Sea transport posts 13% drop in July

The goods volume of foreign sea transport totalled 7.6 million tonnes in July 2020, according to the Statistics Finland.

Sea transport decreased by 13 per cent in the month year on year. Exports decreased by 15 per cent and amounted to 3.8 million tonnes, while import volume declined by 10 per cent to 3.7 million tonnes.

General cargo was transported the most, in total 1.3 million tonnes, which is 17 per cent of all transport.

The second most transported item was oil products, 1.0 million tonnes, followed by crude oil, 0.9 million tonnes.

A total of 1.0 million tonnes of containers were transported through Finnish ports in July 2020, which is 13 per cent less than that in July 2019. The number of containers transported was 69,036 (122,507 Twenty Equivalent Units-TEUs containers).

Exports of containers went down by 14 per cent measured in tonnes and imports went down by nine per cent in the month year on year..

A total of 290,633 transport equipment were transported in foreign sea traffic in July 2020. Most transports of transport equipment were passenger cars belonging to passengers. In July, 201,638 passenger cars were transported. The second most transported item were trucks, 53,928, and truck trailers, 31,920.

A total of 1,024,175 persons were transported in passenger traffic in July 2020. In all, 727,822 persons travelled between Finland and Estonia and 221,311 persons between Finland and Sweden. Altogether, 61,302 passengers were transported between Finland and Latvia and 13,673 passengers between Finland and Germany. Passengers made up only 37 per cent of the number of passengers in July 2019. In July 2020, no passengers of foreign cruise ships arrived in Finland.