OREANDA-NEWS. In January-August 2007, throughput of the port of Archangelsk grew by 4.7%, year-on-year, to 3552.7 thou tonnes.

In the reported period, the port’s stevedoring companies accepted 312.1 thou tonnes of cargo (+30%, year-on-year) including 196.8 thou tonnes of import cargo (+77.3%), 115.2 thou tonnes of coastal trade cargo (-10.8%). Import of containerized cargo totaled 34.4 thou tonnes (+0.4%), machines and equipment - 1.234 thou tonnes (-28.2%), other general cargo - 161.2 thou tonnes (2.1-fold growth, year-on-year). Transshipment of general cargo within the framework of incoming coastal trade cargo totaled 79.498 thou tonnes (-30.1%). Container turnover amounted to 2.877 thou tonnes (-60.6%). Transshipment of mineral-and-construction cargoes totaled 2.45 thou tonnes (transshipment of mineral-and-construction cargo was not carried out in January-August 2006).

In the 8-month period the port of Archangelsk dispatched 3240.7 thou tonnes of cargo (+2.7 %) including 1045.3 thou tonnes of export cargo (+13.1%), 2195.3 thou tonnes of coastal trade cargo (-1.6%). Export of containerized cargo totaled 43.566 thou tonnes (+40.2%), timber - 384.677 thou tonnes (-6.6%). Transshipment of scrap metal amounted to 104.338 thou tonnes (-34.4%), cellulose – 53.639 thou tonnes (-37.9%), cardboard and paper – 12.464 thou tonnes (-39.8%). Transshipment of other general cargo amounted to 1.366 thou tonnes (2.6-fold decrease against January-August 2006). Shipment of oil and oil products within the framework of coastal trade cargo amounted to 1,765.7 thou tonnes, machines and equipment – 8.735 thou tonnes (+27.4%), metal – 40.924 thou tonnes (-24.1%), other general cargo – 231.115 thou tonnes (+35.7%, year-on-year), containerized cargo - 60.667 thou tonnes (-3.5%).

The port of Archangelsk is the largest seaport in the Northern region of Russia. Seaport of Archangelsk accepts vessels with a draft of up to 9.2 meters, length of up to 175 meters, breadth of up to 30 meters. The port comprises 151 berths with a total length of 17,548 meters, including 31 berths of timber industry companies, 22 berths of sea trade port, 6 berths of the river port, 3 berths of Rosneft-Archangelsknefteproduct OJSC engaged in export of oil and oil products, 2 berths of the fishing port and 87 minor berths of other companies. Archangelsk port is crossed by cargo transit lines from Europe to the states of the Far, Middle and Near East.