Russia’s seas ports handled 618.8 million mt of goods in 2014, up 4.9% and exceeding 600 million mt for the first time ever, according to Russia’s transport ministry.
Dry bulk showed a 12.5% growth to 288.3 million mt whereas liquid bulk edged lower by 0.9% to 330.5 million mt, the ministry said in a statement.
Last year saw infrastructure development at the oil handling ports of Sabetta, Murmansk, Ust-Luga, Vysotsk, Kaliningrad, St Petersburg, Taman, Temryuk, Novorossiisk, Vostochniy.
Russia’s port capacity increased by 22.5 million mt last year.