Cargo handling in the
Eastern Coast Baltic Seaports in January-November decreased by 0.6%
Danuta Pavilenene, BC,
Vilnius, 29.12.2015.
In January-November 2015, the overall cargo handling in the Baltic Eastern
Coast Seaports totalled 337 245,4 thou. tn; the year-on-year change is -0.6% or
-2 039,2 thou. tn, reports BC Klaipeda port’s press service.
Altogether 337,25 mln
tn (-0,6% or –2 039,2 thou. tn yoy) of cargo were handled in the region of the
Eastern coast Baltic seaports.
The most dramatic
drop of cargo throughput was recorded in the Seaports of Saint Petersburg
(-16,7% or –9 426, 1 thou. tn yoy ) and the Joint Port of Tallinn (-19,7% or –5
093,0 thou. tn yoy).
Cargo handling in the
Eastern Coast Baltic Seaports, in thou. tn
|
Port
|
Volumes
|
Yoy change
in%
|
Yoy change in thou. tn
|
|
01-11 of 2014
|
01-11 of 2015
|
|
Totally:
|
339 284,6
|
337 245,4
|
-0,6
|
-2 039,2
|
|
Ust Luga
|
69 540,5
|
80 451,6
|
15,7
|
10 911,1
|
|
Primorsk
|
50 308,5
|
54 260,9
|
7,9
|
3 952,4
|
|
Saint Petersburg
|
56 505,8
|
47 079,7
|
-16,7
|
-9 426,1
|
|
Riga
|
37 262,7
|
36 492,7
|
-2,1
|
-770,0
|
|
Klaipeda Port
|
33 423,3
|
35 139,2
|
5,1
|
1 715,9
|
|
Butinges terminal
|
6 632,6
|
7 879,2
|
18,8
|
1 246,6
|
|
Ventspils
|
24 376,0
|
21 118,0
|
-13,4
|
-3 258,0
|
|
Tallinn
|
25 869,9
|
20 776,9
|
-19,7
|
-5 093,0
|
|
Vysotsk
|
16 178,5
|
15 956,8
|
-1,4
|
-221,7
|
|
Kaliningrad
|
12 726,4
|
11 591,3
|
-8,9
|
-1 135,1
|
|
Liepaja
|
4 909,7
|
5 092,4
|
3,7
|
182,7
|
|
Vyborg
|
1 550,7
|
1 406,7
|
-9,3
|
-144,0
|
Container handling in the Eastern Coast
Baltic Seaports, in TEU
|
Port
|
Volumes
|
Yoy change in%
|
Yoy change in TEU
|
|
01-11 of 2014
|
01-11 of 2015
|
|
Totally:
|
3.617.025
|
2.680.984
|
-25,9
|
-936.041
|
|
Saint Petersburg
|
2.197.286
|
1.571.271
|
-28,5
|
-626.015
|
|
Klaipeda
|
412.970
|
345.015
|
-16,5
|
-67.955
|
|
Riga
|
356.611
|
325.137
|
-8,8
|
-31.474
|
|
Tallinn
|
243.328
|
191.678
|
-21,2
|
-51.650
|
|
Kaliningrad
|
304.455
|
161.739
|
-46,9
|
-142.716
|
|
Ust Luga
|
99.037
|
82.314
|
-16,9
|
-16.723
|
|
Liepaja
|
3.338
|
3.326
|
-0,4
|
-12
|
|
Ventspils
|
0
|
504
|
-
|
504
|
UST-LUGA PORT is
the priority project related with cargo handling capacity development of
Russian ports in the Baltic Sea region. In January – November of 2015 the cargo
handling throughput in the Port increased as many as by 10,91 mln tn or by
16,7% to 80,45 mln tn comparing with
January – November of 2014.
Oil products, crude oil and coal constitute even 90% of
overall Seaport cargo handling turnover:
- 27,7 mln tn of oil products were handled, +18,8% or + 4,4
mln tn yoy;
- 27,9 mln tn of
crude oil were handled, +14,5% or + 3,2 mln tn yoy;
- 19,8 mln tn of coal were handled, +11,5% or +2,0 mln tn
yoy.
Other categories of cargo that made the impact on the
overall cargo handling turnover in the Seaport were as follows:
- Ro-Ro cargoes – 1 908,4 thou. tn were handled, +17,3% or
+282,1 thou. tn yoy;
- fertilizers – 1 518,9 thou. tn were handled, more by 2
times or by 1 096,5 thou. tn yoy;
- liquid natural gas – 1 292,2 thou. tn were handled, +25,2%
or +259,9 thou. tn yoy;
- metal – 473,6 thou. tn were handled, more by 3 times or by
351,7 thou. tn yoy.
Other categories of cargo with decreased handling rates were
as follows:
- containerised cargoes – 748,9 thou. tn were handled, –8,3%
or –67,8 thou. tn yoy;
Altogether 54,26 mln tn of products, i.e. more by 7,9% or by
3,95 mln tn comparing with the previous year were handled in PRIMORSK PORT in January – November of 2015.
Primorsk Port is the centre of Russian crude oil and oil
products export:
- 41,04 mln tn of crude oil were handled, +2,5 % or +994,0
thou. tn yoy;
- 13,22 mln tn oil products were handled, +28,8% or +2 958,4
thou. tn yoy.
In January – November of 2015 the SEAPORT of SAINT – PETERSBURG handled 47,08 mln tn of cargo, i.e., less by 16,7% or by 9,43 mln tn than within the corresponding
period of 2014.
Basic categories of cargo that made the most significant
impact on cargo handling results in January – November of 2015 were as
follows:
- containerised cargoes – 18,14 mln tn were handled, –17,5%
or –3,8 mln tn yoy;
- oil products – 8,78 mln tn were handled, –33,4% or –4,4
mln tn yoy;
- fertilizers – 7,21 mln tn were handled, +3,0% or +213,1
thou. tn yoy;
- metal – 5,67 mln tn were handled, +7,5% or +397,1 thou. tn
yoy;
- scrap metal –1,81 mln tn were handled, –13,2% or –275,4
thou. tn yoy.
Within the period of January – November of 2015 Klaipeda Seaport cargo handling
turnover increased by 5,1% to 35,14 mln
tn, i.e. more by 1,72 mln tn comparing
with the corresponding period of 2014.
According to the increase of cargo handling turnover
expressed in percent (5,1%) and to the increase of cargo handling turnover
calculated in tons (1 715,9 thou. tn) the Seaport of Klaipeda occupies the 3-d standing in the rankings of the Eastern
coast Baltic seaports lagging behind the
seaports of Ust Luga and Primorsk.
Year-on-year changes of overall turnover in January – November of 2015 according to
cargo types:
- Liquid cargo – 8 366,2
thou tn were handled, +34,5% or +2 147,6 thou. tn yoy;
- General cargo – 9 351,3 thou. tn were handled, –2,4% or
–228,5 thou. tn yoy;
- Dry and bulk cargo – 14 580,4 thou. tn were handled, +1,9%
or +269,0 thou. tn yoy
Cargo group Volumes
Yoy change
01-11 of 2014 01-11 of 2015 in%
Totally: 33 423
315,0
35 139 201,8 +5,1
Liquid cargo 7 071 114,7 9 110 968,6
+28,8
General cargo 10 575 048,5 10 268 582,7 -2,9
Dry and bulk cargo 15
777 151,7 15 759 650,5 -0,1
6 523 vessels were reported to call Klaipeda Seaport in
January – November of 2015, i.e. more by 0,6% or by 36 vessels comparing with
the corresponding period of 2014.
In January – November of 2015 the significant drop of cargo
handling turnover by 2,1% was recorded in the FREEPORT OF RIGA – altogether
36,49 mln tn or less by 770,0 thou. tn comparing with the corresponding
period of 2014 were handled in the Port.
Such a dramatic decrease of cargo handling results was
mostly influenced by the dynamics of basic cargo categories:
- the most abundant cargo of the Seaport is coal. 13,08 mln
tn were handled (-2,9% or –396,0 thou. tn yoy);
- oil products – 9,65 mln tn were handled (+4,8% or +444,1
thou. tn yoy);
- fertilizers – 2,35 mln tn were handled (+4,1% or +92,2
thou. tn yoy).
Cargo handlings decreased in two categories:
- containerised cargoes – 3,50 mln tn were handled (-8,1% or
–306,9 thou. tn yoy);
- timber – 2,55 mln tn were handled (-5,0% or –227,6 thou.
tn yoy).
Passenger traffic. The Freeport of Riga received 491
214 passengers in January – November of
2015, i.e., less by 29,7% or by 207 216 passengers comparing with January –
November of 2014.
In January – November of 2015 the cargo handling turnover in
the SEAPORT OF VENTSPILS comparing
with the corresponding period of 2014 dropped down to 21,12 mln tn , i.e., less
by 13,4% or by 3,26 mln tn .
Basic cargo categories that made the greatest impact on
cargo handling results in January – November of 2015 were as follows:
- oil products – 13 109,0 thou. tn were handled, –6,6% or
–932,0 thou. tn yoy;
- coal – 4 240,0 thou. tn were handled, –22,0% or –1 199,0
thou. tn yoy;
- Ro-Ro cargoes – 1 665,0 thou. tn were handled, –4,7% or
–82,0 thou. tn yoy;
- fertilizers – 142,0 thou. tn were handled, –90,3% or –1
320,0 thou. tn yoy.
Passenger traffic. Within the analysed period 97 244
passenger called the port of Ventspils, i.e., more by 26,2% or by 20 199
passenger comparing with January – November of 2014.
Vessels. In total the Seaport accommodated 1 244 vessels
within the analysed period, the yoy change was –12,0%, or –169 vessels.
The overall throughput in the JOINT PORT of TALLINN in January – November of 2015 was 20,78 mln
tn, i.e., –19,7% or – 5 093,0 thou. tn comparing with the corresponding period
in 2014.
Basic cargo categories that made the greatest impact on
cargo handling results in January – November of 2015 were as follows:
- oil products – 11 885,1 thou. tn were handled, –30,8% or
–5 280,0 thou. tn yoy;
- Ro-Ro cargoes – 4 008,1 thou. tn were handled, +7,7% or
+286,9 thou. tn yoy;
- containerised cargoes – 1 594,9 thou. tn were handled,
–12,9% or –236,9 thou. tn yoy;
- fertilizers – 1 492,8 thou. tn were handled, +3,3% or
+48,3 thou tn.
Passenger traffic. In January –November of 2015 the Joint
Port of Tallinn rendered services to 9 024,2 thou. passengers, i.e. more
by 1,9% or by 172,6 thou. passengers
comparing with the corresponding period of 2014.
Vessels. 6 531
vessels were reported to call the Port of Tallinn, i.e. more by 3,1% or by 195
vessels comparing with January – November of 2014.
15,96 mln tn of cargo, i.e. less by 1,4% or by 221,7 thou tn were handled in VYSOTSK SEAPORT in January – November
of 2015 comparing with the corresponding period of 2014.
Only two categories of cargo are handled in this Seaport:
- oil products – 10,92 mln tn were handled, –3,5% or –392,2
thou tn yoy;
- coal – 5,04 mln tn
were handled, +3,5% or +170,5 thou tn yoy.
The total throughput in the PORT OF KALININGRAD was 11,59
mln tn, i.e., less by 8,9% or by
1 135,1 thou.. tn than in January – November of 2014.
Basic cargo categories that made the greatest impact on
cargo handling results in January – November
of 2015 were as follows:
- Ro-Ro cargoes – 1 935,5 thou. tn were handled, +18,2% or
+298,3 thou. tn yoy;
- oil products – 1 534,0 thou. tn were handled, –23,0% or
–457,8 thou. tn yoy;
- metal – 997,8 thou. tn were handled, +3,4% or +32,5 thou.
tn yoy;
- containerised cargoes – 850,9 thou. tn were handled,
–28,9% or –345,7 thou. tn yoy.
The total throughput in the PORT of LIEPAJA in January – November of 2015 was 5,09 mln tn, more
by 3,7% or by 182,7 thou. tn comparing the corresponding period of 2014.
Basic cargo categories making the greatest impact on cargo
handling results in January – November of 2015 were as follows:
- grain – 2 564,1 thou. tn were handled ( the throughput of
grain handling accounts as many as for
50% of the overall cargo handling), +1,0% or +26,1 thou. tn yoy;
- Ro – Ro cargoes – 576,8 thou. tn were handled, 21,1% or
–154,0 thou. tn yoy;
- Timber – 557,8 thou. tn were handled, +15,0% or by +72,7
thou. tn yoy.
Passenger traffic. The number of passengers calling the Port
of Liepaja was 37 192 passengers, i.e., less by 6,1% or by 2 411 passengers
comparing with January – November of 2014.
Vessels. In January – November of the current year 1 213
vessels called the Seaport, i.e., less by 4,7% or by 60 vessels comparing with
the corresponding period of the previous year.
Если каждый несчастный
случай на работе это слишком много, то каждая смерть на рабочем месте просто недопустимо, но 2015 является особенно чёрным годом по обеспечения безопасности
в портах.
