Port of Liepaja (Latvia) handled 6.89 million tonnes of cargo in 11M'18, up 13.8% Y-o-Y
Freight volume handled in the Port of Liepaja, Latvia in January-November 2018 climbed by 13.8%, year-on-year, to 6,893,000 tonnes, the Port Authority says.
In the reporting period, transshipment of grain grew by 22.3% to 2,781,500 tonnes, anthracite – by 15.6% to 1.32 million tonnes, construction materials – by 21.9% to 711,300 tonnes while transshipment of oil products fell by 15.2% to 294,300 tonnes.
Container traffic fell by 24% to 2.781 TEUs, handling of Ro-Ro cargo grew by 16% to 42,066 units.
The number of calls grew by 10% to 1,443, passenger traffic increased by 16% to 44,461 passengers.
Port of Liepaja was founded in the 90s of last century at the former Soviet Union’s naval base. Liepaja ranks third port of Latvia by handled cargo volume. Half of the port’s cargo throughput is fueled by crude oil and bulk cargoes imported from the CIS countries, largely from Belorussia. In 2017, throughput of Liepaja port was 6.59 million tonnes.
