Throughput of Klaipeda port and Butinge terminal (Lithuania) up 9.1% to 18.3 mln t Jan-May’13
In January-May 2013, the port of Klaipeda (Lithuania) handled 18.3 mln t of cargo (+9.1%, year-on-year), the Port Authority informs. In May the port handled 3.03 mln t of cargo (+4.7%) including 2.54 mln t handled by the port itself (-9.3%) and 496,700 tonnes handled by Butinge terminal (+396.1%).
The growth is mainly attributed to the turnover of crude oil (496,700 tonnes, +396.1%); oil products (498,100 tonnes, +15.5%); liquid natural and chemical fertilizers (84,700 tonnes, +28.6%); natural resources and construction materials (161,300 tonnes, +21.2%).
Klaipeda State Seaport is the northernmost ice–free port on the Eastern coast of the Baltic Sea. It is the most important and biggest Lithuanian transport hub, connecting sea, land and railway routes from East to West. The port’s throughput (including Butinge terminal) made 43.761 mln t in 2012.
