Baltic States – CIS, Good for Business, Lithuania, Port, Transport

Cargo Handling in the Baltic Eastern Seaports, in thou. tons

Port	Volumes		Yoy change	Yoy difference
	01-04 of 2011	01-04 of 2012
Total turnover:	105 940,8	115 521,4	+9,0	+9 580,6
Primorsk	24 852,8	26 605,0	+7,1	+ 1752,2
Saint Petersburg	17 023,8	17 721,9	+4,1	+698,1
Klaipėda and Būtingės terminal	14 626,9	13 894,7	-5,0	-732,2
Riga	10 896,4	12 519,1	+14,9	+1 622,7
Ventspils	9 780,0	11 844,0	+21,1	+2 064
Tallinn	12 842,7	11 134,2	-13,3	-1 708,5
Ust Luga	4 591,0	10 788,0	+135,0	+6 197,0
Kaliningrad	4 905,0	4 316,0	-12,0	-589,0
Vysotsk	4 598,6	4 100,7	-10,8	-497,9
Liepaja	1 550,3	2 263,2	+46,0	+712,9
Viborg	273,3	334,6	+22,4	+61,3

Container handling in the Baltic Eastern Seaports, in TEU

Port	Volumes		Yoy change	Yoy difference
	01-04 of 2011	01-04 of 2012
Saint Petersburg	747 441	781 026	+4,5	+33 585
Klaipėda	129 422	120 907	-6,6	- 8 515
Riga	91 461	117 885	+28,9	+26 424
Tallinn	58 610	77 958	+33,0	+19 348
Ust-Luga	0	1 517	-	+1 517
Liepaja	828	1 276	+54,1	+448
Ventspils	0	360	-	+360
Kaliningrad*

* no data have been submitted

 

In PRIMORSK PORT 26 605,0 thou. tn of oil and oil products, i.e. more by +7,1% or by 1 752,2 thou. tn than in January – April of 2011 were handled. Primorsk Port handles exclusively oil and oil products. Throughout the analysed period 24 549,0 thou. tn of crude oil and 2 055,6 thou. tn of oil products were handled in the Port.

 

In the SEAPORT of SAINT - PETERSBURG totally 17 722,0 thou. tn of cargo were handled, the change makes +4,1% or more by +698,4 thou. tn than during the corresponding period of 2011.

 

 

Volumes of general cargo achieved 12 835,9 thou. tn, the change year-on-year is +11,1 pct or +1 280,9 thou. tn, including:

 

Containerised cargoes  Containerised cargoes (TEU) Metal Scrap metal Timber

7 761,9 thou. tn were handled, the change is +853,8 thou. tn or +12,4% 781 026 TEU were handled, the change is +33 585 TEU or +4,5% 2 509,3 thou. tn were handled, the change is +676,7 thou. tn or +36,9% 481,8 thou. tn were handled, the change is +179,6 thou. tn or +59,4% 114,0 thou. tn were handled, the change is +93,3 thou. tn or +450,7%

that increased.

 

Reefer cargo

564,9 thou. tn were handled, the change is –501,2 thou. tn or -47,0%

that decreased.

 

Volumes of dry and bulk cargo amounted to 1 736,6 thou. tn, the year-on-year change is -2,7 pct, or -47,8 thou. tn, including:

 

Fertilizers Iron ore Grain

1 359,9 thou. tn were handled, the change is +9,9 thou. tn or +0,7% 232,6 thou. tn were handled, the change is +68,5 thou. tn or +41,7% 110,3 thou. tn were handled, the change is +58,0 thou. tn or +110,9%

that increased.

 

Coal	0,0 thou. tn were handled, the change is -196,1 thou. tn or -100,0%

that decreased.

 

Volumes of liquid cargo handling were 3 149,5 thou. tn, the year-on-year change makes -14,5 pct, or

-534,7  thou. tn, including:

 

Oil products Food products

3 145,4 thou. tn were handled, the change is -525,5 thou. tn or -14,3% 4,1 thou. tn were handled, the change is -9,2 thou. tn or -69,2%

that decreased.

 

UST-LUGA PORT handled 10 788,0 thou. tn of cargo, the year-on-year change is +135,0% or +6 197,0 thou. tn. Oil products and coal constitute the largest part of the overall turnover of this Port (26,6% and 41,9% respectively). 

           

Handling volumes of dry and bulk cargo totalled 4 848,2 thou. tn, the yoy change is +52,3% or +1 664,6 thou. tn, including

 

Coal	4 519,4 thou. tn were handled, the change is +1619,3 thou. tn or +55,8%

that increased.

 

General cargo handling volumes were 986,6 thou. tn, the year-on-year change is +89,7%, or +466,6 thou. tn, including:

 

Metal Ro-Ro cargo Timber Containerized cargo Containerized cargo (TEU)

442,8 thou. tn were handled, the change is +221,2 thou. tn or +99,8% 337,8 thou. tn were handled, the change is +157,3 thou. tn or +87,1% 62,3 thou. tn were handled, the change is +19,9 thou. tn or +46,9%  9,5 thou. tn were handled, the change is +9,5 thou. tn, no handling operations in 2011 1 517 TEU  were handled, the change is +1 517 TEU, no handling operations in 2011

that increased.

 

Handling volumes of liquid cargo were 4 953,2 thou. tn, the year-on-year change is +4,7 times, or

+4 085,0 thou. tn, including

                                           

Oil products Crude oil

3 952,0 thou. tn were handled, the change is +3 083,8 thou. tn or +3,6 times 1 001,2 thou. tn were handled, no handling operations in 2011

that increased.

 

The overall turnover in the PORT of VYSOTSK was 4 100,7 thou. tn, the change makes -10,8% or -497,9 thou. tn year-on-year. This port handles only two categories of cargo. Oil products constitute the largest share in the overall turnover of the Port, i.e., 80,0% 3 281,9 thou. tn of oil products were handled throughout the analysed period, i.e. the handling rates decreased by -7,0% or by -247,5 thou. tn year-on-year. Volumes of coal handling were 818,8 thou. tn, the change is -23,4% or -250,4 thou. tn year-on-year.

 

The aggregated throughput of sea – born cargo in Klaipėda Port and Būtingės terminal in January – April of 2012 totalled 13,9 million tons, the overall year – on - year change was 5,0 percent down. 11,2 million tons were handled in Klaipeda Seaport throughout the analysed period, the year-on-year change was -7,0% or -838,2 thou. tn, meanwhile Būtingės terminal handled 2,7 million tn, the year-on-year change was +4,1% or +105,9 thou. tn. The negative change of Klaipęda Seaport cargo handling results is approx. 830 thou. tn, i.e., equals to the decreased handling turnover of bulk fertilizers.

 

The highest increase in cargo turnover throughout January – April of 2012 comparing with the corresponding period of 2011 was reached due to increased handling volumes of iron ore (+160,4 thou. tn yoy), crude oil (+105,9 thou. tn yoy), raw and processed minerals and construction materials (+104,0 thou. tn yoy) and oil products (+101,0 thou. tn yoy).

 

The biggest drop down in cargo turnover throughout January – April of 2012 comparing with the corresponding period of 2011 occurred due to decreased handling volumes of bulk natural and chemical fertilizers (-829,8 thou. tn yoy) and raw sugar (-145,5 thou. tn yoy).

 

 In terms of cargo groups the handling volumes of liquid cargo increased by +3,9% to 6 424,9 thou. tn (46,2% of overall Port handling turnover). General cargo handling volumes decreased by 5,8% yoy, the overall turnover in this cargo group was 3 567,9 thou. tn (25,7% of overall Port handling turnover). Dry and bulk cargo handling volumes decreased by 16,1%, the handling rates of this cargo category were 3 901,8 thou. tn (28,1% of overall Port handling turnover).

 

2 209 vessels were reported to call Klaipėda Port and Būtingės terminal throughout the period of January – April of 2012.27 vessels (+3,8% or 1 vessel yoy) moored at Būtingės terminal. 1 599 international vessels (+6 vessels or +0,4% year-on-year) and 583 domestic ships ( -32 ships or -5,2% yoy) were reported to call Klaipėda Port. Throughout the foregoing period of the current year the number of vessels calling Klaipeda Port was less by 26 vessels or by 1,2% than throughout the corresponding period of 2011. The number of passengers calling the Port throughout the analysed period was 81 316, i.e. more by 4,8% or by 3 725 passengers comparing with the corresponding period of 2011.

 

The total throughput in TALLINN PORT was 11 134,2 thou. tn, the change is -13,3% or -1 708,5 thou. tn year-on-year.

 

General cargo handling volumes were 2 113,4 thou. tn, the change is +6,6% or +131,7 thou. tons year-on-year, including:

Ro- Ro cargoes Containerized cargoes Containerized cargoes (TEU) Fertilizers Food products

1 256,1 thou. tn were handled, the change is +46,1 thou. tn or +3,8% 582,4 thou. tn were handled, the change is +117,4 thou. tn or +25,2% 77 958 TEU were handled, the change is +19 348 TEU or +33,0%   52,6 thou. tn were handled, the change is +13,1 thou. tn or +33,2% 39,7 thou. tn were handled, the change is +17,2 thou. tn or +76,4%

that increased.

 

Forest products Metal

65,4 thou. tn were handled, the change is -58,5 thou. tn or -47,2% 78,1 thou. tn were handled, the change is -40,5 thou. tons or -34,1%

that decreased.

 

Dry and bulk cargo handling volumes were 1 332,1 thou. tn, the change is +24,2% or +259,2 thou. tn year-on-year, including: 

 

Fertilizers Scrap metal Crushed rock Timber granules

678,6 thou. tn were handled, the change is +271,9 thou. tn or +66,9% 291,5 thou. tn were handled, the change is +164,9 thou. tn  or +130,3% 196,8 thou. tn were handled, the change is +13,0 thou. tn or +7,1% 31,7 thou. tn were handled, the change is +27,7 thou. tn or +6,9 times

that increased.

 

Peat Coal Grain

58,2 thou. tn were handled, the change is -42,0 thou. tn or -41,9% 39,0 thou. tn were handled, the change is -63,1 thou. tn or -61,8% 28,4 thou. tn were handled, the change is -108,3 thou. tn or -79,2%

that decreased.

 

Volumes of handled liquid cargo throughout the analysed period were 7 638,1 thou. tn, the change is -21,9%, or -2 136,2 thou. tn year-on-year, including

 

Oil products Crude oil

7 362,1 thou. tn were handled, the change is -1 934,3 thou. tn or -20,8% 235,3 thou. tn were handled, the change is -165,8 thou. tn or -41,3%

that decreased.

 

Passenger traffic. This year the Joint Port of Tallinn rendered services to 2 328,7 thou. passengers, the change is +5,1 pct year-on-year, or +112,8 thou. passengers.

Vessels. 2 268 vessels were reported to call the Port of Tallinn, i.e. less by 22 vessels or by 1,0% comparing with the corresponding period of 2011.

 

The aggregated throughput of RIGA PORT totalled 12 519,1 thou. tn, the change is +14,9% year– on - year or +1 622,7 thou. tn. Growing handling rates of coal (increased by +20,2% or +846,5 thou. tn yoy to 5 043,0 thou. tn) and oil products (increased by +11,5% or by +327,3 thou. tn yoy to 3 183,9 thou. tn) made the greatest impact on the increased overall turnover in the Port.

Throughout analysed period of 2012 coal and oil products constituted the largest share in the overall handling volumes in this Port (40,3% and 25,4% respectively).

 

 

General cargo handling volumes were 2 204,3 thou. tn, the year-on-year change is +10,9 pct, or +216,7 thou. tn, including:

 

Containerised cargo Containerised cargo (TEU) Ro – Ro cargoes Metal

1 234,8 thou. tn were handled, the change is +303,4 thou. tn or +32,6% 117 885 TEU were handled, the change is +26 424 TEU or +28,9% 187,1 thou. tn were handled, the change is +12,4 thou. tn or +7,1% 16,1 thou. tn were handled, the change is +15,8 thou. tn or +53 times.

 that increased.

 

Timber Food products

744,3 thou. tn were handled, the change is -111,1 thou. tn or -13,0% 4,7 thou. tn were handled, the change is -14,4 thou. tn or -75,4%

that decreased.

 

Dry and bulk cargo handling volumes were 7 122,6 thou. tn, the year-on-year change is +17,8% or +1 075,9 thou. tn , including :

 

Coal Forest products Grain Metal, scrap metal, ferroalloys

5 043,0 thou. tn were handled, the change is +846,5 thou. tn or +20,2% 470,7 thou. tn were handled, the change is +90,1 thou. tn or +23,7% 228,8 thou. tn were handled, the change is +78,7 thou. tn or +52,4% 210,2 thou. tn were handled, the change is +14,1 thou. tn or +7,2%

that increased.

 

Fertilizers Iron ore Peat Construction materials Raw sugar

375,3 thou. tn were handled, the change is -70,9 thou. tn or -15,9% 93,9 thou. tn were handled, the change is -215,6 thou. tn or -69,7% 54,4 thou. tn were handled, the change is -4,7 thou. tn or -8,0% 41,3 thou. tn were handled, the change is -13,8 thou. tn or -25,0% 0,0 thou. tn were handled, the change is -13,3 thou. tn or -100,0%

that decreased

 

Liquid cargo handling volumes were 3 192,2 thou. tn, the year-on-year change is +11,5% or +330,1 thou. tn, including:

           

Oil products Liquid gas

3 183,9 thou. tn were handled, the change is +327,3 thou. tn or +11,5% 7,8 thou. tn were handled, the change is +3,0 thou. tn or +62,5%

that increased.

 

0,0 thou. tons were handled, the change is -2,3 thou. tons or -100,0%

that decreased

 

Passenger traffic. The Freeport of Riga received 208 189 passengers, the year-on-year change is +4,6% or +9 099 passengers.

 

The SEAPORT OF VENTSPILS marked an increase by +21,1% or +2 064,0 thou. tn. year-on-year in overall turnover, which altogether totalled 11 844,0 thou. tn. Throughout January - April of 2012 the most rapid growth was achieved in coal handling, which amounted to 3 264,0 thou. tn, the year-on-year change is +89,1% or +1 538,0 thou. tn. The throughput of oil products was 6 470,0 thou. tn with year –on year change +26,6% or +1 361,0 thou. tn.

Oil products and coal constitute the largest part of cargo handling in this port (54,6% and 27,6% respectively).

           

General cargo handling volumes were 788,0 thou. tn, the year-on-year change is -5,8 pct, or -49,0 thou. tn, including:

 

Ro – Ro cargoes

607,0 thou. tn were handled, the change is +66,0 thou. tn or +12,2%

that increased.

 

Forest products Metal

217,0 thou. tn were handled, the change is -31,0 thou. tn or -12,5% 0,0 thou. tn were handled, the change is -103,0 thou. tons or -100,0 pct

that decreased.

 

Dry and bulk cargo volumes were 4 386,0 thou. tn, the year – on -year change is +22,3% or +800,0 thou. tn, including:

 

Coal Grain

3 264,0 thou. tn were handled, the change is +1 538,0 thou. tn or +89,1% 175,0 thou. tn were handled, the change is +148,0 thou. tn or +548,1%

that increased.

 

Fertilizers Iron ore Crushed rock Raw sugar

596,0 thou. tn were handled, the change is -531,0 thou. tn or -47,1% 218,0 thou. tn were handled, the change is -329,0 thou. tn or -60,1% 21,0 thou. tn were handled, the change is -3,0 thou. tn or -12,5% 0,0 thou. tn were handled, the change is -48,0 thou. tn or -100,0%

that decreased.          

 

Liquid cargo throughput was 6 670,0 thou. tn, the year-on-year change is +24,5% or +1 313,0 thou. tn, including:

 

Oil products

6 470,0 thou. tn were handled, the change is +1 361,0 thou. tn or +26,6%

that increased.

             

Ammonia Chemistry products

141,0 thou. tn were handled,, the change is -51,1 thou. tn or -26,6% 45,0 thou. tn were handled, the change is -8,0 thou. tn or -15,1%

that decreased.

 

Passenger traffic. 16 937 was the number of passengers calling the Port of Ventspils, the year-on-year change is +70,3% or +6 989 passengers.

Vessels. In total the Port rendered services to 620 vessels, the year-on-year change is -0,6 pct, or -4 vessels.

 

The total throughput in the PORT of LIEPAJA reached 2 263,2 thou. tn, the year-on-year change is +46,0% or +712,9 thou. tn. Grain handling constitutes the largest share of handling volumes of this port (40,9%). The overall turnover of grain handling in January-April of 2012 increased by +148,6% or by +553,4 thou. tn year-on-year to 933,8 thou. tn.

 

General cargo handling volumes were 933,8 thou. tn, the year –on -year change is +31,0 pct, or +221,1 thou. tn, including: 

Timber Scrap metal Ro-Ro cargoes Ro-Ro cargoes (units) Containerised cargoes Containerised cargoes (TEU)

285,1 thou. tn were handled, the change is +29,9 thou. tn or +11,7% 219,1 thou. tn were handled, the change is +116,7 thou. tn or +114,0% 218,4 thou. tn were handled, the change is +83,6 thou. tn or +62,0% 9 274 units were handled, the change is +3 824 units or +70,2% 11,5 thou. tn were handled, the change is +3,4 thou. tn or +42,0% 1 276 TEU were handled, the change is +448 TEU or +54,1%

that increased.

 

Metal

193,6 thou. tn were handled, the change is -15,3 thou. tn or -7,3%

that decreased.

 

Dry and bulk cargo handling volumes were 1 191,1 thou. tn, the year-on-year change is +92,8% or +573, 4 thou. tn, including:

 

Grain Construction materials

925,7 thou. tn were handled, the change is +553,4 thou. tn or +148,6% 136,6 thou. tn were handled, the change is +37,8 thou. tn or +38,3%

that increased.

 

Coal Timber granules Chemistry products Peat

51,8 thou. tn were handled, the change is -3,2 thou. tn or -5,8% 37,6 thou. tn were handled, the change is -22,9 thou. tn or -37,9% 11,5 thou. tn were handled, the change is -3,6 thou. tn or -23,8% 4,4 thou. tn were handled, the change is -5,3 thou. tn or -54,6%

that decreased.

           

Liquid cargo handling volumes were 138,5 thou. tn, the year-on-year change is -81,6% or -54,3 thou. tn, including:

 

Crude oil Chemistry products

31,6 thou. tn were handled, the change is +7,0 thou. tn or +28,5% 24,1 thou. tn were handled, the change is +11,8 thou. tn or +95,9%

that increased.

 

 

Oil products

82,6 thou. tn were handled, the change is -100,4 thou. tn or -54,9%

that decreased.