REVIEW OF CARGO HANDLING IN KLAIPĖDA SEAPORT, BŪTINGĖS TERMINAL AND
OTHER EASTERN COAST BALTIC SEAPORTS
January – July of 2013
The total throughput of Klaipėda Port and in Būtingės terminal within the period of January-July of 2013
totalled 25,2 mln. tn of seaborne cargo, the aggregate change of cargo handling turnover was +4,2 pct. if to
compare with the corresponding period of 2012. The cargo handling turnover in Klaipėda Port within the
analysed period reached 19,9 mln. tn, the year-on-year change was +0,1 pct. or +26,0 thou. tn, meanwhile
5,2 mln. tn of cargo were handled at Butingės terminal, the year-on-year change being +22,8 pct. or +982,4
thou. tn.
Comparing with the corresponding period of 2012 the most significant growth of cargo handling volumes in
Klaipėda Seaport and at Būtingės terminal in January – July of 2013 was reached due to increased handling rates
of liquid cargoes (the growth reached 11,4 pct. comparing with the corresponding period of 2012), the highest
handling rates were recorded in the handling turnover of crude oil products (+ 22,8 pct. or +982,4 thou. tn yoy),
natural and chemical fertilizers (+13,7 pct. or +103,0 thou. tn yoy) and oil product (+1,4 pct. or +67,4 thou. tn
yoy).
In terms of cargo groups the handling volumes of dry and bulk cargo marked the increase in Klaipeda Seaport by
0,9 pct. yoy to 7 846,9 thou. tn. The significant growth of handling rates of cargoes belonging to this cargo group
has been recorded in the handling of agriculture products (+81,00 pct. or +595,2 thou. tn yoy) and raw and
processed minerals and construction materials (+23,1 pct. or +226,7 thou. tn yoy).
The drop of general cargo handling volumes (- 3,3 pct.) in Klaipeda Seaport has started from the very beginning
of the year. Only 6 151,6 thou. tn of general cargo were handled in January – July of 2013. The significant
decrease of handling turnover was recorded in the following groups of cargo: iron and steel products, metal
constructions (-39,8 pct. or -81,2 thou. tn yoy), natural and chemical fertilizers (-23,8 pct. or -71,9 thou. tn yoy),
timber and forest products (-11,5 pct. or -38,5 thou. tn yoy). The handling turnover of containerised cargoes in
terms of TEU increased and reached 229 444 TEU within the period of January - July of 2013 (+5,6 pct. or +12
242 TEU yoy).
3 846 vessels were reported to call Klaipėda Port and Būtingės terminal in January – July of 2013. 53 vessels
(+23,3 pct. or more by 10 vessels yoy) moored at Būtingės terminal. Klaipėda Seaport received 3 793 vessels (less
by -2,5 pct. or by 96 vessels comparing with the corresponding period of 2012 ).
The number of passengers within the analysed period was 163 246 passengers, i.e. less by -16,0 pct. or by 31 097
passengers comparing with the corresponding period of the previous year.
Cargo handling in Eastern Coast Baltic Seaports, in thousand tons
Port
Totally:
Primorsk
Ust Luga
Saint Petersburg
Klaipėda Port and Būtingės terminal
Ventspils
Riga
Tallinn
Vysotsk
Liepaja
Vyborg
Volumes
01-07 of 2012 01-07 of 2013
196 817,5
199 293,5
44 349,7
38 006,8
23 503,5
34 194,0
33 345,1
32 740,4
24 235,1
25 243,7
19 405,0
18 554,0
21 958,8
20 270,3
17 960,9
17 217,0
7 273,3
9 571,7
4 057,0
2 777,0
729,1
718,6
Yoy change
in pct.
+1,3
-14,0
+45,0
-2,0
+4,2
-4,4
-7,7
-4,1
+32,0
-31,5
-1,0
Yoy change
in thou. tn
+2 476,0
-6 342,9
-10 690,5
-604,7
+1 008,5
-851,0
- 1 688,5
-743,9
+2 298,4
-1 280,0
-10,5
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Container handling in Eastern Coast Baltic Seaports, in TEU
Port
Totally:
Saint Petersburg
Klaipėda Port
Riga
Tallinn
Ust Luga
Liepaja
Ventspils
Volumes
01-07 of 2012 01-07 of 2013
2 005 720
2 097 862
1 431 439
1 469 833
217 202
229 444
213 137
216 316
137 038
149 943
4 013
29 361
2 531
2 965
360
0
Yoy change
in pct.
+4,6
+3,0
+5,6
+1,5
+9,4
+632,0
+17,1
-100
Yoy change
in thou. tn
+92 142
+38 394
+12 242
-3 179,0
+12 905
+25 348
+434
-360
In PRIMORSK PORT in total 38 006,8 thou. tn of oil and oil products, i.e. less by -14,0 pct. or by -6 342,9 thou.
tn than in January – July of 2012 were handled. Primorsk Port handles exclusively oil and oil products. Throughout
the analysed period 32 684,3 thou. tn of crude oil and 5 322,5 thou. tn of oil products were handled in the Port.
In the SEAPORT of SAINT - PETERSBURG totally 32 740,4 thou. tn of cargo were handled; the change was
-2,0 pct. or less by -604,7 thou. tn than during the corresponding period of 2012. Containerised cargoes constitute
41,3 pct., oil products constitute 22,6 pct., metal constitute 24,1 pct. and bulk cargoes (fertilizers, grain, iron ore)
constitute 11,5 pct. of the overall cargo handling volumes. The handling turnover of general cargoes dropped by
-10,0 pct. to -890,7 thou. tn, including containerised cargoes (-130,0 thou. tn or -1,0 pct. yoy) and scrap metal
(-207,5 thou. tn or -25,0 pct. yoy), ferroalloys (-581,1 thou. tn or -20,0 pct. yoy).
The year-on-year change of liquid cargoes was +4,0 pct. or +258,1 thou. tn. The Port handled 7413,2 thou. tn of oil
products, the change was +4,0 pct. or +258,1 thou. tn yoy.
Bulk and dry cargoes marked the increase by +5,0 pct. or by 187,3 thou. tn . The handling turnover of fertilizers (3
137,8 thou. tn were handled, the yoy change was +8,0 pct. or +239,6 thou. tn) and grains (168,2 thou. tn were
handled, the change was +11,0 pct. or +16,1 thou. tn yoy) increased as well within the analysed period.
UST-LUGA PORT totally handled 34 194,0 thou. tn of cargo; the year-on-year change was +45,0 pct. or +10
690,5 thou. tn. Coal (9 933,3 thou. tn were handled, the change was +12,0 pct. or 1 053,0 thou. tn yoy) and crude
oil and oil products ( 21 312,0 thou. tn were handled, the change was +73,0 pct. or 8 958,4 thou. tn yoy) cut out the
largest share in the overall cargo handling turnover in this Seaport. A rapid growth in cargo handling turnover was
determined by the increased handling rates of coal and oil products. The turnover of general cargo handling marked
the decrease, 1 436,3 thou. tn were handled, the year-on-year change was -6,0 pct. or -88,7 thou. tn. The rates of
metal handling dropped down extremely significantly (291,5 thou. tn were handled, the yoy change was -59,0 pct.
or -418,9 thou. tn).
The overall turnover in the PORT of VYSOTSK within the analysed period was 9 571,7 thou. tn; the year-on-year
change was +32,0 pct. or +2 298,4 thou. tn. This port handles mainly two categories of cargo. Oil products
constitute the largest share in the overall turnover of the Port, i.e., 71,7 pct. Throughout the analysed period 6
794,7 thou. tn of oil products were handled, i.e. the handling rates increased by +18,0 pct. or by +1 040,7 thou. tn
year-on-year. Volumes of coal handling were 2 777,0 thou. tn; the change was +83,0 pct. or +1 258,0 thou. tn yearon-year. Coal handling constitutes 29 pct. of the overall handling turnover of the Port.
The total throughput in the PORT of TALLINN in January – July of the current year was 17 217,0 thou. tn; the
change was -4,1 pct. or -743,9 thou. tn year-on-year. The most rapid growth was recorded in the handling of timber
(192,6 thou. tn were handled, the yoy change was 74,9 pct. or 82,5 thou. tn), wood pellets (61,9 thou. tn were
handled, the yoy change was 57,3 pct. or +22,6 thou. tn) and grain ( 46,2 thou. tn were handled, the change was
+17,3 pct. or +6,8 thou. tn yoy).
Oil products (12 0501,7 thou. tn were handled; the year-on-year change was +5,1 pct. or +584,1 thou. tn), Ro-Ro
cargoes (2 117,5 thou. tn were handled; the year-on-year change was -7,9 pct. or -182,7 thou. tn) and fertilizers
(969,3 thou. tn were handled; the year-on-year change was -25,2 pct. or -327,4 thou. tn) constitute the basic share
of overall cargo flow in the Port of Tallinn.
Within the analysed period the flows of the following cargo types marked the decrease – scrap metal (219,1 thou.
tn were handled, the change was -52,2 pct. or -238,8 thou. tn yoy), ferrous metals (43,3 thou. tn were handled, the
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change was -68,3 pct. or -93,3 thou. tn yoy), food products (37,8 thou. tn were handled, the change was -29,9 pct.
or -16,2 thou. tn yoy), crushed stones (310,2 thou. tn were handled, the change was -24,9 pct. or -102,6 thou. tn
yoy) and coal (2,3 thou. tn were handled, the change was -94,1 pct. or -36,7 thou. tn yoy).
Passenger traffic. This year the Joint Port of Tallinn rendered services to 5 378,5 thou. passengers; the change was
+4,0 pct. year-on-year, or +207,1 thou. passengers.
Vessels. 4 080 vessels were reported to call the Port of Tallinn, i.e. less by 150 vessels or by 3,5 pct. comparing
with the corresponding period of 2012.
The aggregate throughput of RIGA PORT totalled 20 270,3 thou. tn, the change was -7,7 pct. year– on year or -1 688,5 thou. tn. In January - July of 2013 the handling rates of scrap metal, metal and ferroalloys
(+49,4 pct. or +177,9 thou. tn yoy to 538,1 thou. tn), ores (+106,2 pct. or + 99,7 thou. tn yoy to 193,6 thou. tn), peat
(+23,2 pct. or +16,0 thou. tn yoy to 85,1 thou. tn), metal (general cargo) (+168,3 pct. or +35,0 thou. tn yoy to 55,8
thou. tn), grain and grain products (general cargo) (+522,2 pct. or +9,4 thou. tn yoy to 11,2 thou. tn) marked the
increase. The Port handled 347,9 thou. tn of Ro-Ro cargoes in terms of tonnage the, the change was +3,2 pct. or
+10,9 thou. tn yoy.
The handling turnover of oil products (-12,3 pct. or -625,4 thou. tn yoy to 4 463,7 thou. tn), coal (- 12,3 pct. or
-1 090,6 thou. tn yoy to 7 807,7 thou. tn), grain and grain products (bulk cargo) (- 83,4 pct. or -342,9 thou. tn yoy to
68,3 thou. tn), construction materials (-82,0 pct. or -43,8 thou. tn yoy to 9,6 thou. tn), fish and fish products (-54,5
pct. or -2,4 thou. tn yoy to 2,0 thou. tn) dropped down.
Passenger traffic. The Freeport of Riga received 494 535 passengers; the year-on-year change was +2,1
pct. or +10 006 passengers.
The cargo handling turnover in the SEAPORT OF VENTSPILS decreased by -4,4 pct. or by -851,0 thou. tn. yearon-year which altogether totalled 18 554,0 thou. tn.
In January - July of 2013 the handling rates of iron ore rapidly increased, i.e. 560,0 thou. tn were handled, the yoy
change was +269,0 thou. tn or 92,4 pct. The handling turnover of ammonia was 219,0 thou. tn, +6,3 pct. or +13,0
thou tn yoy. The handling turnover of crushed stone increased as well, i.e. 86,0 thou. tn were handled, the change
was +62,3 pct. or +33,0 thou. tn yoy. Nearly 22,0 thou. tn of peat were handled in the port, the change was +10 pct.
or +2,0 thou. tn yoy.
Oil products and coal cut out the largest share of cargo handling volumes in the Seaport of Ventspils (55,4 pct. and
26,7 pct. respectively). The handling turnover of oil products dropped down to 10 280,0 thou. tn within the
analysed period, the year-on-year change was -0,6 pct. or -57,0 thou. tn. and coal handling decreased to 4 959,0
thou. tn with year –on year change -6,0 pct. or -316,0 thou. tn.
In January - July of 2013 the handling rates of fertilizers ( 711,0 thou. tn were handled; the yoy change was -603,0
thou. tn or -45,9 pct.), timber ( 234,0 thou. tn were handled; the yoy change was -14,6 thou. tn or -40,0 pct.) and
grain ( 132,0 thou. tn were handled; the yoy change was -41,1 thou. tn or -92,0 pct.) dropped rather significantly.
Passenger traffic. 35 260 was the number of passengers calling the Port of Ventspils in January-July of 2013; the
year-on-year change was -1,7 pct. or -617 passengers.
Vessels. In total the Port rendered services to 1 047 vessels; the year-on-year change was -2,9 pct, or 31 vessel.
The total throughput in the PORT of LIEPAJA reached 2 777,0 thou. tn, the year-on-year change was -31,5 pct. or
-1 280,0 thou. tn. Grain handling cut out the largest share of handling volumes of this port (33 pct). In January –
July of 2013 the Port handled 904,6 thou. tn of grain; the year-on-year change was -40,4 pct. or -614,3 thou. tn.
Within the analysed period the handling turnover of chips (108,2 thou. tn were handled, the change was +41,8 pct.
or +31,9 thou. tn yoy) and crude oil (88,3 thou. tn were handled, the change was 25,2 thou. tn or +40,0 pct yoy)
increased.
The handling of chemical cargoes (liquid cargo) and peat also marked a considerable increase. 48,7 thou. tn of
chemical cargoes were handled, the yoy change was +9,2 pct. or +4,5 thou. tn and the handling turnover of peat
was 20,0 thou. tn, the yoy change was 354,5 pct. or +15,6 thou tn The increase of handling turnover was recorded
in chemical cargo volumes (bulk cargo) (17,9 thou. tn were handled; the yoy change was +38,8 pct. or +5,6 thou.
tn) and fertilizers (13,1 thou. tn were handled; the yoy change was +1 210,0 pct. or +12,1 thou. tn).
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The handling turnover of nonferrous metals and their products (182,4 thou. tn were handled, the change was -85,8
pct. or -361,1 thou. tn) , ferrous metals and their products (75,9 thou. tn were handled, the change was -51,8 pct or
-81,4 thou. tn) and coal (51,4 thou. tn were handled, the change was -62,3 pct. or -85,0 thou. tn) marked a
considerable decrease.
Passenger traffic. The number of passengers calling the Port of Liepaja was 25 519, the year-on-year change was
31,4 pct. or 8 004 passengers.
Vessels. In total the Port rendered services to 796 vessels, i.e. less by -251 vessel or by -24,0 pct. if to compare
with the corresponding period of the previous year.