MOSCOW, February 12. /TASS/. The cargo turnover of Russian seaports fell by 6.2% year on year to 71 mln metric tons in January 2024, the press service of the Federal Agency of Maritime and River Transport said.
"The cargo turnover of Russian seaports moved down by 6.2% in January 2024 against the like period of the last year and totaled 71 mln metric tons," the Agency said.
The cargo turnover dropped by 5.4% to 7.8 mln metric tons in ports of the Arctic Basin. Seaports of the Baltic Basin had the 4.3% decrease in the cargo turnover to 21.6 mln metric tons.
The cargo turnover fell by 7.1% year on year to 24 mln metric tons in ports of the Azov-Black Sea Basin and by 9.1% to 16.9 mln metric tons in seaports of the Far Eastern Basin.
The cargo turnover surged by 1.6 times year-on-year to 0.7 mln metric tons in seaports of the Caspian Basin in the reporting month.