The total container throughput via the Caspian basin ports in November 2021 surged 2.1-fold year-on-year.
According to SeaNews PORTSTAT analytic online service, import was up 99.2%, and export up 2.5-fold. Cabotage, on the contrary, declined by 15%.
The share of the Caspian basin in the total container traffic via all the Russian seaports in November 2021 amounted to 0.1%.
Laden container throughput in the Caspian was up 44.1%. Reefer containers were non-existent in November 2021. Imports made 84.3% of all the laden containers, exports 11.4%, cabotage 4.3%.
Empty container traffic surged by 6.1-fold.
The port of Astrakhan accounted for 92.2% of the aggregate container throughput via the Caspian basin ports in November. Olya handled 7.8% of the total.