After four months of downturn, traffic will be in February 2024 of goods in Russian ports increased by about +5% being amounted to almost 69 million tonnes compared to over 65 million tonnes. million as of February 2023. The increase was generated by the increase of around +11% in dry goods to more than 34 million tonnes, while liquid bulk, with 34 million tonnes of tonnes, were found to be stable. In addition, the growth of the was produced both by the increase in the export and import, results of 54 respectively million (+4%) and three million tonnes (+22%), as well as from traffic transit with more than five million tonnes (+10%) cabotage traffic with six million tonnes (+2%).

The Association of Russian Commercial Ports has announced that in the First two months of 2024 the total traffic in the ports of call was 139.6 million tonnes, down by -1.0% over the same period in 2023. The only ports in the Arctic basin handled 15.0 million tonnes (-4.5%), those of the Baltic basin 41.8 million tonnes (-4.0%), Sea of Azov-Black Sea 46.2 million tons (+3.5%), the ports of the Caspian 1.4 million tons (+55.6%) and Russian ports of the Far East 35.2 million tonnes (-3.0%).