During 2018, Sea Port of Saint-Petersburg JSC handled 7.7 million tonnes of cargo showing a 12% increase in comparison to 2017’s numbers. The increase of cargo traffic is attributed the development of yards dedicated for transshipment of cast iron, metal scrap, ore, mineral fertilizers and containers.
Mainly:
- Total transshipment of general cargo rose by 5% to 6.67 million tonnes including 3.74 million tonnes of ferrous metal;
- The growth of ferrous metal transshipment was driven by cast iron, new type of cargo for the company. Also in the reporting period, its transshipment was 179,000 tonnes;
- Transshipment of mineral fertilizers in big bags surged by 75% to 477,000 tonnes;
- Transshipment of non-ferrous metal fell by 10% to 1.24 million tonnes. The decrease is because partial redirection of export flows to the domestic markets;
- Transshipment of wood pellets rose by 1%, year-on-year, to 297,000 tonnes.
Moreover, according to the port’s statement, there was a considerable increase in the metal scrap segment. The port expanded the yard attracting extra volumes of this cargo, which is currently on demand in Turkey.
- The port handled over 825,000 tonnes of metal scrap, down 38%, year-on-year;
- Dry bulk cargo transshipment surged up to 2.6 times to 597.000 tonnes mainly because of four-fold increase of ore transshipment, to 328.000 tonnes;
- Ferrous-based alloys reached the 78,000 tonnes;
- Transshipment of bulk mineral fertilizers surged 2.7 times to 106,000 tonnes.
Additionally, the company developed its own container service, reaching 33.300 TEUs overall, increasing by 30% year-on-year, including 27.000 TEUs of export containers and more than 6.000 import containers.
Exports via SP SPb increased by 15%, year-on-year to 7.45 million tonnes, while imports decreased by 38% to 252,000 tonnes.
Exports account for 97% of the company’s throughput, imports – for 3%.
Concluding, the company handled almost 100,000 railcars, 15% more than in the previous year.
