Klaipeda Seaport cargo turnover up 7.5% to 6.49 mln t in Jan-Feb'16
In January-February 2016, the port of Klaipeda (Lithuania) handled 6.49 mln t of cargo (+7.5%, year-on-year). In February transshipment of liquid bulk cargo increased by 10.5% to 938,200 t, general cargo – by 12.9% to 1,037,400 t while transshipment of loose dry cargo fell by 6.3% to 1.18 mln t.
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) climbed by 9% to 38.44 mln t in 2015.
