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Riga port sees number of ship passengers’ growth 18.1% in January-February
BC, Riga, 12.03.2018.
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The port of Riga received 103,389 ship passengers during January-February 2018, which was an 18.1% increase against the same period in 2017, writes LETA, according to information available on the port’s official website.
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Of the ship passengers handled by the port in the first two month of this year 3,319 were cruise ship passengers, up 84.9% year-on-year
As reported, Estonian ferry operator Tallink has two ferries - the Isabelle and the Romantika - running on the Riga-Stockholm route.
In 2017, the number of ship passengers in the port of Riga grew 42.8% year-on-year to 830,380. In January-February 2017, the port received 87,537 passengers.
Riga is the largest Latvian port in terms of both freight and passengers.