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Wednesday, 27.01.2021, 21:55
Cargo turnover of Baltic ports up 4.2% in 8 months

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Of all cargos handled by the Baltic ports in the first seven months of this
year, 42.9% were reloaded in Latvia, 33.9% in Lithuania and 23.3% in Estonia.
Compared to the first eight months of 2016, all three Baltic states showed
growth of cargo turnover at their ports in January-August 2017.
The cargo turnover of the Latvian ports rose 4.8% or 1.956 million tons
year-on-year to 43.064 million tons in January-August this year.
Lithuanian ports raised cargo turnover by 5.3% or 1.71 million tons to
34.062 million tons. In Estonia, the ports' annual cargo turnover was up 1.6%
or 362,100 tons to 23.372 million tons in January-August 2017.
The Lithuanian port of Klaipeda led other Baltic ports by cargo turnover in
January-August this year, as it reloaded 27.697 million tons, up 4.8% from the
first eight months of 2016.
Latvia's Riga port was in the second place with 22.711 million tons of
cargo reloaded in January-August 2017, down 4.9% year-on-year, and another
Latvian port, Ventspils, was third with 15.064 million tons, which was a rise
by 17.2% from the first eight months of 2016.
In 2016, all Baltic ports together received and shipped 145.943 million
tons of cargo, down 2.8% or 4.196 million 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.
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