Murmansk Sea fishing Port announced a reduction in cargo turnover

In the Murmansk Sea Fishing Port in January 2025, cargo turnover decreased by 33% compared to the data of 2024. It amounted to 21.1 thousand tons of cargo.

In the first month of this year, 8.6% less fish products and three times less petroleum products were shipped compared to the first month of last year, the port's press service reports.

Bi-port News agency clarifies that in October 2022, the Arbitration Court of the Murmansk Region decided to nationalize the Murmansk Sea Fishing Port. In 2023, the head of Rosrybolovstvo, Ilya Shestakov, announced the need to modernize the port, and in 2024 a new management was appointed there.

After the transfer to state management, the port managed to achieve record figures in terms of cargo turnover. Thus, the transshipment of fish products exceeded 278 thousand tons, and the total cargo volume amounted to 418.2 thousand tons

In mid-February, it was reported about the first shipment of live crab from Murmansk to Thailand. The products have previously passed laboratory tests. The live crabs were delivered to the Murmansk seaport on a fishing vessel and unloaded for temporary overexposure. Then the arthropods were placed in specialized containers with water, to which water filtration and oxygen supply systems are connected. Later, the crabs were taken to Murmansk Airport and shipped to Thailand via Moscow.