Sea transport decreases by 3% in September

The goods volume of foreign sea transport was in total 8.2 million tonnes in September 2020, posting a year-on-year decrease of three per cent, according to the Statistics Finland.

Exports decreased by one per cent to 4.2 million tonnes and import volume decreased by five per cent to 3.9 million tonnes.

General cargo was transported most, in total 1.5 million tonnes, which is 18 per cent of all transport. The second most transported item was crude oil, 1.2 million tonnes, and oil products, 1.2 million tonnes.

A total of one million tonnes of containers were transported through Finnish ports in September 2020, which is five per cent less than that in September 2019.

The number of containers transported was 72,363 or 128,306 Twenty Equivalent Units (TEUs).

Exports of containers went down by five per cent measured in tonnes and imports went down by five per cent.

Meanwhile, a total of 223,438 transport equipment were transported in foreign sea traffic in September 2020. Most transports of transport equipment were private cars belonging to passengers.

In September, 125,207 private cars were transported. The second most transported were trucks, 58,093, followed by truck trailers, 37,173.

A total of 492,917 persons were transported in passenger traffic in September 2020. In all, 316,316 persons travelled between Finland and Estonia and 151,957 persons between Finland and Sweden. Altogether, 17,480 passengers were transported between Finland and Latvia and 7,164 passengers between Finland and Germany. Passengers made up only 33 per cent of the number of passengers in September 2019. In September 2020, no passengers of foreign cruise ships arrived in Finland.

A total of 148,811 tons of transport were registered through the canal in foreign traffic. Timber was transported most in vessels in foreign traffic, in total 55,045 tonnes. The second most transported was crude minerals and cement.