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Cargo turnover at Skulte port rose by 9% in 2017
BC, Riga, 08.01.2018.
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Print versionThe Skulte port in north-eastern Latvia reloaded 819,800 tons of cargo last year, which is a rise by 9.07% from a year ago, writes LETA, according to the information provided by the port.
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In 2017 the port reloaded 421,200 tons of timber or by 2.7% more than in 2016. Woodchips were reloaded in the amount of 200,500 tons or 10.7% more year-on-year, and peat handling rose 35.13% to 133,200 tons.
Last year, the Skulte port reloaded also 34,200 tons of grain, by 54.05% more year-on-year, 15,500 tons of carbon dioxide (CO2), down 1.3% from 2016, 4,900 tons of fish, up 8.8%, 6,000 tons of lime, up 62.2%, 4,300 tons of salt or by 46.3% less from 2016.
The annual cargo turnover at the Skulte port in 2016 was 751,600 tons or by 28.4% more than in 2015.
There are three large and seven small ports in Latvia. The Skulte port is the largest of Latvia's small ports by the cargo turnover in 2016.
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