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Five terminals handled 2.3 million TEU or 55 per cent of this volume, said the report.

In January-September 2021 Commercial Port of Vladivostok was the leader in terms of container throughput. Its container traffic increased by 14 per cent year on year up to almost 558,300 TEU.

First Container Terminal came in second in the January-September league table. It handled 474,100 TEU, down 2.1 per cent.

Container Terminal Saint-Petersburg saw its container traffic decrease 10 per cent down to 446,400 TEU. Traffic via NUTEP amounted to 414,100 TEU, up 17.2 per cent. Vostochnaya Stevedoring Company handled 392,500 TEU, up 19.6 per cent.

The highest container throughput growth was via Vladivostok Marine Terminal, up 68.4-fold. The terminal did not handle containers during January-August 2020.

Dalzavod-Terminal in Vladivostok saw its container traffic surge 44.6-fold, and Sevrechflot in Sabetta up 3.3-fold. Sabetta did not handle containers until July 2020.

The largest decrease in container traffic was in Anroskrym in Port Kavkaz down 63 per cent.