Off-harbour transshipment complex handled 1.191 mln t, up 2.3 times, year-on-year.

Transshipment of 22.7 times to 716,000 t, sulphur and mineral fertilizers – by 99% to 479,000 t. Transshipment of oil products declined by 1% to 1.286 mln t, LPG – by 42% to 42,500 t.

Exports from port Kavkaz grew 2.2 times to 295,000 t, imports - by 5% to 23,000 t, short-sea traffic -by 19% to 3.207 mln t.

Passenger turnover declined by 2% to 563,763 passengers.

Bunker sales at the port dropped by 23% to 40,600 t.

The number of calls climbed by 11% to 4,531 calls.

Transshipment of dry bulk cargo totaled 80.1 mln t (+9.3%) including 33.8 mln t of coal (+15.8%), 11.0 mln t of containerized cargo (+10.6%), 8.2 mln t of grain (+14.0%), 7.2 mln t of ferrous metal (+3.3%), 4.1 mln t of mineral fertilizers (+4.3%), 0.7 mln t of refrigerated cargo (+6.8%).

Transshipment of liquid bulk cargo totaled 103.2 mln t (+9.7%) including 61.4 mln t of crude oil (+10.3%), 36.8 mln t of oil products (+7.9%) and 3.8 mln t of liquefied gas (+15.2%).

Exports totaled 144.7 mln t (+6.7%), imports - 7.9 mln t (+9.1%), transit - 13.8 mln t (+7.8%), short-sea traffic – 16.9 mln t (+44.2%).

Operators of the Arctic Basin terminals handled 15.8 mln t of cargo, up 1.6 times, year-on-year. Transshipment of liquid bulk cargo totaled 10.0 mln t (up 2.5 times), dry bulk cargo - 5.8 mln t (-3.1%). The port of Murmansk handled 11.4 mln t (up 1.7 times), Varandei - 2.2 mln t (+13.7%).

The ports of the Baltic Sea Basin handled 61.5 mln t (+7.9%) including 23.2 mln t of dry bulk cargo (+14.2%) and 38.3 mln t of liquid bulk cargo (+4.4%). The port of Ust-Luga handled 24.4 mln t (+9.1%), Primorsk - 16.5 mln t (+6.4%), Big Port St. Petersburg - 12.6 mln t (+5.5%), Vysotsk - 4.7 mln t (+19.9%).

Seaports of the Azov-Black Sea Basin handled 59.1 mln t (+6.6%) including 23.5 mln t of dry bulk cargo (+9.3%) and 35.6 mln t of liquid bulk cargo (+4.9%). The port of Novorossiysk handled 35.3 mln t (+2.2%), Tuapse - 6.7 mln t (+11.6%), Kavkaz - 4.7 mln t (+13.3%), Taman - 3.9 mln t (+31.2%), Kerch - 2.1 mln t (+28.4%), Rostov-on-Don - 2.7 (+16.1) mln t.

The ports of the Caspian Basin handled 0.9 mln t (down 47.8%) including 0.6 mln t of dry bulk cargo (-28.0%) and 0.3 mln t of liquid bulk cargo (down 3.3 times). The port of Makhachkala handled 0.3 mln t (down 3.7 times), Astrakhan - 0.6 mln t (down 20.8%), Olya – 46,800 t (down 4.5%).

The ports of the Far East Basin handled 45.9 mln t (+6.4%) including 26.9 mln t of dry bulk cargo (+9.7%) and 19.0 mln t of liquid bulk cargo (+2.1%). Port Vostochny handled 16.9 mln t (+5.6%), Vanino - 7.1 mln t (+0.8%), Nakhodka - 6.0 mln t (+4.3%), Prigorodnoye - 4.7 mln t (+15.9%), Vladivostok - 3.8 mln t (+20.3%), De-Castri - 3.0 mln t (-1.8%). Posiet - 2.0 mln t (-6.2%).

Association of Commercial Sea Ports (ASOP) set up in 1987 unites over 50 organizations and enterprises of Russia’s maritime transport. ASOP comprises commercial seaports, forwarding and agency companies, scientific research institutes and marine educational institutions. Operational results of Russian port sector are based on statistics reports and cover all stevedoring companies operating in the Russian Federation.

Average price for IFO-380 НS was $260 per tonne (-$20), average price for MGO was $495 per tonne (-$35).

Maximum MGO price at the port of Novorossiysk is $510 pmt, minimum - $470 pmt, minimum heavy fuel oil price is $250 pmt.

At port Kavkaz prices range between $240 and $270 pmt.

The difference depends on the amount of sold bunker.

Bunker prices at the port of Istanbul fell by $25-30 on the average.