In January-April, cargo turnover in the
Baltic Eastern Coast Seaports increased by 2.4%
Danuta Pavilenene, BC, Vilnius, 29.05.2014.
In January-April 2014, the overall cargo
handling in the Baltic Eastern Coast Seaports totalled 122 878,9 thou. tn; the
year-on-year change is +2,39% or +2 864,5 thou. tn, reports BC Klaipeda port’s
press service.
Cargo handling in the Eastern Coast Baltic Seaports, in thousand tonnes
|
Port
|
Volumes
|
Yoy change
in%
|
Yoy change in thou. tn
|
|
01-04 of 2013
|
01-04 of 2014
|
|
Totally:
|
120 014,4
|
122 878,9
|
2,39
|
2 864,5
|
|
Ust Luga
|
18 646,6
|
23 020,0
|
23,5
|
4 373,4
|
|
Saint Petersburg
|
17 370,0
|
19 098,0
|
9,9
|
1 728,0
|
|
Primorsk
|
23 252,9
|
19 111,5
|
-17,8
|
-4 141,4
|
|
Klaipeda Port and Butinges terminal
|
15 284,3
|
13 988,6
|
-8,5
|
-1 295,7
|
|
Riga
|
11 106,9
|
13 444,0
|
21,0
|
2 337,1
|
|
Ventspils
|
11 923,0
|
11 454,0
|
-3,9
|
-469,0
|
|
Tallinn
|
10 248,2
|
10 560,2
|
3,0
|
312,0
|
|
Vysotsk
|
5 033,7
|
5 299,0
|
5,3
|
265,3
|
|
Kaliningrad
|
5 024,0
|
4 546,7
|
-9,5
|
-477,3
|
|
Liepaja
|
1 741,1
|
1 866,9
|
7,2
|
125,8
|
|
Vyborg
|
383,7
|
490,0
|
27,7
|
106,3
|
UST-LUGA PORT is the priority project related with cargo handling capacity development
of Russian ports in the Baltic Sea region. Comparing with the first four month
of 2013 the throughput of this Port went up even by +23,5% or by +4 373,4 thou.
t to 23 020 thou. t in January – April of the current year.
The handling turnover of crude oil, oil products and coal constituting even
92% of the overall cargo handling volumes in the port increased rapidly: 7
755,8 thou. t of oil products ( the yoy change was +77,4pct. or +3 384,7
thou. t) were transhipped and 5 721,9 thou. t of coal ( the yoy change
was +10,9% or +563,9 thou. t) were handled in January – April of 2014. The
handling volumes of crude oil were nearly the same as in January – April
of 2013: 7 313,7 thou. tonnes were transhipped (the yoy change was –1,1% or
–82,4 thou. tonnes).
In January – April of 2014 the SEAPORT of SAINT – PETERSBURG handled
19 098,0 thou. tonnes of cargo; i.e., more by +9,9% or
by +1 728 thou. tonnes than within the corresponding period of 2013.
7 964,4 thou. tonnes of containerised cargoes constituting even 42%
of the overall turnover of the port were handled within the analysed period
(the yoy change was +4,3% or +325,8 thou. tonnes). The handling turnover of oil
products constituting 19% of the overall turnover of the port increased in
January – April of 2014: 3 664,2 thou. tonnes were transhiped (the
change was +13,8% or +444,5 thou. tonnes yoy).
The handling rates of other types of cargo making the most significant
impact on the overall turnover of the port also saw an increase: in the group
of bulk cargo the throughput of fertilizers (the yoy change was +46,1%
or +695,2 thou. tonnes to 2 203,2 thou. tonnes) marked the most
significant increase and in the group of general cargo the throughput of non
– ferrous metal (1 732,4 thou. tonnes were handled, the yoy change was
+15,7% or +235,1 thou. tonnes) and scrap metal ( the
yoy change was +145,8% or +432,0 thou. t to 728,2 thou. tonnes) saw an
increase.
PRIMORSK PORT is the centre of Russian crude oil and oil products export. Altogether
19 111,5 thou. tonnes of products, i.e. less by –17,8% or by –4 141,4
thou. tonnes comparing with the correspondent period of the previous year were
transhiped in January – April of 2014. Throughout the analysed period 15 329,4
thou. tonnes of crude oil and 3 782,1thou. tonnes of oil products
were transhiped in the port.
The overall turnover in the PORT of VYSOTSK within the analysed
period was 5 299,0 thou. tonnes, the yoy change was +5,3%
or +265,3 thou. tonnes. This port handles basically two types of cargo. Oil
products cut out the biggest share in the overall turnover of the Port (69
pct). In January – April of the current year 3 677,6 thou. tonnes of oil
products were transhiped (the yoy change was +3% or +105,7 thou. tonnes). The
throughput of coal handling achieved a significant rise in January –
April of the current year by +11% or +159,6 thou. tonnes to 1 621,4 thou.
tonnes.
The total throughput in the PORT OF KALININGRAD was 4 546,7 thou.
tonnes, i.e. less by –9,5% or by –477,3 thou. tonnes than in January – April of
2013. The basic cargo types handled in this port are dramatically decreasing oil
products (20% of the overall throughput of the Port) and extremely rapidly
growing grain (19% of the overall throughput of the port): 899,0 thou.
tonnes (the yoy change was –46,1% or –768,7 thou. tonnes) and 858,2 thou.
tonnes (the yoy change was +253,2% or +615,2 thou. tonnes) respectively were
transhiped in January – April of 2014 in the seaport.
The turnover of consumer goods marked the increase in January – April of
2014in the port of Kaliningrad: 462,2 thou. tonnes of Ro-Ro cargoes (the
yoy change was +41,8% or +136,3 thou. tonnes) and 409,5 thou. tonnes (+12,6% or
+45,8 thou. t) of containerised were transported via the Port of
Kaliningrad.
Metal handling that marked
the significant growth by the end of 2013 contracted even by –27,0% or by
–161,8 thou. tonnes to 436,2 thou. tonnes in January – April of 2014.
The aggregate throughput of Klaipeda Port and at Butinges terminal
in January – April of 2014 totalled 14 m tonnes of seaborne cargo: 11,9 m
tonnes were handled in Klaipeda Seaport (the year-on-year change was –1,6% or
–193,8 thou. tonnes) and 2,1 m tonnes were handled at Butinges Terminal (the
year-on-year change was –34,5% or –1,1 m tonnes).
The overall turnover of Klaipeda Port year boosted even by +18,7 pct in
April of the current: totally 3 184,3 thou. tonnes were handled, i.e. more by
+502,5 thou. tonnes comparing with April of 2013. Such a significant growth was
reached due to the monthly record result set in the throughput of fertilizers
throughout the entire history of the port: altogether 1 237,2 thou. tonnes of
bulk (packed and bulk) and liquid fertilizers were handled (+64,9% or +486,8
thou. tonnes than in April of 2013). The handling rates of fertilizers in April
of the current year were higher by +6,9% or by +79,7 thou. tonnes than the
second monthly result in the throughput of fertilizers recorded in August of
2011 – 1 157,5 thou. tonnes.
In January – April of 2014 the total throughput of fertilizers (bulk and
liquid) jumped from 722,5 thou. tonnes in January to 1 237,2 thou. tonnes in
April (the year-on-year change was +71,2% or +514,7 thou. tonnes).
In January – April of 2014 the turnover of dry and bulk cargo constituting
48% of the overall cargo turnover of Klaipeda seaport increased rather rapidly:
totally 5 649,7 thou. tonnes, i.e. more by +19,4% or by +916,4 thou. tonnes
than in January – April of 2013 were handled. This result was achieved
basically due to increased even by 31,5% throughput of bulk natural and
chemical fertilizers : 3 286 thou. tonnes were handled (the yoy change
was +787,2 thou. tonnes). The handling rates of other categories of cargo
making impact on the throughput in this cargo group dropped down: 851,8 thou.
tonnes of agriculture products ( the yoy change was –20,4% or –218,3 thou.
tonnes) and 621,8 thou. tonnes of raw and processed minerals, construction
materials (the yoy change was –1%. or –6,6 thou. tonnes) were handled. The
handling turnover of ore continues to grow rapidly: 509 thou. tonnes were
handled ( the yoy change was +329% or +390,3 thou. tonnes),
The turnover of liquid cargo cutting out 21% of the overall cargo turnover
of the seaport reached the level of April of 2013 : totally 785,6 thou. tonnes
were handled (the yoy change was –0,4% or –3,5 thou. tonnes). The signs of
recovery were observed in the handling of oil products and liquid fertilizers –
616,3 thou. tonnes (the yoy change was –2,2% or –13,9 thou. tonnes) and 125,7
thou. tonnes (the yoy change was –2% or –2,5 thou. tonnes) respectively were
transhiped in April of 2014.
In January – April of 2014 the throughput of general cargoes constituting
31% of the overall cargo turnover of the seaport increased by +9,3% or by
+318,5 thou. tonnes to 3 728,6 thou. tonnes. The throughput of packed
fertilizers attributed to this cargo group increased even by 46,5%: totally 187,6
thou. th were handled( the yoy change was +59,5 thou. tonnes). In line
the significant rise of containerised cargoes was recorded in April of 2014:
totally 1 832,2 thou. tonnes were handled (the yoy change was +29,3% or +414,7
thou. tonnes). Meanwhile the handling turnover of Ro-Ro cargoes (1 424,2 thou.
tonnes, the yoy change was –6,7% or –101,2 thou. tonnes), timber and forest
products (127,1 thou. t were handled, the yoy change was –23,9% or –40 thou. t)
and reefer cargoes ( 65,9 thou. t were handled, the yoy change was –26% or
–23,1 thou. t) attributed to this cargo group and making impact of the overall
turnover of the seaport significantly dropped down.
Altogether 2 191 vessel was reported to call Klaipeda Port and Butingės
terminal in January – April of 2014. 21 vessel moored at Butingės terminal.
Klaipeda Seaport received 2 170 vessels (more by +4,3% or by +89 vessels
comparing with the corresponding period of 2013 ).
The number of passengers within the analysed period was 60 250 passengers,
i.e. less by –20,2% or by -15 205 passengers comparing with the first four
months of 2013.
The total throughput in the JOINT PORT of TALLINN in January
– April of 2014 achieved 10 560,2 thou. tonnes, the change was +3,0% or
+312 thou. tonnes year-on-year. The handling rates of oil products
constituting the basic share in the overall cargo handling turnover in this
port –even 72%- increased in January – April of 2014 : totally 7 584,5 thou.
tonnes were transhiped (the yoy change was +2,1% or +156,9 thou. tn.).
In terms of general cargo the turnover of containerised cargoes
(704,1 thou. tonnes were handled, the yoy change was +18,5% or +109,7 thou.
tonnes) and Ro-Ro cargoes constituting 12% of the overall port
throughput (1 273,8 thou. tonnes were handled, the yoy change was +9% or +104,8
thou. tonnes) marked the significant increase.
In the group of dry and bulk cargo it is worth to note the decreased
handling rates of fertilizers: 469,8 thou. tonnes were transhipped (the
yoy change was –17,5% or –99,9 thou. tonnes).
Passenger traffic. In January – April of 2014 the Joint Port of Tallinn rendered services to
2 505,4 thou. passengers, i.e. more by +5,6% year-on-year, or by +133,0
thou. passengers.
Vessels. 2 145 vessels were reported to call the Port of Tallinn, i.e. less by –80
vessels or by –3,6% comparing with January – April of 2013.
In January – April of 2014 the rapid growth of cargo handling turnover –
even by +21,0% – was achieved in RIGA PORT: totally 13 444,0 thou.
tonnes were handled ( the yoy change was +2 377,1 thou. tonnes).
Such a significant growth was achieved due to increased by +36,2% handling of oil
products : 3 803,1 thou. tonnes were transhiped (the change was +1 010,7
thou. tn yoy). The handling rates of coal, cutting out 35,2% in the
overall turnover of the port, increased as well : 4 738,6 thou. tonnes
were handled (the yoy change was +13,2% or +545,9 thou. tonnes).
In the group of bulk and dry cargo the most rapid growth was recorded in
the handling of fertilizers: 695,5 thou. tonnes were handled (the yoy
change was +38,8% or +194,3 thou. tonnes) and in the group of general cargoes
the turnover of containerised cargoes marked the increase: 1
338,1 thou. tonnes were handled (the yoy change was +4,6% or +59,2 thou.
tonnes). It is worth noting that handling rates of timber and forest
products constituting 7,3% of the overall throughput of the port have been
consistently dropping down: 979,9 thou. tonnes were handled ( the yoy change
was –9,8% or –106,9 thou. tonnes).
Passenger traffic. The Freeport of Riga received 222,9 thou. passengers in January –
April of 2014 (the yoy change was +7,3% or +15 323 thou. passengers) including
3 042 passengers of cruise liners.
In January – April of 2014 the cargo handling turnover in the SEAPORT OF
VENTSPILS dropped down by –3,9% or by –469 thou. tonnes
year-on-year to 11 454 thou. tonnes. Oil products (56% of the overall port
cargo handling) and coal (26% of the overall Port cargo handling) are two
basically handled in the port cargo types. In January – April of the current
year the turnover of oil products increased: 6 407 thou. tonnes of oil
products were transhiped (the yoy change was +0,3pct. or +17 thou. tonnes).
The handling rates of coal dropped down to 2 985 thou. tonnes (the
yoy change was –10% or –330 thou. tonnes).
Other cargo types making the most significant impact on the overall cargo
turnover in the port are fertilizers that saw a rapid increase to 937,0
thou. tonnes (the yoy change was +114,9% or +501 thou. tonnes).
Passenger traffic. During the first four months of the year 17 245 thou. passengers called
the port of Ventspils, the change was +7,5% or more by +1 196 passenger
comparing with January – April of 2013.
Vessels. In total the port rendered services to 564 vessels; the yoy change was
–9,2%, or –57 vessels.
The total throughput in the PORT of LIEPAJA in January –
April of 2014 reached 1 866,9 thou. tonnes, (the yoy change was +7,2%
or +125,8 thou. tonnes). Grain cargo cuts out the largest
share of handling volumes of this port (53,5%). In January – April of 2014 the
grain handling turnover increased significantly comparing with the
corresponding period of the previous year: 999,0 thou. t were
transhipped, the yoy change was +78,4% or +439,1 thou. tonnes).
The handling rates of liquid cargo that fluctuated up and down rather
significantly within the whole period of 2013 and remained negative by the end
of the year started increasing successfully at the beginning of 2014 :
altogether the transhipment volumes of oil products, crude oil and
liquid chemical cargoes in January – April of 2014 totalled 174,0 thou.
tonnes (the yoy change was +25,5% or +35,4 thou. tonnes).
It should be noted that a very significant drop down in the handling
turnover of general cargoes was recorded: 423,3 thou. tonnes were handled
within the analysed period (the yoy change was even –42,3% or –310,8 thou.
tonnes). This contraction was determined basically by the decreased even by
–95,5% or by –230,8 thou. tonnes metal handling rates.
Passenger traffic. The number of passengers calling the Port of Liepaja was 12 435
passengers, the yoy change was –9,5% or –1 307 passengers.
Vessels. In January – April of the current year 493 vessels called the port, the
change was +5,6% or more by +26 vessels comparing with the corresponding period
of the previous year.
