Russian ports handled 373 mln tonnes of cargo in Jan-May 2023

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) June 18, 2024 – Cargo turnover of Russian seaports in the January-May period decreased by 3.4% compared to the first five months of 2023 to 373 million tonnes, according to the country’s Association of Commercial Sea Ports (ASOP). The average monthly result of Russian ports in 2023 was 73.65 million tonnes of cargo. In January the ports handled 71 million tonnes of cargo. In February, 68.6 million tonnes. In March, 71.43 million tonnes. In April, 74.1 million tonnes. In May, 84.6 million tonnes. The monthly average for January-May was 74.6 million tonnes. Russian ports handled 288.4 mln tonnes of cargo in Jan-Apr’24 Undisputed cargo growth leaders are Russian Caspian Sea ports, on the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC), which is key in Russia’s strategy to redirect its trade southwards into Asia, where the ports continue their cargo expansion. But the Caspian ports, heavily promoted by Moscow propaganda as a key bypass of Western sanctions, handled in 2023 the microscopic 0.89% of the total cargo processed by all Russian harbours! In the first five months of 2024, they handled 1.02%. Table: Russian ports monthly cargo results Oct’23-May’24 Cargo types Dry cargo was 181 million tonnes (-4.3%), including coal - 77.2 million tonnes (-13.9%), grain - 31.5 million tonnes (+11%), cargo in containers - 23.1 million tonnes (+10.7%), mineral fertilisers - 17.6 million tonnes (+30.3%), ferrous metals - 8.3 million tonnes (-11.9%), ore -3.8 million tonnes (-4.6%), cargo on ferries - 3.2 million tonnes (-2.3%). Liquid cargo was 192 million tonnes (-3.6%), including crude oil - 115.3 million tonnes (-1.8%), petroleum products - 56.2 million tonnes (-9.8%), liquefied gas - 16 million tonnes (+3.6%), food oils - 2.9 million tonnes (+16.9%). Export cargo was 295.1 million tonnes (-3.4%). Import cargo was 17 million tonnes (+3%). Transit cargo was 28.4 million tonnes (+1.3%), coastal - 32.5 million tonnes (-10%). Cargo by region and port Black and Azov seas ports - 116.8 million tonnes (-8.2%): dry cargo - 54.2 million tonnes (-11.4%), liquid cargo - 62.3 million tonnes (-6. 2%) Novorossiysk - 71.5 million tonnes (+3.1%) Taman - 10.8 million tonnes (-42.5%) Tuapse - 8.8 million tonnes (-17.7%) Caucasus (Kavkaz) - 8.5 million tonnes (-7.4%) Rostov-on-Don - 6.6 million tonnes (-3.6%). Caspian Sea - 3.8 million tonnes (+34.7%): dry cargo - 2.8 million tonnes (1.6 times increase), liquid cargo - 1.1 million tonnes ( -5.2%) Astrakhan - 1.75 million tonnes (+37.2%) Makhachkala - 1.4 million tonnes (+1.2%) Olya - 630,000 tonnes (+440%) - some 500,000 tonnes were grain export to Iran Baltic Sea - 117.1 million tonnes (+0.7%): dry cargo - 52.3 million tonnes (+8.8%), liquid cargo - 64.8 million tonnes (-4.9%) Ust-Luga - 57 million tonnes (-4.2%) Primorsk - 27.8 million tonnes (-4.2%) Big Port of St. Petersburg - 22.9 million tonnes (+26. 5%) Vysotsk - 4.8 million tonnes (-13.2%) Far Eastern ports - 96 million tonnes (-3%): dry cargo - 61.4 million tonnes (-5.8%), liquid cargo - 34.6 million tonnes (+1.4%) Vostochny - 36.7 million tonnes (-1.7%) Vanino - 11.7 million tonnes (-25.5%) Vladivostok - 15.6 million tonnes (+12%) Nakhodka - 12.1 million tonnes (+4.1%) Prigorodnoye - 6 million tonnes (-0.7%) Arctic ports - 39.3 million tonnes (-4.4%): dry cargo - 10.4 million tonnes (-14.1%), liquid cargo - 28.9 million tonnes (-0.4%) Murmansk - 22.8 million tonnes (-9.4%) Sabetta - 12.4 million tonnes (+5.1%) Varandey - 2.1 million tonnes (-6.1%) Arkhangelsk - 0.9 million tonnes (+28.1%) More Ports Europe news about Russian ports Copyright (C) Ports Europe. All Rights Reserved. 2024.

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