The total container throughput via the Baltic basin ports in January 2022 remained much on the previous year’s level (+0.1%). Import was up 4%. Export declined by 2.7%, and transit by 15.6%.
According to SeaNews PORTSTAT analytic online service, the share of the Baltic basin in the total container traffic via all the Russian seaports in January 2022 amounted to 39.5%.
Laden container throughput decreased by 0.8% year-on-year. Reefer containers accounted for 14.9% of the total laden container traffic, and dry containers for 85.1%. Transit made 3.2% of all the laden containers, exports 43.1%, and imports 53.7%.
Empty container traffic increased by 5.2%.
The Big Port of St. Petersburg accounted for 86.2% of the aggregate container throughput via the Russian Baltic basin sea ports in January 2022. Kaliningrad handled 12.4%, and Ust-Luga 1.4% of the total.