# Global Ports container throughput rises in Q3 > Global Ports reported a 2.6% year-on-year increase in Q3 container handling, while January–September throughput fell 4.9% to 795,000 TEU. Far East volumes grew, while first-quarter Baltic ice conditions weighed on the total. - Canonical URL: https://newsverum.com/en/news/global-ports-container-throughput-rises-in-q3-falls-over-nine-months-2026 - Publisher: Newsverum - Section: Infrastructure - Country: Russia - Published: 2026-10-25T15:35:21+00:00 - Updated: 2026-10-25T15:35:21+00:00 - Event / data period: 2026-09 - Other editions: [Türkçe](https://newsverum.com/tr/news/global-ports-container-throughput-rises-in-q3-falls-over-nine-months-2026.md) Results published on 22 October put marine container throughput at the company’s terminals at 280,000 TEU in Q3 2026, up 2.6% year on year. Growth was 1.2% in the Baltic and 5.4% in the Far East. For nine months, throughput fell 4.9% to 795,000 TEU. The company said Q2 and Q3 growth did not offset the Q1 decline caused by severe Baltic ice conditions and a market slowdown. Far East container throughput rose 16.1% year on year over nine months. Non-containerised cargo fell 20.1% to 4.1 million tonnes, partly as the company reduced coal handling in favour of higher-margin cargo such as fertilisers. Fertiliser handling rose 2.8%, while non-containerised cargo excluding coal increased 0.7%. Management expected handling demand for both cargo types to increase in coming months. The quarterly and nine-month figures use different comparison windows. Third-quarter throughput of 280,000 TEU was 2.6% above the same quarter a year earlier and 9% higher than in Q2. Yet the January–September total was 795,000 TEU. The company attributed the decline to severe ice conditions in the Baltic and a market slowdown at the start of the year. Growth in the next two quarters did not recover the volume lost earlier. The regional split shows that the recovery was not uniform across the two basins. In Q3, container throughput rose 1.2% year over year in the Baltic and 5.4% in the Far East; for nine months, the Far East was up 16.1%. Non-containerised cargo fell as the group reduced coal handling and prioritised higher-margin cargo such as fertilisers. Fertiliser throughput increased 9% in Q3 and 2.8% over nine months. Excluding coal, nine-month non-containerised volume grew 0.7%, indicating that the overall decline cannot be read simply as a fall across all cargo categories. The company said it expected demand to increase in both maritime basins, but did not provide a numerical growth forecast for that expectation. It described its strategic shift in non-containerised cargo as reducing coal volumes while handling more cargo such as fertilisers. The 20.1% nine-month decline therefore is not a measure of port infrastructure capacity or of all Russian foreign trade. It is the company-reported operating volume at Global Ports’ own terminals. Keeping that scope clear helps reconcile the decline in total non-containerised tonnage with growth in some categories and in Q3 containers. ## Data ### Global Ports container and non-containerised volumes Throughput and year-on-year changes are from the company’s 22 October operational report. TEU means twenty-foot equivalent unit. Methodology: Company Q3 and nine-month figures are given for their stated periods. | date | label | description | status | |---|---|---|---| | 2026-10-22 | Q3 container throughput was 280,000 TEU; nine-month throughput was 795,000 TEU | Q3 throughput rose 2.6% year on year; nine-month throughput fell 4.9%. | occurred | Sources: · Download data: [JSON](https://newsverum.com/api/v1/articles/global-ports-container-throughput-rises-in-q3-falls-over-nine-months-2026/data/global-ports-q3-9m-throughput-2026?lang=en&format=json) · [CSV](https://newsverum.com/api/v1/articles/global-ports-container-throughput-rises-in-q3-falls-over-nine-months-2026/data/global-ports-q3-9m-throughput-2026?lang=en&format=csv) ### Selected source-reported figures Numeric observations retain the company or regulator scope and reporting period. Methodology: Source-reported figures for the named Russian company or policy decision. Russia is stated in the geography column; company observations do not represent national totals. Rows retain source units and reference periods. | Indicator | Geography | Period start, when stated | Reference period | Source-reported value | |---|---|---|---|---| | Global Ports non-containerised cargo, January–September | Russia | 2026-01 | 2026-09 | 4.1 | Sources: · Download data: [JSON](https://newsverum.com/api/v1/articles/global-ports-container-throughput-rises-in-q3-falls-over-nine-months-2026/data/sortable-source-figures-1?lang=en&format=json) · [CSV](https://newsverum.com/api/v1/articles/global-ports-container-throughput-rises-in-q3-falls-over-nine-months-2026/data/sortable-source-figures-1?lang=en&format=csv) ### Selected source-reported figures Numeric observations retain the company or regulator scope and reporting period. Methodology: Source-reported figures for the named Russian company or policy decision. Russia is stated in the geography column; company observations do not represent national totals. Rows retain source units and reference periods. | Indicator | Geography | Period start, when stated | Reference period | Source-reported value | |---|---|---|---|---| | Global Ports container throughput year-on-year change, nine months | Russia | 2026-01 | 2026-09 | -4.9 | | Global Ports non-containerised throughput year-on-year change, nine months | Russia | 2026-01 | 2026-09 | -20.1 | Sources: · Download data: [JSON](https://newsverum.com/api/v1/articles/global-ports-container-throughput-rises-in-q3-falls-over-nine-months-2026/data/sortable-source-figures-2?lang=en&format=json) · [CSV](https://newsverum.com/api/v1/articles/global-ports-container-throughput-rises-in-q3-falls-over-nine-months-2026/data/sortable-source-figures-2?lang=en&format=csv) ## Sources - [Global Ports Investments / Delo Group]() (Source checked: 2026-10-25; Published: 2026-10-22) --- Cite the canonical URL above. 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