DETAILED REVIEW OF CARGO TURNOVER RESULTS
AT THE EASTERN BALTIC PORTS
(Comparison of results for January-August 2010 and 2011)
During the reporting period, the total cargo handling at the Eastern Baltic ports amounted to 207
328,4 thous. tons, change by +8,6 % or by +16 342,7 thous. tons. During the same period, Būtingė terminal
handled 5 825,7 thous. tons of oil products (herein further the turnover of Būtingė terminal is not
analyzed).
Cargo handling at the Eastern Baltic ports, thous. tons
Port
Turnover
08-01 2010
08-01 2011
In total:
190 985,7
207 328,4
Primorsk
51 660,8
50 031,0
Saint Petersburg
37 026,2
39 491,6
Tallinn
24 228,8
24 860,5
Klaipėda
20 012,9
24 491,8
Riga
19 709,9
22 585,9
Ventspils
17 375,0
18 977,0
Ust-Luga
7 447,9
13 601,7
Vysotsk
10 102,2
9 463,8
Liepaja
2 728,0
3 182,3
Vyborg
694,0
642,8
Kaliningrad*
* data not presented
Container handling at the Eastern Baltic ports, TEU
Port
Turnover
2010 01–08
2011 01–08
Saint Petersburg
1 205 884
1 590 054
Klaipėda
188 193
269 082
Riga
160 929
194 259
Tallinn
100 639
127 502
Liepaja
971
2 197
Ventspils
0
0
Kaliningrad*
* data not presented
Change,
%
+8,6
-3,2
+6,7
+2,6
+22,4
+14,6
+9,2
+82,6
-6,3
+16,7
-7,4
-
Change,
%
+31,9
+43,0
+20,7
+26,7
+126,3
-
Difference
+16 342,7
-1 629,8
+2 465,4
+631,7
+4 478,9
+2 876,0
+1 602,0
+6 153,8
-638,4
+454,3
-51,2
-
Difference
+384 170
+80 889
+33 330
+26 863
+1 226
-
PRIMORSK PORT handled 50 031,0 thous. tons of oil and oil products in total, i.e. by -3,2 % or
-1 629,8 thous. tons less than in January-August 2010. Oil and oil products are the main types of cargo
handled at the Primorsk port. During the reporting period the port handled 46 084,3 thous. tons of crude
oil, 4 902,8 thous. tons of oil products.
SAINT PETERSBURG PORT handled 39 491,6 thous. tons of cargo in total, change by +6,7 %
or by +2 465,4 thous. tons more than during the corresponding period of 2010.
Figures for general cargo handling: 24 508,5 thous. tons, change by +17,5 or by +3 652,0 thous.
tons, incl.:
growth in:
containerized cargo
containerized cargo (TEU)
frozen products
metal scrap
decrease in:
metals
timber
14 671,5 thous. tons handled, change by +2 333,4 thous. tons or by +18,9 %
1 590 054 TEU handled, change by +384 170 TEU or by +31,9 %
1 830,6 thous. tons handled, change by +243,6 thous. tons or by +15,3 %
727,6 thous. tons handled, change by +158,7 thous. tons or by +27,9 %
4 104,3 thous. tons handled, change by -60,6 thous. tons or by -1,5 %
82,7 thous. tons handled, change by -54,6 thous. tons or by -39,8 %
2
Figures for dry and bulk cargo handling: 4 679,4 thous. tons, change by -22,8 % or by -1 380,9
thous. tons, incl.:
growth in:
ore
grain
469,6 thous. tons handled, change by +92,9 thous. tons or by +24,7 %
131,5 thous. tons handled, change by +82,0 thous. tons or by +165,7 %
decrease in:
fertilizers
coal
3 708,4 thous. tons handled, change by -303,8 thous. tons or by -7,6 %
282,1 thous. tons handled, change by -1 260,6 thous. tons or by -81,7 %
Figures for liquid cargo handling: 10 303,7 thous. tons, change by +1,9 % or by +194,2 thous.
tons, incl.:
growth in:
oil products
food products
10 271,6 thous. tons handled, change by +173,5 thous. tons or by +1,7 %
32,1 thous. tons handled, change by +20,7 thous. tons or by +181,6 %
UST-LUGA PORT handled 13 601,7 thous. tons of cargo in total, change by +82,6 % or by +6
153,8 thous. tons. Coal makes the largest share of cargo turnover at this port − 59,6 %.
Figures for dry and bulk cargo handling: 8 749,8 thous. tons, change by +39,7 % or by +2
485,3 thous. tons, incl.:
growth in:
coal
8 104,9 thous. tons handled, change by +2 600,9 thous. tons or by +47,3 %
Figures for general cargo handling: 1 499,1 thous. tons, change by +26,7 % or by +315,8 thous.
tons, incl.:
growth in:
metals
timber
595,5 thous. tons handled, change by +86,3 thous. tons or by +16,9 %
196,3 thous. tons handled, change by +55,9 thous. tons or by +39,8 %
Figures for liquid cargo handling: 3 352,8 thous. tons, change by +100,0 % or by +3 352,8
thous. tons, incl.:
growth in:
oil products
+3 352,8 thous. tons handled, change by +3 352,8 thous. tons or by +100,0 %
PORT OF VYSOTSK handled 9 463,8 thous. tons cargo in total, change by -6,3 % or by -638,4
thous. tons. This port handles only two types of cargo; oil products account for the largest share of the
handled cargo – 76,7 %, during the reporting period 7 262,8 thous. tons of this cargo was handled, i.e.
by -15,9 % or -1 371,3 thous. tons less. Coal handling amounted to 2 201,0 thous. tons, change by +49,9 %
or by +732,9 thous. tons.
TALLINN PORT handled 24 860,5 thous. tons of cargo in total, change by +2,6 % or by +631,7
thous. tons.
Figures for general cargo handling: 3 951,6 thous. tons, change by +13,8 % or by +479,3 thous.
tons, incl.:
growth in:
Ro-Ro cargo
containerized cargo
containerized cargo (TEU)
forestry production
2 460,4 thous. tons handled, change by +185,0 thous. tons or by +8,1 %
977,1 thous. tons handled, change by +120,1 thous. tons or by +14,0 %
127 502 TEU handled, change by +26 863 TEU or by +26,7 %
189,6 thous. tons handled, change by +59,8 thous. tons or by +46,1 %
3
Figures for dry and bulk cargo handling: 2 651,2 thous. tons, change by -31,2 % or by -1 204,2
thous. tons, incl.:
decrease in:
fertilizers
coal
grain
1 083,5 thous. tons handled, change by -39,7 thous. tons or by -3,5 %
235,7 thous. tons handled, change by -798,1 thous. tons or by -77,0 %
198,7 thous. tons handled, change by -46,3 thous. tons or by -18,9 %
Figures for liquid cargo handling: 18 195,3 thous. tons, change by +7,9 % or by +1 328,1 thous.
tons, incl.:
Passenger transportation. During the current year, the Joint Port of Tallinn serviced 5 888,8
thous. passengers, change by +7,2 % or by +397,3 thous. passengers.
Ships. 4 936 ships visited Tallinn port, i.e. by 30 ships or by 0,6 % more than during the
corresponding period of 2010.
RIGA PORT in total handled 22 585,9 thous. tons of cargo, change by +14,6 % or by +2 876,0
thous. tons. Coal accounts for the largest share of cargo turnover at this port this year – 8 903,2 thous. tons
were handled, that makes 38,1 % of the total turnover at the port. During the analyzed period in 2010, the
neighbouring port handled 7 555,3 thous. tons of coal, that makes 38,3 % of the total turnover at this port.
Figures for general cargo handling: 4 318,0 thous. tons, change by -0,9 % or by -37,1 thous.
tons, incl.:
growth in:
containerized cargo
containerized cargo (TEU)
2 004,4 thous. tons handled, change by +298,7 thous. tons or by +17,5 %
194 259 TEU handled, change by +33 330 TEU or by +20,7 %
decrease in:
timber
Ro-Ro cargo
food products
metals
1 867,9 thous. tons handled, change by -181,8 thous. tons or by -8,9 %
355,4 thous. tons handled, change by -122,4 thous. tons or by -25,6 %
40,0 thous. tons handled, change by -7,3 thous. tons or by -15,4 %
17,5 thous. tons handled, change by -17,3 thous. tons or by -49,7 %
Figures for dry and bulk cargo handling: 12 888,4 thous. tons, change by +14,7 % or by +1
651,6 thous. tons, incl.:
growth in:
coal
fertilizers
iron ore
metals, metal scrap and
ferroalloys
construction materials
grain
sugar
decrease in:
timber
peat
8 903,2 thous. tons handled, change by +1 347,9 thous. tons or by +17,8 %
1 059,3 thous. tons handled, change by +111,2, thous. tons or by +11,7 %
388,0 thous. tons handled, change by +20,9 thous. tons or by +5,7 %
362,0 thous. tons handled, change by +125,3 thous. tons or by +52,9 %
329,2 thous. tons handled, change by +86,5 thous. tons. or by +35,6 %
310,0 thous. tons handled, change by +103,4 thous. tons or by +50,0 %
140,2 thous. tons handled, change by +105,3 thous. tons. or by +301,7 %
827,3 thous. tons handled, change by -220,9 thous. tons or by -36,4 %
83,6 thous. tons handled, change by -42,1 thous. tons. or by -33,5 %
Figures for liquid cargo handling: 5 379,5 thous. tons, change by +30,6 % or by +1 261,5 thous.
tons, incl.:
growth in:
oil products
liquid gas
5 345,8 thous. tons handled, change by +1 252,1 thous. tons or by +30,6 %
32,3 thous. tons handled, change by +10,3 thous. tons or by +46,8 %
4
Passenger transportation. 625 701 thous. passengers visited the port of Riga, growth by +11,3 %
or by +63 356 thous. passengers.
VENTSPILS PORT handled 18 977,0 thous. tons of cargo in total, change by +9,2 % or by +1
602,0 thous. tons. Oil products make the largest share of cargo turnover at this port – 51,6 %.
Figures for general cargo handling: 1 702,0 thous. tons, change by +29,8 % or by +391,0 thous.
tons, incl.:
growth in:
Ro-Ro cargo
coloured metals
decrease in:
forestry production
1 217,0 thous. tons handled, change by +395,0 thous. tons or by +48,1 %
19,0 thous. tons handled, change by +4,0 thous. tons or by +26,7 %
501,0 thous. tons handled, change by -115,0 thous. tons or by -18,7 %
Figures for dry and bulk cargo handling: 7 102,0 thous. tons, change by +11,7 % or by +744,0
thous. tons, incl.:
growth in:
coal
fertilizers
raw sugar
4 087,0 thous. tons handled, change by +1 614,0 thous. tons or by +65,3 %
1 762,0 thous. tons handled, change by +109,0 thous. tons or by +6,6 %
141,0 thous. tons handled, change by +49,0 thous. tons or by +53,3 %
decrease in:
iron ore
broken-stone
grain
peat
823,0 thous. tons handled, change by -467,0 thous. tons or by -36,2 %
57,0 thous. tons handled, change by -8,0 thous. tons or by -12,3 %
27,0 thous. tons handled, change by -529,0 thous. tons or by -95,1 %
23,0 thous. tons handled, change by -13,0 thous. tons or by -36,1 %
Figures for liquid cargo handling: 10 173,0 thous. tons, change by +4,8 % or by +467,0 thous.
tons, incl.:
growth in:
oil products
chemicals
9 795,0 thous. tons handled, change by +616,0 thous. tons or by +6,7 %
97,0 thous. tons handled, change by +41,0 thous. tons or by +73,2 %
decrease in:
ammonia
crude oil
296,0 thous. tons handled, change by -79,0 thous. tons or by -21,1 %
0,0 thous. tons handled, change by -80,0 thous. tons or by -100,0 %
Passenger transportation. 34 550 thous.of passengers visited Ventspils port; growth by +181,4%
or by +22 273 thous. passengers.
Ships. In total 1 257 ships were serviced, change by +10,6 % or by +120 ships.
LIEPAJA PORT handled 3 182,3 thous. tons of cargo in total, change by +16,7 % or by +454,3
thous. tons. Grain makes the largest share of cargo turnover at this port – 22,2 %.
Figures for general cargo handling: 1 454,1 thous. tons, change by +17,4 % or by +215,2 thous.
tons, incl.:
growth in:
Ro-Ro cargo
Ro-Ro cargo (units)
metal scrap
containerized cargo
containerized cargo (TEU)
261,0 thous. tons handled, change by +162,6 thous. tons or by +165,2 %
11 736 units handled, change by +7 541 units or by +2,8 times
260,5 thous. tons handled, change by +133,3 thous. tons or by +104,8 %
20,6 thous. tons handled, change by +10,9 thous. tons or by +111,5 %
2 197 TEU handled, change by +1 226 TEU or by +126,3 %
5
decrease in:
timber
metals
485,7 thous. tons handled, change by -160,5 thous. tons or by -24,8 %
328,9 thous. tons handled, change by -13,7 thous. tons or by -4,0 %
Figures for dry and bulk cargo handling: 1 293,5 thous. tons, change by +19,8 % or by +213,6
thous. tons, incl.:
growth in:
construction materials
woodchips
coal
chemicals
329,5 thous. tons handled, change by +174,0 thous. tons or by +111,9 %
113,1 thous. tons handled, change by +81,7 thous. tons or by +260,2 %
94,4 thous. tons handled, change by +44,6 thous. tons or by +89,6 %
23,7 thous. tons handled, change by +14,2 thous. tons or by +149,5 %
decrease in:
grain
peat
704,9 thous. tons handled, change by -100,8 thous. tons or by -12,5 %
11,8 thous. tons handled, change by -1,4 thous. tons or by -10,6 %
Figures for liquid cargo handling: 434,7 thous. tons, change by +6,2 % or by +25,5 thous. tons,
incl.:
growth in:
oil products
347,8 thous. tons handled, change by +70,4 thous. tons or by +25,4 %
decrease in:
crude oil
chemicals
60,4 thous. tons handled, change by -20,5 thous. tons or by -25,3 %
26,5 thous. tons handled, change by -23,9 thous. tons or by -47,4 %