Baltic States – CIS, Lithuania, Port, Tourism, Transport

Cargo handling in the Eastern Coast Baltic Seaports, in thou. tn

Container handling in the Eastern Coast Baltic Seaports, in TEU

UST-LUGA PORT is the priority project related with cargo handling capacity development of Russian ports in the Baltic Sea region. In January – December of 2015 the cargo handling throughput in the Port increased as many as by 12,18 mln tn or by 16,1%. to  87,87 mln tn comparing with January – December of 2014.

Oil products, crude oil and coal constitute even 90%. of overall Seaport cargo handling turnover:

- 30,55 mln tn of oil products were handled, +19,1%. or + 4,9 mln tn yoy;

- 26,81 mln  tn of crude oil were handled, +15,3%. or + 3,55 mln tn yoy;

- 21,54 mln tn of coal were handled, +10,9%. or +2,13 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 – 2 056,4 thou. tn were handled, +12,3%. or +225,5 thou. tn yoy;

- Fertilizers – 1 791,6 thou. tn were handled, more by 3 times or by 1 285,9 thou. tn yoy;

- Liquid natural gas – 1 428,3 thou. tn were handled, +28,3%. or +315,0 thou. tn yoy;

- Metal – 560,5 thou. tn were handled, more by 3 times or by 405,4 thou. tn yoy.

Cargo handling turnover  decreased in the handling of :

- Containerized cargoes – 808,8 thou. tn were handled, –8,0%. or –70,2 thou. tn yoy;

Altogether 59,61 mln tn of products, i.e. more by 11,1%. or by 5,95 mln tn comparing with the previous year were handled in PRIMORSK PORT in January – December of 2015.

 Primorsk Port is the center of Russian crude oil and oil products export:

- 45,15 mln tn of crude oil were handled, +6,6 %. or + 2 787,7 thou. tn yoy;

- 14,46 mln tn oil products were handled, +28,0%. or +3 162,1 thou. tn  yoy

In January – December of 2015 the SEAPORT of  SAINT – PETERSBURG handled 51,51 mln tn  of cargo, i.e., less  by 15,8%. or by 9,66 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 – December of 2015 were as follows: 

- Containerized cargoes – 19,84 mln tn were handled, –16,7%. or –3,98 mln tn yoy;

- Oil products – 9,58 mln tn were handled, –32,7%. or –4,66 mln tn yoy;

- Fertilizers – 7,80 mln tn were handled, +2,9%. or +219,2 thou. tn yoy;

- Metal – 6,17 mln tn were handled, +7,2%. or +411,8 thou. tn yoy;

- Scrap metal –2,07 mln tn were handled, –8,0%. or –180,5 thou. tn yoy.

Within the period of January – December of 2015 Klaipeda Seaport cargo handling turnover increased by 5,8%. to  38,51 mln tn, i.e.  more by 2,10 mln tn comparing with the corresponding period of 2014. It has been absolutely the best annual result reached in Klaipeda Seaport.  This result is higher by 5,3%. or by 1,92 mln tn comparing with the previous record achieved in 2011 when the cargo overall turnover totaled 36,59 mln tn.

Year-on-year changes of overall turnover  in January – December of 2015 according to cargo types:

- Liquid cargo – 10 117,9  thou tn were handled, +28,2%. or +2 225,2 thou. tn yoy;

- General cargo – 11 156,7 thou. tn were handled, –2,9%. or –332,3 thou. tn yoy;

- Dry and Bulk cargo – 17 232,5 thou. tn were handled, +1,2%. or +203,7 thou. tn yoy

7 059 vessels were reported to call Klaipeda Seaport in January – December of 2015, i.e. more by 1,4%. or by 95 vessels comparing with the corresponding period of 2014. 

In January – December of 2015 the significant drop  of cargo handling turnover by 2,5% was recorded in the FREEPORT OF RIGA – altogether  40,06 mln tn or less by 2,5%. or by 1 024,6 thou. tn comparing with the corresponding period of 2014 were handled in the Port. 

The dynamics of basic cargo categories handled in the Port:

- the most abundant cargo of the Seaport is coal. 14,53 mln tn were handled (-2,7%. or –406,4 thou. tn yoy);

- Oil products – 10,54 mln tn were handled (+3,3%. or +332,6 thou. tn yoy). It is the best result

achieved in the Freeport of Riga within the entire history and two succeeding years when the results of oil product handling exceed 10 mln tn.

-  Fertilizers – 2,58 mln tn were handled (+1,5%. or +39,2 thou. tn yoy). Being rather moderate

 nevertheless it has been also the new record achieved in the handling turnover of fertilizers in the Freeport of Riga. 2,55 mln tn of fertilizers were handled in the Port in 2014 – it was the previous best result.

Cargo handlings decreased in two categories:

- Containerized cargoes – 3,82 mln tn were handled (-7,8%. or –325,0 thou. tn yoy);

- Timber – 2,76 mln tn were handled (-4,6%. or –132,4 thou. tn yoy).

Passenger traffic. The Freeport of Riga received 526 243  passengers in January – December of 2015, i.e., less by 28,7%. or by 211 622 passengers comparing with January – December of 2014. 

In January – December of 2015 the cargo handling turnover in the SEAPORT OF VENTSPILS comparing with the corresponding period of 2014 dropped down to 22,52 mln tn , i.e., less by 14,1%. or by 3,68 mln tn .

Basic cargo categories that made the greatest impact on cargo handling results in January – December of 2015 were as follows:

- Oil products – 13 958,0 thou. tn were handled, –7,8%. or –1 173,0 thou. tn yoy;

- Coal – 4 456,0 thou. tn were handled, –23,9%. or –1 396,0 thou. tn yoy;

- Ro-Ro cargoes – 1 789,0 thou. tn were handled, –3,9%. or –73,0 thou. tn yoy;

- Fertilizers – 142,0 thou. tn were handled, –90,7%. or –1 379,0 thou. tn yoy.

Passenger traffic. Within the analyzed period 105 143 passengers called the port of  Ventspils, i.e., more by 26,8%. or by 22 191 passenger comparing with January – December of 2014.

Vessels. In total the Seaport accommodated 1 352 vessels within the analyzed period, the yoy change was –11,9%, or –182 vessels.

The overall throughput in the JOINT PORT of TALLINN in January – December of 2015 was 22,43 mln tn, i.e., –20,8% or – 5 890,1 thou. tn comparing with the corresponding period in 2014.

Basic cargo categories that made the greatest impact on cargo handling results in January – December of 2015 were as follows:

- Oil products – 12 802,3 thou. tn were handled, –32,0%. or –6 033,8 thou. tn yoy;

- Ro-Ro cargoes – 4 330,5 thou. tn were handled, +8,3%. or +330,6 thou. tn yoy;

- Containerized cargoes – 1 740,9 thou. tn were handled, –11,7%. or –231,5 thou. tn yoy;

- Fertilizers – 1 596,5 thou. tn were handled, +6,5%. or +97,7 thou tn.

Passenger traffic. In January –December of 2015 the Joint Port of Tallinn rendered services to

9 793,0 thou. passengers, i.e. more by  2,3%. or by 223,7 thou. passengers comparing with the corresponding period of 2014.

Vessels.  7 081 vessel was reported to call the Port of Tallinn, i.e. more by 3,2%. or by 217 vessels  comparing with January – December of 2014.

17,48 mln tn of cargo, i.e. more  by 0,3%. or by 55,5 thou tn  were handled in VYSOTSK SEAPORT in January – December of 2015 comparing with the corresponding period of 2014.

The total throughput in the PORT OF KALININGRAD was 12,71  mln tn,  i.e., less by 8,5%. or by 1 185,2 thou.. tn than in January – December of 2014.

Basic cargo categories that made the greatest impact on cargo handling results in January – December  of  2015 were as follows:

- Ro-Ro cargoes – 2 118,0 thou. tn were handled, +16,1%. or +294,4 thou. tn yoy;

- Oil products – 647,8 thou. tn were handled, –23,6%. or –508,6 thou. tn yoy;

- Metal – 1 076,1 thou. tn were handled, +6,6%. or +66,7 thou. tn yoy;

- Containerized cargoes – 933,7 thou. tn were handled, –28,5%. or –371,6 thou. tn yoy.

The total throughput in the PORT of LIEPAJA in January – December of 2015 was 5,61 mln tn, more by 5,9%. or by 311,6 thou. tn comparing the corresponding period  of 2014.

Basic cargo categories making the greatest impact on cargo handling results in January – December of 2015 were as follows:

- Grain – 2 901,5 thou. tn were handled ( the throughput of grain handling accounts  as many as for 52% of the overall cargo handling), +5,4%. or +148, 0 thou. tn yoy;

- Ro – Ro cargoes – 614,0 thou. tn were handled, –21,4%. or –166,8 thou. tn yoy;

- Timber – 592,6 thou. tn were handled, +10,6%. or by +57,0 thou. tn yoy.

Passenger traffic.  The number of passengers calling the Port of Liepaja was 39 782 passengers, i.e., less by 6,0%. or by 2 523 passengers comparing with January – December of 2014.

Vessels. In January – December of the current year 1 343 vessels called the Seaport, i.e., less by 1,8%. or by 25 vessels comparing with the corresponding period of the previous year.