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Riga Freeport sees number of ship passengers’ growth 44.9% in January-November
BC, Riga, 08.12.2017.
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Print versionThe port of Riga received 769,102 ship passengers during the first 11 months of 2017, which was a 44.9% increase against the same period last year, writes LETA, according to information available on the port’s official website.
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In January-November 2017, the port handled 85,923 cruise ship passengers,
up 22.8% year-on-year.
As reported, Estonian ferry operator Tallink now has two ferries - the
Isabelle and the Romantika - on the Riga-Stockholm route.
Previously only one ferry was running on the route every other day but in
December 2016 a second ship - the cruise ferry Romantika - was put on the
Riga-Stockholm route, and now there is daily ferry service between Riga and
Stockholm.
In 2016, the number of passengers served at the port of Riga reached
581,601, growing 10.5% compared to 2015.
Riga is the largest Latvian port in terms of both freight and passengers.
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