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

Cargo handling in Eastern Coast Baltic Seaports, in thousand tons

Container handling in Eastern Coast Baltic Seaports, in TEU

n. d. – no data submitted.

In PRIMORSK PORT 16 767,0 thou. tn of oil and oil products, i.e. less by -14,9% or by 2 938,8 thou. tn than in January – March of 2012 were handled. Primorsk Port handles exclusively oil and oil products. Throughout the analysed period 14 484,9 thou. tn of crude oil (-19,3% or -3 458,6 thou. tn yoy) and 2 282,1 thou. tn of oil products (+29,5% or +519,8 thou. tn yoy) were handled in the Port.

In the SEAPORT of SAINT - PETERSBURG totally 12 378,5 thou. tn of cargo were handled; the change was -5,6% or less by -729,1 thou. tn than during the corresponding period of 2012. Containerised cargoes constitute 44,7% of the total cargo handling (5 531,5 thou. tn were handled;  yoy change was -3,8% or -219,1 thou. tn). Oil products constitute 18,6% ( 2 303,0 thou. tn were handled;  yoy change was -5,3% or -128,7 thou. tn), metal  constitutes 12,1% (1 494,8 thou. tn were handled; yoy change was -20,1% or -375,0 thou. tn) and fertilizers constitute 8,6% (1 062,9 thou. tn were handled; yoy change was +18,1% or +163,1 thou. tn),  of the total cargo handling volumes.  Reefer cargoes marked the increase by 25,8%  or by 101,4 thou. tn to 493,8 thou. tn that were handled in January - March of 2013.

UST-LUGA PORT totally handled 13 254,1 thou. tn of cargo; the year-on-year change was +88,7% or +6 230,1 thou. tn. Such a rapid growth in cargo handling turnover was determined by the increased handling rates of cargoes that cut out the largest share of the overall turnover of this Port: crude oil (5 094,7 thou. tn were handled, no handling operations in the Ist quarter of 2012), oil products ( 3 355,7 thou. tn were handled;  the yoy change was +17,2% or +491,9 thou. tn), the coal handling increased by +7,5% or by +245,7 thou. tn to 3 513,5 thou. tn in January – Marc of 2013.  

The overall turnover in the PORT of VYSOTSK within the analysed period was 3 723,1 thou. tn; the year-on-year change was +15,0% or +485,0 thou. tn.  This port handles mainly two categories of cargo. Oil products constitute the largest share in the overall turnover of the Port, i.e., 72,7%  Throughout the analysed period 2 706,3 thou. tn of oil products were handled, i.e. the handling rates increased by +4,0% or by +105,1 thou. tn year-on-year. Volumes of coal handling were 2 706,3 thou. tn; the change was +59,6% or +379,9 thou. tn year-on-year.

The total throughput of Klaipėda Port and in Būtingės terminal in the Ist quarter of 2013 totalled 11,8 mln tn of seaborne cargo, the change of cargo handling turnover was +13,9% if to compare with the corresponding period of 2012.  The cargo handling turnover in Klaipėda Port within the analysed period reached 9,4 mln tn, the year-on-year change was  +13,9% or +1,2 mln tn, meanwhile 2,4 mln tn of cargo were handled at Butingės terminal, the year-on-year change being +14,0% or +0,3 mln tn. 

Comparing with the corresponding period of 2012 the most significant growth of cargo handling volumes in January – March of 2013 was reached due to increased handling rates of dry and bulk cargoes (the growth reached 32,4% comparing with the corresponding period of 2012) including  agriculture products (+742,4 thou. tn yoy), natural and chemical fertilizers (+221,4 thou. tn yoy), raw sugar (bulk) (+125,1 thou. tn yoy), and raw and processed minerals and construction materials (+50,5 thou. tn yoy).

In terms of cargo groups the handling volumes of liquid cargo marked the total increase in Klaipeda Seaport and at Butingės Terminal by 13,9% yoy to 5 552,0 thou. tn. The significant growth of handling rates of cargoes belonging to this cargo group has been recorded: crude oil (+14,0% or +294,4 thou. tn yoy), oil products (+14,0% or +294,4 thou. tn yoy), natural and chemical fertilizers (liquid) (+28,2 % or +102,4 thou. tn yoy) and raw sugar (molasses) (+34,3% or +10,2 thou. tn yoy).

 The drop of general cargo handling volumes by 5,4% in Klaipeda Seaport has started from the very  beginning of the year. Only 2 535,0 thou. tn were handled in January – March of 2013 ( 21,5% of overall Port handling turnover). The growth of Ro-Ro cargo turnover has remained constant and has increased approx. by 1%  calculating in both units (59 842 units were handled) and in terms of tonnage (1 138,5  thou. tn were handled, the change was +0,1 pct or +0,9 thou. tn yoy). The handling volumes of frozen products increased as well (70,6 thou. tn were handled, the yoy change was 9,6% or  +6,2 thou. tn). The significant decrease of handling turnover was recorded in the cargo handling rates of the remaining cargo types attributed to this group of cargoes: -36,7% of natural and chemical fertilizers (packed),  -12,0% of timber and forest products, -17,4% of iron and steel products, -10,2% of metal constructions, -4,7% of containerised cargo (in terms of tonnage) if to compare with the corresponding period of 2012. The handling turnover of containerised cargoes in terms of TEU increased during the I^st quarter of 2013 and reached 95 366 TEU (+4,7% or +4 270 TEU yoy).

1 612 vessels were reported to call Klaipėda Port and Būtingės terminal in January – March of 2013. 24 vessels (+14,3% or more by 3 vessels yoy) moored at Būtingės terminal. Klaipėda Seaport received 1 588 vessels (less by 1,4% yoy) including:

- 1 107 international vessels (less by 83 vessels or by 7,0 pct year-on-year)

-  481 domestic ships ( more by 60  ships or by 14,3% yoy). 

The number of passengers within the analysed period was 53 706, i.e. less by 6,2% or by 3 527 passengers comparing with the corresponding period of the previous year.

The total throughput in the PORT of TALLINN in January – March of the current year was 7 719,2 thou. tn; the change was -7,5% or -629,0 thou. tn year-on-year. Oil products (5 662,8 thou. tn were handled; the year-on-year change was +1,2% or +64,4 thou. tn),  Ro-Ro cargoes (848,7 thou. tn were handled; the year-on-year change was -10,5% or -99,1 thou. tn), containerized cargoes (432,7 thou. tn were handled; the year-on-year change was +1,5% or +6,6 thou. tn) and fertilizers (381,6 thou. tn were handled; the year-on-year change was -28,1% or -149,0 thou. tn) constitute the basic share of overall cargo flow in the Port of Tallinn.

Passenger traffic. This year the Joint Port of Tallinn rendered services to 1 731,6 thou. passengers; the change was +4,6% year-on-year, or +75,7 thou. passengers.

Vessels. 1676 vessels were reported to call the Port of Tallinn, i.e. less by 19 vessels or by 1,1% comparing with the corresponding period of 2012. The Port rendered services to 511 cargo ships ( the yoy change was -5,5% or less by 30 ships)  and to 1 165 passenger ships; the yoy change was +1,0% or more by 11 ships.

The aggregate throughput of RIGA PORT totalled 8 149,8 thou. tn; the change was -14,1% year– on - year or -1 337,2 thou. tn. In January-March of 2013 coal and oil products constituted the largest share in the overall handling volumes in this Port (38,1% and 25,4% respectively).

The reduced flow of these cargo categories made the greatest impact on the cargo  handling turnover in the Port of Riga:  oil products ( decreased by -14,4% or by -349,6 thou. tn yoy to 2 070,4 thou. tn), coal (decreased by -19,5% or by -749,9 thou. tn yoy to 3 104,0 thou. tn).

In January – March of 2013 the handling rates of fertilizers (+17,4% or +56,3 thou. tn yoy to 380,1 thou. tn), containers (+5,7% or +52,0 thou. tn yoy to 962,3 thou. tn) marked the increase.

Passenger traffic. The Freeport of Riga received 157 357 passengers; the year-on-year change was +6,9% or +10 141 passenger. The number of cruise passengers was 5 054; the yoy change was +51,2% or +1 712 passengers.

The cargo handling turnover in the SEAPORT OF VENTSPILS increased by +7,0% or by +596,0 thou. tn. year-on-year which altogether totalled 9 122,0 thou. tn. The dominating cargo categories in the Seaport of Ventspils were as follows:  oil products that amounted to 4 937,0 thou. tn in January – March of 2013 the year-on-year change being +5,0% or +233,0 thou. tn. and coal that amounted to 2 470,0 thou. tn with year –on year change +2,1% or +51,0 thou. tn.

In January- March of 2013 the handling rates of fertilizers dropped rather significantly (319,0 thou. tn were handled; the yoy change was -67,0 thou. tn or -17,4%).

Passenger traffic. 11 079 was the number of passengers calling the Port of Ventspils in January-March of 2013; the year-on-year change was -2 passengers.

Vessels. In total the Port rendered services to 469 vessels; the year-on-year change was +2,0 pct, or +9 vessels

The total throughput in the PORT of LIEPAJA reached 1 351,5 thou. tn; the year-on-year change was -20,7% or -353,4 thou. tn. Grain handling cut out the largest share of handling volumes of this port. In January – March of 2013 the Port handled 424,5 thou. tn of grain; the year-on-year change was  -38,4% or -264,4 thou. tn. The handling of scrap metal also marked a considerable slow down – 51,8 thou. tn were handled; the change was -70,5 thou. tn or -123,8% The highest increase of handling turnover was recorded in  metal handling volumes  (210,7 thou. tn were handled; the year-on-year change was +60,2 thou. tn or +40,0%). 

Passenger traffic.  The number of passengers calling the Port of Liepaja was 5 329; the year-on-year change was +50,6%  or +1 790 passengers.

Vessels. In total the Port rendered services to 359 vessels, i.e. less by 78 vessels or by 17,8%  if to compare with the corresponding period of the previous year.