According to the website of the Association of Commercial Seaports, the most significant decline in cargo turnover among Russian commercial harbors was observed in the ports of the Azov-Black Sea basin – by 5.4%, amounting to 275.7 million tons. Nevertheless, despite the negative dynamics, the ports of this region have become leaders in terms of the total volume of cargo transshipment.
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The ports of the Baltic Sea area are in the second position, 273 million tons of cargo were transported through them, 0.6% more than a year earlier. The seaports of the Far Eastern basin came in third place with a total of 236.5 million tons, which decreased by 2.3%.
Ports in the Arctic region handled 92.9 million tons of cargo, 5.2% less than in 2023. Last on the list is the Caspian region, where ports received 8.1 million tons of products, showing the best positive dynamics of 4.9%.
We recently talked about the launch of a new cargo and passenger ferry between the Leningrad Region and Kaliningrad.