The volume of transshipment of dry cargo amounted to 54.9 million tonnes (down 2.3%), including: coal, 24.9 million t (+0,2%), cargoes in containers – 9.1 million tons (+5.4 percent), grain 5.5 million tons (-10,3%), ferrous metals – 4.5 million tons (-11,2%), mineral fertilizers – 2,5 mln tons (-18,1%), ore and 1.6 million tonnes (+31.1 per cent).

The volume of transshipment of liquid cargoes increased to 77.5 million tons (+3,0%), including crude oil up to 44.5 million tons (+2,9%), petroleum products – 26,1 million tons (+1.2%) and liquefied natural gas to 5.8 million tonnes (+10.6 percent).

Export cargo is overloaded 104,1 million tons (+1.0 percent), import cargoes – 5,6 mln tons (+1.1 percent), transit – 11.1 million tonnes (+2,3%), cabotage – 11.6 million tons (-3,1%).

Operators of sea terminals of the Arctic basin handled 16.4 million tons of cargoes (-4,2%), including dry cargo – 4.4 million tons (-12,0%) bulk cargo – 12.0 million tons (-0,9%). Cargo turnover of Murmansk port amounted to 9.7 million tonnes (-9,1%), Sabetta – 4.8 million tonnes (+12,0%) and Arkhangelsk – 0.5 mln tons (+39.8 per cent).

In the Baltic basin transshipped to $ 43.0 million tons (+5,3%), including dry cargo – 16.5 million tons (-2.5%), liquid cargo – 26.5 million tonnes (+10.9 per cent). Increased the volume of cargo handled in the port of Ust-Luga to 17.9 million tonnes (+4.1%) and Primorsk – to 11.2 million tons (+22,6%), Big port St. Petersburg- to 9.2 million tonnes (+2,4%).
 
Azov-black sea basin handled 39.3 million tons (-3.8 per cent), including dry cargo – 14.3 million tonnes (-4,5%), liquid – 25,0 million tons (-3,4%). Cargo turnover of Novorossiysk port totaled 24.9 million tons (-3,2%), Tuapse – 3.9 million tonnes (-10,2%), Taman – 3.3 million tons (+15,2%), Rostov-na-Donu – 2.6 million tons (+15,8%), Kavkaz – 1.8 million tons (-20,3%).

In the Caspian sea region transshipment amounted to 1.4 million tonnes (+46,7%), including dry cargo – 0.6 million tonnes (+41,6%), bulk cargoes – by 0.8 mn tons, a growth of 1.5 times). The volume of cargo handling port of Makhachkala grew by 1.7% to 1.0 million tons, Astrakhan 2.7% to 0.4 million tons.
 
The far Eastern basin transshipped – 32.2 million tons (+1,8%), including dry cargo – 19.1 million tons (+1,1%), liquid cargoes 13.1 million tons (+3.0 percent). Increased the turnover of the ports of the East – to 12.3 million tonnes (+8,7%), Nakhodka – to 4.3 mln tons (+6,4%), suburban – to 3.1 mln tons (+14,0%) and Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky to 0.3 mln tons (+27,0%). At the same time decreased the turnover of the port Vanino – to 4.3 mln tons (is 10.8%), Vladivostok – to 3.4 million tons (forecast to be minus 4.6%) and De-Kastri to 2.2 million tons (-3.8 per cent).

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