Finland’s HaminaKotka five-month traffic down 7.9%
Handling of exports / imports at the combined port of HaminaKotka in January-May 2012 declined by 7.9% year-on-year to 5,950,00 tons, the Port Authority statistics said.
The five-month volume of outbound cargoes was down 1.5%, of inbound freight – dropped by 19.1%. In the reporting period, the port saw a 18.1-percent growth in transit cargo and a 3.3% gain in container volume.
The Finnish ports Kotkan Satama Oy and Haminan Satama Oy merged under a new name on May 1, 2011. As a result, the HaminaKotka has turned into the largest export port of the country. In 2011, cargo throughput at the port rose 2.3% year-over-year to 16.05 million tons.
Kotka is located some 50 kilometers from the Russian Federation border, 280 km off St. Petersburg, 1000 km from Moscow. Port of Kotka comprises ports of Mussalo, Hietanen, Kantasatama, berth Puolanlaituri (Polish berth), berth Halla, and also port premises Sunila. In 2010, the port of Kotka handled about 9,2 million tons.
Port of Hamina is the eastern port of Finland located 35 km from the Russian border. In 2010, cargo throughput of the port totaled 3.6 million tons.
