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Thursday, 28.03.2024, 20:38
Cargo turnover of Baltic ports up 5.8% in four months; the Riga port was in second place
Of all cargos handled by the Baltic ports in the first four
months of this year, 46.6% were reloaded in Latvia, 30.8% in Lithuania and 22.6%
in Estonia.
Compared to the first four months of 2016, cargo turnover
grew in Latvian, Lithuanian and Estonian ports.
The cargo turnover of the Latvian ports rose 10.5% or 2.321 mln
tons to 24.528 mln tons in January-April this year.
Meanwhile, Lithuanian ports raised cargo turnover by 0.8% or
130,000 tons to 16,179 mln tons. In Estonia, the ports' annual cargo turnover
was up 3.7% or 427,200 tons to 11.877 mln tons in January-April 2017.
The Lithuanian port of Klaipeda led other Baltic ports by
cargo turnover in January-April this year, as it reloaded 13.597 mln tons, up
2.3% from the first four months of 2016.
The Freeport of Riga was in second place with 12.225 mln
tons of cargo reloaded in January-April 2017, down 0.3% year-on-year, and
another Latvian port, Ventspils, was third with 9.445 mln tons, which was a
25.1% rise from the first four months of 2016.
In 2016, all Baltic ports together received and shipped
145.943 mln tons of cargo, down 2.8% or 4.196 mln tons from 2015. Of the total
cargo turnover in Baltic ports last year, 43.2% were handled in Latvia, 33.8%
in Lithuania and 23 % in Estonia.