Sea transport drops by 3% in November

The goods volume of foreign sea transport was in total 8.1 million tonnes in November 2022, which was 3 percent lower than the stipulated period of the previous year, according to Statistics Finland's preliminary data.

Exports decreased by 16 per cent and were 3.9 million tonnes. Import volume increased by 13 per cent and were 4.3 million tonnes.

Altogether 1.4 million tonnes of goods were transported in transport units and 0.9 million tonnes in containers.

Altogether 0.9 million persons were transported in passenger traffic, which was 71 per cent of the level before the coronavirus pandemic.

No transport was registered through the Saimaa Canal in November.

In November, the majority of sea transports were transports of general cargo.

Imports of general cargo amounted to 0.7 million tonnes and exports to 0.7 million tonnes. The next most transported goods were oil products, 1.1 million tonnes, and coal and coke, 0.8 million tonnes.

The most import-dominated types of goods were crude oil, coal and coke, timber and ores and concentrates. The most export-dominated type of goods were sawn timber, plywood and veneers, fertilizers, paper and wood pulp.

Measured by volume of goods transported, the largest ports were, in order, Sköldvik, HaminaKotka, Helsinki, Pori and Raahe.

A total of 2.4 million tonnes, or 29 per cent of all sea transports, were transported in containers and transport units. Altogether 1.4 million tonnes of goods were transported in transport units and 0.9 million tonnes in containers.

Of the goods transported in transport units, 0.8 million tonnes were transported in lorries, 0.6 million tonnes in trailers and 0.1 million tonnes in other transport units. In addition to the transport units used for goods transport, 125,487 passengers’ cars and 1,896 buses and coaches were transported.

A total of 73,658 containers were transported, which corresponds to 131,825 Twenty Equivalent Units(TEUs).

A total of 0.9 million persons were transported in passenger traffic in November 2022.

In all, 439,414 passengers travelled between Finland and Sweden, 430,299 passengers between Finland and Estonia and 6,871 passengers between Finland and Germany. Compared with November 2021, the number of passengers increased by 22 per cent. Compared with November 2019 the number of passengers was, however, just 71 per cent.

In November 2022, no passengers of foreign cruise ships arrived in Finland.