Sea transport increased by 6 per cent in March 2023

General goods were transported most in foreign sea traffic in March

In March, the majority of sea transports were transports of general cargo. A total of 1.5 million tonnes of general cargo were transported. Imports of general cargo amounted to 0.8 million tonnes and exports to 0.7 million tonnes. The next most transported goods were oil products, 1.2 million tonnes, and crude oil, 0.9 million tonnes.

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

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

A total of 2.6 million tonnes, or 31 per cent of all sea transports, were transported in containers and transport units. Altogether 1.5 million tonnes of goods were transported in transport units and 1.1 million tonnes in containers.

Of the goods transported in transport units, 0.9 million tonnes were transported in lorries and 0.6 million tonnes in trailers. In addition to the transport units used for goods transport, 125,724 passengers’ cars and 1,637 buses and coaches were transported.

A total of 72,697 containers were transported, which corresponds to 130,061 TEU units.

A total of 0.8 million persons were transported in passenger traffic

A total of 0.8 million persons were transported in passenger traffic in March 2023. In all, 437,483 passengers travelled between Finland and Estonia, 374,131 passengers between Finland and Sweden and 11,009 passengers between Finland and Germany. Compared with March 2022, the number of passengers increased by 18 per cent. Compared with March 2019 the number of passengers was, however, just 68 per cent. In March 2023, no passengers of foreign cruise ships arrived in Finland.