According to SeaNews PORTSTAT analytic online service, the total container throughput of all the Russian sea ports in November 2021 increased by 7.7% year-on-year.
Import grew by 6.7%, cabotage by 11.6%, export was up 13.2%. Transit, on the contrary, declined by 26%.
Laden container throughput via the Russian sea ports was up 7.3%. Reefer containers accounted for 12.5% of the total laden container traffic, and dry containers for 87.5%. Imports made 50% of all the laden containers, exports 32.4%, cabotage 11.9%, and transit 5.7%.
Empty container traffic declined by 8.9%.
The Baltic basin accounted for 42.2% of the aggregate container throughput via the Russian sea ports in November. The Far East basin handled 40.2%, the Azov and Black Sea basin accounted for 14%, the Arctic basin for 3.5% and the Caspian basin for 0.1% of the total.