the Arctic increased by 5.1% year-on-year. Reefer containers accounted for 3.4% of the total laden container traffic, and dry containers for 96.6%. Cabotage made 94.1% of all the laden containers, imports 5.8%, exports 0.1%.
Empty container traffic declined by 16.9%.
The port of Dudinka accounted for 37.4% of the aggregate container throughput via the Russian Arctic basin sea ports in October. Murmansk handled 23.3% of the total, and Arkhangelsk 19.5%.