Throughput of Russian seaports in 2020 declined by 2.3%
In January-December 2020, seaports of Russia handled 820.8 million tonnes, down 2.3%, year-on-year, says press center of the Association of Commercial Sea Ports.
Handling of dry cargo totaled 404.7 million tonnes (+7.6%) including 188.6 million tonnes of coal (+7.1%), 57.7 million tonnes of containerized cargo (+2.1%), 50.3 million tonnes of grain (+30.3%), 19.2 million tonnes of mineral fertilizers (+1.6%), 13.2 million tonnes of ore (+47.8%), 26.9 million tonnes of ferrous metal (+0.7%).
Hanlding of liquid bulk cargo totaled 416.1 million tonnes (-10.4%) including 235.1 million tonnes of crude oil (-14.9%), 142.6 million tonnes of oil products (-4.9%), 32.6 million tonnes of liquefied gas (-0.7%) and 4.5 million tonnes of liquid food (+7.7%).
Exports via Russian ports totaled 646.6 million tonnes (-1.1%), imports – 36.6 million tonnes (-1.7%), transit – 61.6 million tonnes (-8.4%), short-sea traffic – 76.0 million tonnes (-7.0%).