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Sea transport remained almost unchanged in Februari 2022

release | Foreign shipping traffic 2022, February

The goods volume of foreign sea transport was in total 7.1 million tonnes in February 2022. Sea transport increased by 0.2 per cent from last year's February. Exports decreased by seven per cent and were 3.5 million tonnes. Import volume increased by eight per cent and were 3.6 million tonnes. Altogether 0.5 million persons were transported in passenger traffic, which was 42 per cent of the level before the corona pandemic. These figures are preliminary data from Statistics Finlands statistics on foreign shipping traffic.

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  • The volume of foreign shipping traffic totalled 7.1 million tonnes in February 2022.
  • The volume of foreign shipping traffic increased by 0.2 per cent year-on-year.
  • Altogether 1.4 million tonnes of goods were transported in transport units and 0.8 million tonnes in containers.
  • Altogether 0.5 million persons were transported in passenger traffic, which was less than half of the level before the coronavirus pandemic.
  • No transport was registered through the Saimaa Canal in February.

General goods were transported most in foreign sea traffic in February

In February, the majority of sea transports were transports of general cargo. A total of 1.4 million tonnes of general cargo were transported. Imports of general cargo amounted to 0.7 million tonnes and exports to 0.7 million tonnes. The next most transported goods were crude oil, 0.9 million tonnes, and oil products, 0.9 million tonnes.

The most import-dominated types of goods were crude oil and ores and concentrates. The most export-dominated types of goods were paper, fertilizers, pulp, wood pulp and waste paper, sawn timber, and plywood and other wood panels.

Measured by volume of goods transported, the largest ports were, in order, Sköldvik, Helsinki, HaminaKotka, Raahe and Hanko. Transports at Sköldvik consisted almost entirely of oil-related products and chemicals, while transports at Helsinki, Hanko and Naantali consisted mostly of general cargo. Most of the transports at Raahe and Kokkola consisted of mineral extractions.

A total of 2.2 million tonnes, or 31 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 0.8 million tonnes in containers.

Of the goods transported in transport units, 0.7 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, 97,659 passengers’ cars and 561 buses and coaches were transported.

A total of 57,742 containers were transported, which corresponds to 101,842 TEU units.

Passenger traffic

A total of 496,195 persons were transported in passenger traffic in February 2022. In all, 274,856 passengers travelled between Finland and Estonia, 214,816 passengers between Finland and Sweden and 6,523 passengers between Finland and Germany. Compared with February 2021, the number of passengers increased by 187 per cent. Compared with February 2020 the number of passengers was, however, just 42 per cent. In February 2022, no passengers of foreign cruise ships arrived in Finland.

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International sea transport by port and commodity group, 2022M02

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