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Cargo handling in Eastern Coast Baltic Seaports, in thousand tons

Container handling in Eastern Coast Baltic Seaports, in TEU

In PRIMORSK PORT 28 658,2 thou. tn of oil and oil products, i.e. less by –12,0% or by –3 895,8 thou. tn than in January – May of 2012 were handled. Primorsk Port handles exclusively oil and oil products. Throughout the analysed period 25 076,6 thou. tn of crude oil; the change was –17,0% or less by –5 179,41 thou. tn yoy and 3 581,7 thou. tn of oil products; the change was +56,0% or +1 283,0 thou. tn yoy, were handled in the Port.

In the SEAPORT of SAINT – PETERSBURG 22 090,8 thou. tn of cargo were handled in January- May of 2013; the change was-2,0% or less by –394,4 thou. tn than during the corresponding period of 2012. Containerised cargoes constitute 43,4% of the total cargo handling (9 577,5 thou. tn were handled;  yoy change was –2,0% or –149,1 thou. tn).

The handling turnover of Ro-Ro cargoes ( +42,0% yoy or +131,11 thou tn. yoy), fertilizers (2 026,9 thou. tn were handled; the change was +7% or +137,9 thou. tn yoy) and oil products (4 211,5 thou. tn were handled; the change was +5% or +197,5 yoy) marked the increase in January-May of 2013.

UST-LUGA PORT totally handled 23 829,3 thou. tn of cargo; the year-on-year change was +55,0% or +8 503,1 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 (9 499,1 thou. tn were handled; yoy change was +239,0%  or +6 698,1 thou. tn), the coal handling increased by +63,0% or by +250,2 thou. tn to 648,6  thou. tn,  oil products ( 5 347,4 thou. tn were handled;  the yoy change was +8,0% or +378,2 thou. tn) and metal  (269,3 thou. tn were handled, the yoy change was –49,0%  or –258,2 thou tn).  

The overall turnover in the PORT of VYSOTSK within the analysed period was 6 630,4 thou. tn; the year-on-year change was +28,0% or +1 459,8 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., 70,4%  Throughout the analysed period 4 668,4  thou. tn of oil products were handled in the Port, i.e. the handling rates increased by +13,0% or by +547,7 thou. tn year-on-year. Volumes of coal handling were 1 962,0 thou. tn; the change was +87,0% or +912,1 thou. tn year-on-year.

The total throughput of Klaipėda Port and Būtingės terminal within the period of January – May 2013 totalled 18,3 mln. tn of seaborne cargo, the change of cargo handling turnover was +9,2% if to compare with the corresponding period of 2012.  The cargo handling turnover in Klaipėda Port within the analysed period reached 14,6 mln. tn, the year-on-year change was  +4,6% or +0,6 mln.  tn, meanwhile 3,6 mln. tn of cargo were handled at  Butingės terminal, the year-on-year change being +31,6% or +0,8 mln. tn. 

Comparing with the corresponding period of 2012 the most significant growth of cargo handling volumes in January – May of 2013 was reached due to increased handling rates of liquid cargoes (the growth reached 16,9% comparing with the corresponding period of 2012), the highest rates of cargo handling were recorded in the handling turnover of crude oil  ( +31,6% or +1 193,8 thou. tn yoy),  natural and chemical fertilizers (+29,2% or +153,2 thou. tn yoy) and oil products  (+4,7% +166,7 thou. tn yoy).

In terms of other cargo groups the handling volumes of dry and bulk cargo marked the  increase in Klaipeda Seaport by 9,8% yoy to 5 755,2 thou. tn. The significant growth of handling rates of cargoes attributed to this cargo group has been recorded in handling of agriculture products (+113,4% or +603,7 thou. tn yoy), raw sugar (+60,6% or +91,2 thou. tn), raw and processed minerals and construction materials ( +24,1% or +153,7 thou. tn yoy), and iron, steel products and metal constructions (-36,6% or –45,1 thou. tn yoy). The handling turnover of containerised cargoes in terms of TEU increased in January – May of 2013 and reached 162 869 TEU (+7,1% or +10 799 TEU yoy). 

2 709 vessels were reported to call Klaipėda Port and Būtingės terminal in January – May of 2013. 37 vessels (+32,1% or more by 9 vessels yoy) moored at Būtingės terminal. Klaipėda Seaport received 2 672 vessels (less by 5,1% yoy) including:

The number of passengers within the analysed period was 118 177, i.e. more by 0,8% or by 937 passengers comparing with the corresponding period of the previous year.

The total throughput in the PORT of TALLINN in January – May of the current year was 12 594,9 thou. tn; the change was –8,9% or 1 234,4  thou. tn year-on-year. Oil products (8 934,0 thou. tn were handled; the year-on-year change was –1,0% or –88,7 thou. tn),  Ro-Ro cargoes (1 503,0 thou. tn were handled; the year-on-year change was –9,1% ), containerized cargoes (724,1 thou. tn were handled; the year-on-year change was +1,6% or +11,3 thou. tn) and fertilizers (720,0 thou. tn were handled; the year-on-year change was –20,9% or –189,7 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 3 238,2 thou. passengers; the change was +3,8% year-on-year, or +118,7 thou. passengers.

Vessels. 2 825 vessels were reported to call the Port of Tallinn, i.e. less by 65 vessels or by 2,2% comparing with the corresponding period of 2012. The Port rendered services to 847 cargo ships ( the yoy change was –3,8% or less by 33 ships)  and to 1 978 passenger ships; the yoy change was –1,6% or less by 32 ships.

The aggregate throughput of RIGA PORT totalled 14 336,9 thou. tn; the change was –8,8% year– on – year or -1 381,7 thou. tn. In January-May of 2013. Coal (5 542,8 thou. tn were handled, the yoy change was –14,4% or –1 203,8 thou. tn)  and oil products (3 361,8 thou. tn were handled, the change was –10,9% or –400,7 thou tn) cut out the largest share in the overall handling volumes in this Port.

In January – May of 2013 the handling turnover of fertilizers (+32,0% or +163,0 thou. tn yoy) and containers (+3,4% or +51,0 thou. tn yoy) marked the increase. 

Passenger traffic. The Freeport of Riga received 287 593 passengers; the year-on-year change was +1,5% or +4199 passengers. The number of cruise passengers was 16 379 passengers; the yoy change was +9,5% or +1 427 passengers.

The cargo handling turnover in the SEAPORT OF VENTSPILS dropped down by –3,4% or by –505,0 thou. tn. year-on-year which altogether totalled 14 259,0 thou. tn. The dominating cargo categories in the Seaport of Ventspils were as follows:  oil products that amounted to 7 846,0 thou. tn in January – May of 2013 (the year-on-year change dropping down to –2,8% or –222,0 thou. tn) and coal that amounted to 3 716,0 thou. tn with year –on year change –5,5% or –218,01 thou. tn.

The highest increase was recorded in ammonia handling turnover – 211,0 thou. tn were handled, the year-on-year change was +37,9% or +58, 0 thou. tn. In January- May of 2013 the handling rates of fertilizers dropped rather significantly (593,0 thou. tn were handled; the yoy change was –274,0 thou. tn or –31,6%).

Passenger traffic. 20 043 was the number of passengers calling the Port of Ventspils in January-May of 2013; the year-on-year change was –697 passengers or –3,4%

Vessels. In total the Port rendered services to 769 vessel; the year-on-year change was +0,3 pct, or +2 vessels.

The total throughput in the PORT of LIEPAJA reached 2 077,4 thou. tn; the year-on-year change was –28,9% or –845,8 thou. tn. Grain handling cut out the largest share of handling volumes of this port. In January – May of 2013 the Port handled 648,0 thou. tn of grain; the year-on-year change was  –43,8% or –505,0 thou. tn. The highest increase of handling turnover was recorded in peat  (20,0 thou. tn were handled; the year-on-year change was +354,5 thou. tn or +15,6%) and crude oil (65,7 thou. tn were handled: the year-on-year change was +73,4% or +27,8 thou. tn ) handling volumes. The handling turnover of oil products marked the decrease by –32,4% or 36,6 thou. tn yoy to 76,3 thou. tn.  

Passenger traffic.  The number of passengers calling the Port of Liepaja was 8 894 passengers; the year-on-year change was +52,0%  or +3 055 passengers.

Vessels. In total the Port rendered services to 591 vessel, i.e. less by 158 vessels or by 21,0%  if to compare with the corresponding period of the previous year.