The total container throughput via the Arctic basin ports in December 2021 increased by 7.4% year-on-year.
According to SeaNews PORTSTAT analytic online service, cabotage, which accounts for the major share of the total, grew by 7.3%. Export was up 85.7%. Import made 7 TEU.
The share of the Arctic basin in the total container traffic via all the Russian seaports in December 2021 amounted to 3.2%.
Laden container throughput in the Arctic increased by 31.2% year-on-year. Reefer containers accounted for 2.8% of the total laden container traffic, and dry containers for 97.2%. Cabotage made 99.7% of all the laden containers, exports 0.2%, imports 0.1%.
Empty container traffic declined by 24.3%.
The port of Dudinka accounted for 46.6% of the aggregate container throughput via the Russian Arctic basin sea ports in December 2021. Murmansk handled 29.9% of the total, and Arkhangelsk 19.3%.