Cargo handling grew by 04% in January-August

Cargo handling in the Baltic Eastern Coast Seaports grew by 04% in January-August

Danuta Pavilenene, BC, Vilnius, 25.06.2014.
http://www.baltic-course.com/eng/good_for_business/&doc=93240

 

In January-May 2014, the overall cargo handling in the Baltic Eastern Coast Seaports totalled 155 510.7 thou. tn; the year-on-year change is +3.99% or +5 960.5 thou. tn, reports BC Klaipeda port’s press service.

Load in the Seaports of the Eastern Coast of the Baltic Sea, thou. tn  

Seaport	Volume		The change, per cent	Difference, thous. tones
	01-05 2013	01-05 2014
Total:	149 550.2	155 510.7	3.99	5 960.5
Ust Luga	23 906.9	30 096.4	25.9	6 189.5
Sankt Petersburg	22 090.6	24 504.0	10.9	2 413.4
Primorsk	28 658.3	24 101.7	-15.9	-4 556.6
Klaipėda Seaport and Būtingė terminal	18 323.2	17 665.2	-3.6	-657.9
RIGA	14 336.4	17 045.5	18.9	2 709.1
Ventspils	14 259.0	13 543.0	-5.0	-716.0
Tallinn	12 585.4	13 003.7	3.3	418.3
Vysock	6 630.4	7 006.0	5.7	375.6
Kaliningrad	6 200.5	5 605.4	-9.6	-595.1
Liepoja	2 090.4	2 278.6	9.0	188.2
Vyborg	469.2	657.2	40.1	188.0

Turnover of containerised cargoes in the Seaports of the Eastern Coast of the Baltic Sea, TEU

Seaport	Volume		The change in%	The change in TEU
	01-05 2013	01-05 2014
Total	1.630.787	1.664.886	2.1	34.099
Sankt Petersburg	1.051.196	1.007.809	-4.1	-43.387
Klaipėda	162.869	182.464	12.0	19.595
RIGA	151.171	154.342	2.1	3.171
Kaliningrad	142.560	165.804	16.3	23.244
Tallinn	106.071	110.025	3.7	3.954
Ust Luga	14.876	42.819	187.8	27.943
Liepoja	2.044	1.623	-20.6	-421

UST LUGA – the priority project of development of capacities of Russian seaports in the Baltic Sea region, which turnover for the first five months of the current year increased by +25.9% or +6 189.5 thous. tones, comparing with January-May of 2013, and that made  30 096.4 thous. tones.

 

There is rapid increase of turnover of oil products, green oil and coal, than make 92% of the Seaport turnover: 10 246,6 thous. tones of oil products were handled (the change made +88.9% or +4 821.6 thous. tones), and 7 321.4 thous. tones of coal were handled (+7.0% or +477.2 thous. tones). The turnover of green oil remains on the same level as in January-May 2013:  9 612.3 thous. tones were handled (the change made +1.2% or +113.2 thous. tones).

 

In January-May 2014 in SANKT PETERSBURG SEAPORT the turnover made 24 504.0 thous. tones, i.e. by +10.9% or +2 413.4 thous. tones more than within the same period  of 2013. 41% of total turnover made containerised cargoes, 10 032.2 thous. tones of containerised cargoes were handled (the change made +4.7% or +454.7 thous. tones). The turnover of oil products increased in January-May 2014 and made 20% of total turnover of the Seaport: 4 829.8 thous. tones were handled (the change made +14.7% or +618.3 thous. tones).

 

Other cargoes, making total turnover of the Seaport, also increased: in the group of bulk cargoes – fertilizers (2 911.1 thous. tones were handled, the change made +43.6% or +884.2 thous. tones), and general cargoes – non-ferrous metals (2 106.8 thous. tones, the change made +21.6% or +374.2 thous. tones) and metal waste (1 008.2 thous. tones, the change made +122.9% or +555.8 thous. tones).

PRIMORSK SEAPORT – is the Russian export centre of green oil and oil products. In January-May 2014 24 101.7 thous. tones of products were handled, i.e. by -15.9% or -4 556.6 thous. tones less than within the same period of the previous year.  The turnover of green oil within the reported period made 19 340.1 thous. tones, and oil products – 4 761.6 thous. tones.

In VYSOCK SEAPORT 7 006.0 thous. tones of cargoes were handled, the change made +5.7% or +375.6 thous. tones. Only two types of cargoes were handled in this Seaport: oil products and coal. The major part of this Seaport turnover (71%) make oil products. In January-May 2014, 4 954.6 thous. tones of oil products were handled, (the change made +6.1% or +286.4 thous. tones). The turnover of coal on January-May 2014 increased by +4.6% or +89.4 thous. tones: 2 051.4 thous. tones were handled.

Total turnover in KALININGRAD SEAPORT made 5 605.4 thous. tones of cargoes, i.e. by -9,6% or -595,1 thous. tones less than in January-May 2013. Major part of the Seaport turnover made grains (19% of turnover) and less part – oil products (18.5% of the Seaport turnover): respectively 1 065.4 thous. tones (the change made +338.4% or +822.4 thous. tones) and 1 035.2 thous. tones (-47.8% or -947.4 thous. tones) were handled.

The turnover of consumer commodities increased in Kaliningrad Seaport in January-May 2014: 595,3 thous. tones of ro-ro cargoes were handled (the change made +37.8% or +163.4 thous. tones) and containerised cargoes – 517.8 thous. tones (+10.9% or +51.0 thous. tones).

The turnover of metals, increased at the end of 2013, in January-May 2014 decreased by -33.7% or -250.9 thous. tones, making 494.0 thous. tones.

The total throughput of Klaipėda Port and in Būtingė terminal within the period of January – May of 2014 totalled 17.67 mln. tones of seaborne cargoes: in Būtingė Terminal – 2.8 mln. tones of cargoes (change -24.3% or -897,5 thous. tones), and in Klaipėda Seaport – 14,87 mln. tones (the change made +1.6% or +239,6 thous. tones).

By May of current year the cargo turnover in Klaipėda Seaport has grown by +17.4%: totally 2 975.4 thous. tones were handled, i.e. by +440.3 thous. tones more than in May 2013. The turnover in Būtingė Terminal increased by +41.1%: 701.2 thous. tones were handled, i.e. by +204.4 thous. tones more than in May 2013. 

In January-May 2013 the turnover of fertilizers (bulk, liquid and packaged) in the Seaport obviously increased: totally 5 021.9 thous. tones were handled (the change +25.,25% or +1 012.5 thous. tones, comparing with January-May 2013).

The turnover of bulk and dry cargoes, making 47.0% of turnover of Klaipėda Seaport, increased in January-May 2014: 6 987.2 thous. tones were handled, i.e. by +21.3% or +1 229.2 thous. tones more than in January-May 2013.  Great impact on such growth had the increase of turnover of natural and chemical fertilizers by +34.2%: 4 257.9 thous. tones were handled (the change made +1 085.7 thous. tones). Decrease in handling of other cargoes was observed in the following fields: 897.9 thous. tones of agricultural products were handled (the change made -20.9% or -237.7 thous. tones), and primary and processed mineral products, building materials – 701.7 thous. tones (the change made -11.5% or -90.8 thous. tones). Rapid increase of ore shall be also noticed: 615.9 thous. tones were handled, (the change made +273.5% or +451.0 thous. tones).

Comparing with the corresponding period of the previous year, the turnover of liquid cargoes, that make 21.3% of turnover of the Seaport, significantly decreased in January-May: total turnover of liquid cargoes made 3 168.9 thous. tones (the change made -30.5% or -1 391.9 thous. tones). Great impact on the turnover of liquid cargoes had the turnover of oil products and liquid fertilizers: 2 458.1 thous. tones of oil products were handled, (the change made -33.6% or -1 242.9 thous. tones), turnover of liquid fertilizers relatively made 535.6 thous. tones (the change made -21.0% or -142.1 thous. tones). It shall be noticed that the turnover of oil products in May 2014 increased by +13.5%: 565.2 thous. tones were handled, i.e. by +67.1 thous. tones more than in May 2013. 

In January-May 2014 the turnover of general cargoes, making 31.7% of turnover of Klaipėda Seaport, increased by +9.3% or +402.2 thous. tones: 4 712,4 thous. tones were handled. Packaged fertilizers, referred to this group, increased by +43.2%: totally 228.4 thous. tones were handled (the change made +69.0 thous. tones). There can be also significant growth of containerized cargoes observed: totally 2 306.9 thous. tones were handled (the change made +27.3% or +494.6 thous. tones, comparing with January-May 2013). As for the abovementioned group of cargoes, predetermining the total Seaport turnover, the decrease was observed in turnover of ro-ro cargoes (totally 1 806.5 thous. tones were handled, the change made -6.3% or -121.5 thous. tones), wood and forestry products (167.4 thous. tones were handled, the change made -23.1% or -50.3 thous. tones).

2 769 vessels were reported to call Klaipėda Seaport and Būtingė Terminals in January – May of 2014,   28 vessels moored at Būtingės Terminal, and 2 741 vessels - in Klaipėda Seaport (by +2.5% or +68 vessel more, comparing with January-May 2013). 

 

The number of passengers within the analysed period made 94 301, i.e. by -20.2% or -23 873 passenger less than within five first months of 2013. 

In January-May 2014 in TALLINN SEAPORT 13 003.7 thous. tones were handled, the change made +3.3% or +418.3 thous. tones. The most popular cargo in Tallinn Seaport – making 71% of total turnover – is oil products, which increased in January-May 2014: 9 222.3 thous. tones were handled(the change made +3.2% or +285.9 thous. tones).

As for the group of general cargoes, the significant increase was observed in the turnover of containerised cargoes (851.2 thous. tones were handled, the change made +17.6% or +127.1 thous. tones) and ro-ro cargoes, making 12.6% of total turnover (1 634.0 thous. tones, the change made +8.5% or +128.2 thous. tones).

 

As for the group of bulk and dry cargoes, the turnover of fertilizers decreased: 615.8 thous. tones were handled (the change made -18.9% or -143.2 thous. tones).

 

Passengers. In January-May 2014 in Tallinn Seaport 3 390 thous. passengers were served, i.e. by +4.7% or +152,0 thous. passengers more than within the same period of 2013. 

Vessels. 2 762 vessels were reported to call Tallinn Seaport, i.e. by -63 vessels or -2.2% less, comparing with January-May 2013.

In January-May 2014 in RIGA SEAPORT rapid increase of turnover by +18.9% was observed: totally 17 045.5 thous. tones were handled (the change made +2 708.6 thous. tones). The major impact on such growth had the increase of turnover of oil products by +39.3%: 4 683.6 thous. tones were handled (the change made +1 321.8 thous. tones). The most popular cargo - coal, making 36.1% of total turnover, also increased: 6 151.1 thous. tones were handled (the change made +11.0% or +608.3 thous. tones).

 

As for the group of bulk and dry cargoes, the turnover of fertilizers increased: 915.4 thous. tones were handled, (the change made +36.1% or +242.7 thous. tones), and as for the group of general cargoes– containerised cargoes: 1 634.6 thous. tones were handled, (the change made +4.6% or +72.6 thous. tones). We shall notice wood and forestry products, that make 7.2% of total turnover, which turnover has decreased: 1 231.2 thous. tones were handled, (the change made -12.5% or -176.3 thous. tones).

Passengers. In January-May 2014 RIGA Seaport visited 308.7 thous. passengers (the change made +6.9% or +20 036 thous. passengers), 12 995 passengers arrived by cruise ships. 

13 543.0 thous. tones of cargoes were handled in VENTSPILS SEAPORT in January-May 2014,  the change made -5.0% or -716.0 thous. tones. The most popular products handled in the Seaport are oil products (56.7% of total turnover) and coal (24.9%). The turnover oil products in January-May of the current year is similar to the turnover of the same period of the previous year: 7 681.0  thous. tones were handled (the change made -2.1% or -165.0 thous. tones). The turnover of coal significantly decreased: 3 369.0 thous. tones were handled (the change made -9.3% or -347.0 thous. tones).

 

As for other cargoes, predetermining total turnover, we shall notice the increase of fertilizers: 1 092.0 thous. tones were handled (the change made +84.1% or +499.0 thous. tones).

Passengers. 23 030 thous. passengers visited Ventspils Seaport in January-May 2014, the change made +14.9% or by +2 987 passengers more than in January-May 2013. 

Vessels. 686 vessels were served in the Seaport, the change made -10.8% or -83 vessels.

2 278.6 thous. tones of cargoes were handled in LIEPAJA SEAPORT in January-May 2014 per 2014 (the change made +9.0% or +188.2 thous. tones). The major part of the turnover (50.8%) made grains, which turnover has increased in January-May 2014:  1 158.3 thous. tones were handled, the change made +78.8% or +510.3 thous. tones).

The turnover of liquid cargoes, which in 2013 deviated and decreased at the end of 2013, increased in January-May 2014: 202.0 thous. tones of oil products, green oil and chemical cargoes were handled (the change made +10.0% or +18.3 thous. tones).

Great decrease of general cargoes shall be noticed: 545.3 thous. tones were handled (the change made net -36.7% or -316.2 thous. tones). This was mainly predetermined by decrease of turnover of metal cargoes by -93.9% or -237.5 thous. tones.

Passengers. The number of passengers in Liepoja Seaport – 15 964, the change made -8.3% or -1 442 passengers.

Vessels. 618 vessels moored at Liepja Seaport in January-May 2014, the change made +4.6% or by +27 vessels more than within the same period of the previous year.