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Sea transport remained almost unchanged in January 2023

release | Foreign shipping traffic 2023, January

According to Statistics Finland's preliminary data, the goods volume of foreign sea transport was in total 7.4 million tonnes in January 2023. Sea transport decreased by 0.3 per cent from January 2022. Exports decreased by 10 per cent and were 3.4 million tonnes. Import volume increased by 10 per cent and were 4.0 million tonnes. Altogether 0.7 million persons were transported in passenger traffic, which was 80 per cent of the level before the corona pandemic.

Key selections

  • The volume of foreign shipping traffic totalled 7.4 million tonnes in January 2023.
  • The volume of foreign shipping traffic remained almost unchanged year-on-year.
  • Altogether 1.2 million tonnes of goods were transported in transport units and 0.9 million tonnes in containers.
  • Altogether 0.7 million persons were transported in passenger traffic, which was 80 per cent of the level before the coronavirus pandemic.
  • No transport was registered through the Saimaa Canal in January.

General goods were transported most in foreign sea traffic in January

In January, the majority of sea transports were transports of general cargo. A total of 1.2 million tonnes of general cargo were transported. Imports of general cargo amounted to 0.6 million tonnes and exports to 0.6 million tonnes. The next most transported goods were oil products, 0.9 million tonnes, and crude oil, 0.8 million tonnes.

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

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

A total of 2.2 million tonnes, or 29 per cent of all sea transports, were transported in containers and transport units. Altogether 1.2 million tonnes of goods were transported in transport units and 0.9 million tonnes in containers.

Of the goods transported in transport units, 0.7 million tonnes were transported in lorries, 0.5 million tonnes in trailers and 0.1 million tonnes in other transport units. In addition to the transport units used for goods transport, 114,976 passengers’ cars and 1,058 buses and coaches were transported.

A total of 66,198 containers were transported, which corresponds to 118,001 TEU units.

A total of 0.7 million persons were transported in passenger traffic

A total of 0.7 million persons were transported in passenger traffic in January 2023. In all, 403,040 passengers travelled between Finland and Estonia, 308,754 passengers between Finland and Sweden and 8,934 passengers between Finland and Germany. Compared with January 2022, the number of passengers doubled. Compared with January 2019 the number of passengers was, however, just 80 per cent. In January 2023, no passengers of foreign cruise ships arrived in Finland.

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Foreign sea transport by port and commodity group, 2023M01

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