Cargo turnover of Russian seaports decreased by 3.3% in the first quarter

The volume of cargo turnover in Russian seaports in January-March 2024 decreased by 3.3% compared to the same period in 2023, amounting to 214.3 million tons. These data are presented on the official website of the Association of Sea Commercial Ports.

According to the report, the handling of dry bulk cargo decreased by 2.5%, totaling 103.5 million tons, while the handling of liquid bulk cargo decreased by 4.1%, to 110.8 million tons.

Among the main types of dry bulk cargo, there is a decrease in the handling of coal by 15.2% (to 43.4 million tons), black metals by 5.3% (to 4.9 million tons), ore by 4.4% (to 2.2 million tons), and ferry cargo by 1.3% (to 1.8 million tons). At the same time, there was an increase in the handling of grain by 13.1% (to 18 million tons), container cargo by 11.9% (to 13.6 million tons), and mineral fertilizers by 37.9% (to 10.2 million tons).

Among liquid bulk cargoes, the handling of oil increased by 0.7% (to 69 million tons), liquefied gas by 4.6% (to 9.4 million tons). Meanwhile, the handling of oil products decreased by 16.5% (to 29.7 million tons), and food cargo by 1.3% (to 1.7 million tons).

Export cargoes amounted to 167.9 million tons (+3.4%), import cargoes to 9.8 million tons (+3.2%), transit cargoes to 17.5 million tons (+1.6%), and coastal cargoes to 19.1 million tons (-6.9%).

The cargo turnover of Arctic basin sea ports amounted to 23.5 million tons (-4.3%), of which the volume of dry bulk cargo handling was 6.4 million tons (-11.6%), and liquid bulk cargo was 17.1 million tons (-1.2%). The port of Murmansk handled 13.6 million tons (-9.1%), Sabetta – 7.4 million tons (+5.6%), Varandey – 1.3 million tons (-5%), and Arkhangelsk – 0.5 million tons (+26.5%).

In the ports of the Baltic basin, cargo handling amounted to 63.7 million tons (-1.6%), including dry bulk cargo at 29.4 million tons (+12.3%) and liquid bulk cargo at 34.3 million tons (-11.1%). The cargo turnover of the Big port of St. Petersburg increased by 39.7%, reaching 13.4 million tons; Vysotsk – by 1.5%, to 3.3 million tons, but decreased at the port of Ust-Luga by 15.8%, to 27.7 million tons, Primorsk – by 0.3%, to 16.8 million tons.

The cargo turnover of the Azov and Black Sea basin sea ports amounted to 70.6 million tons (-4.2%), with dry bulk cargo at 32.4 million tons (-6.8%) and liquid bulk cargo at 38.2 million tons (-1.9%). The port of Novorossiysk increased handling by 6%, to 43 million tons. Meanwhile, handling in the port of Taman decreased by 28.7%, to 8.1 million tons, in the port of Tuapse – by 19.5%, to 4.9 million tons, in the port of Kavkaz – by 7.8%, to 4.3 million tons, and in the port of Rostov-on-Don – to 3.6 million tons (-6.4%).

In the Caspian basin, cargo transportation in sea ports increased to 2.2 million tons (+40.4%), with dry bulk cargo at 1.6 million tons (growth by 1.8 times) and liquid bulk cargo at 0.6 million tons (-4.9%). The volume of handling in the port of Astrakhan increased to 1.1 million tons (+46.3%), and the port of Makhachkala managed to increase cargo turnover to 0.8 million tons (+3.1%).

In the Far Eastern basin sea ports, cargo turnover decreased to 54.3 million tons (-4.9%), including dry bulk cargo at 33.7 million tons (-9%) and liquid bulk cargo at 20.6 million tons (+2.8%). Cargo turnover increased in the ports of Vladivostok – to 8.9 million tons (+9.9%), Prigorodnoye – to 3.7 million tons (+1.6%), Nakhodka – to 7.1 million tons (+0.7%). However, handling in the ports of Vostochny decreased to 21.8 million tons (-4.5%) and in the port of Vanino to 6.4 million tons (-29.1%).